grinchsneedbabies Posted October 12, 2025 Report Posted October 12, 2025 I can't find a straight answer anywhere, I've got a couple chickens in a little coop, just now getting generation 3, I was hoping to get a gen 3 rooster that wouldn't be as skittish so I chased my first one into a seperate pen (since the roosters apparently kill each other), it should be out of range of the troughs ~10 blocks, been about a month now and it's weight still says good. And the hens I've been feeding them grain daily since I have a bit of an excess, they dont get fat or overfed but do I need to feed them so often? Wondering if they eat grass or something as long as it isn't winter? I know other animals need to be fed to get pregnant, but will the hens still lay unfertilized eggs if I let them starve?
Maelstrom Posted October 14, 2025 Report Posted October 14, 2025 Feeding animals is necessary for only two things - increasing their weight before slaughter to increase drops or to induce mating. otherwise animals in VS are amazing critters that will find food to stave off starvation even if they are enclosed in a completely stone enclosure.
Echo Weaver Posted October 14, 2025 Report Posted October 14, 2025 Chickens also need to be fed to continue sitting on eggs so they will hatch. Animals that have live birth do not need to be fed after they become pregnant, and the young do not need to be fed to grow up.
Maelstrom Posted October 14, 2025 Report Posted October 14, 2025 3 hours ago, Echo Weaver said: the young do not need to be fed to grow up. I seem to recall reading that baby elk need to be fed regularly?
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