Animal Husbandry Confusion..

[XeniousThe2nd]

Hello and good day/night to you all.

I am here with a couple issues regarding Animal Husbandry and would like to know if either my game is bugged or I am doing something wrong.. I am reasonably new to the game also, I should add.

1, Chickens. I chased chickens and a rooster into a 'Barn' (walls and a roof). I gave them two Hen Boxes and two Troughs in which I fill with flax seed, cool. The Hens then lay eggs within the boxes, however, no matter what I do, ie leave them alone for days, break and replace the troughs + hen boxes, increase or decrease their living space etc.., the boxes (with 3 eggs) always say that a brooding hen is required. I even dug down 10+ levels and created a little area below ground, away from myself and predators, yet still the same issue occurs. I've replaced said chickens a couple times, no success.

2, Traps. The reason I resorted to chasing the Chickens into the barn was I wasn't having any luck trapping them in the Reed Chest Traps.. The traps would either be falsely triggered or trampled by Boars. I recently tried the larger Wooden Box Traps as I want a meat source. Preferably Goats as Dairy would be nice also. I scouted an area where Goats, Deer, Boar etc.. roam/graze and lay a few traps with Turnips as bait. I am not sure how many time I had to return with more Turnips because the traps were false triggers but it got idiotic. Idiotic to the point where I decided to test it out.. I entered /gm 2 (entering creative mode), spawned about 10 Large Traps + Turnips and placed them out about the area. I then flew up into the air, to get an birds eye view, and eventually a Goat did come. I then watched it systematically make it's way from trap to trap (taking little lie down rests every so often), eating the bait from the boxes and false triggering pretty much all bar 3 it 'trampled'. Sorry but what in the Hell is that? 

 

Is my game bugged? Am I doing anything wrong? Any help would be appreciated, thank you.

 

To add, I have tried digging 4 deep pits, placing lights and troughs with food. These pits are still active but with no success. I accidentally came across a game generated hole with a Doe in it and I've been feeding her but this was random and not by my design. 

[MKMoose]

6 minutes ago, XeniousThe2nd said:

1, Chickens. I chased chickens and a rooster into a 'Barn' (walls and a roof). I gave them two Hen Boxes and two Troughs in which I fill with flax seed, cool. The Hens then lay eggs within the boxes, however, no matter what I do, ie leave them alone for days, break and replace the troughs + hen boxes, increase or decrease their living space etc.., the boxes (with 3 eggs) always say that a brooding hen is required. I even dug down 10+ levels and created a little area below ground, away from myself and predators, yet still the same issue occurs. I've replaced said chickens a couple times, no success.

When a henbox says that a brooding hen is required, it means that you need to feed the chickens to have the hens incubate the eggs over several days.

 

8 minutes ago, XeniousThe2nd said:

2, Traps. The reason I resorted to chasing the Chickens into the barn was I wasn't having any luck trapping them in the Reed Chest Traps.. The traps would either be falsely triggered or trampled by Boars. I recently tried the larger Wooden Box Traps as I want a meat source. Preferably Goats as Dairy would be nice also. I scouted an area where Goats, Deer, Boar etc.. roam/graze and lay a few traps with Turnips as bait. I am not sure how many time I had to return with more Turnips because the traps were false triggers but it got idiotic. Idiotic to the point where I decided to test it out.. I entered /gm 2 (entering creative mode), spawned about 10 Large Traps + Turnips and placed them out about the area. I then flew up into the air, to get an birds eye view, and eventually a Goat did come. I then watched it systematically make it's way from trap to trap (taking little lie down rests every so often), eating the bait from the boxes and false triggering pretty much all bar 3 it 'trampled'. Sorry but what in the Hell is that? 

You can see this post for which animals can be caught with each type of trap - it is quite restrictive, and unfortunately there's no easy in-game way to figure that out. Chickens should get caught in a basket trap quite reliably, with a 50% chance, while in the case of goats it is impossible to catch adults - only baby goats can be caught in a trap. If you want to get goats for the purpose of husbandry, you'll often have to either chase them or get them to chase you into a pen, pit, or whatever you prepare for them.

[XeniousThe2nd]

17 minutes ago, MKMoose said:

When a henbox says that a brooding hen is required, it means that you need to feed the chickens to have the hens incubate the eggs over several days.

Yes, totally and I have been doing this (I don't think I was clear enough) but to no avail.

 

18 minutes ago, MKMoose said:

You can see this post for which animals can be caught with each type of trap - it is quite restrictive, and unfortunately there's no easy in-game way to figure that out. Chickens should get caught in a basket trap quite reliably, with a 50% chance, while in the case of goats it is impossible to catch adults - only baby goats can be caught in a trap. If you want to get goats for the purpose of husbandry, you'll often have to either chase them or get them to chase you into a pen, pit, or whatever you prepare for them.

Ahhha! I see, so I am better off chasing or being chased by Goats into a pen or pit. Damnit, I wish I had asked/known this sooner! Thank you very much.

I guess I'll not be having any Chickens haha but I'll get to digging Goat Pits right away.

[Maelstrom]

Be sure to add some lighting to the barn.  Animals without direct access to the sky will despawn unless there is a source of light within the building.