How do you feed the chickens?

[Guest]

I feel dumb right now. For some reason, I can't find where the chicken feed is despite looking inside and outside the buildings. I know I brought some from... Jeff, or whatever Ann's dad name is. I know the silo has the fodder but where's the chicken feed?

[JayDucky03]

When in doubt I guess you could check your storage.

[Anna_Lynn]

For HM64? Chicken feed should be considered a tool in this game. Try checking your rucksack for it, then equip as a tool, and use on said feed box. Just be careful not to miss, as you can waste a day's worth of food if you're not aligned correctly.

If the chicken feed isn't in your rucksack, maybe it's in the toolbox in your house? Though, as long as there's an extra space for tools in the rucksack, it should always appear somewhere in the top row of tools.

[Samansu]

Yes chicken feed is not considered an item in this particular game, but rather a tool. Equip it, line yourself up with the feed boxes and use the 'tool' to place feed in the bins. If you do not see it in your tool section of your inventory it is probably in your toolbox in your house. ^-^

[Guest]

It's in the rucksack? That's weird. Wasn't it in the coop in the SNES game? I could have sworn it always was.

[Anna_Lynn]

It's in the rucksack? That's weird. Wasn't it in the coop in the SNES game? I could have sworn it always was.

Yeah, in most HM/SOS games, the feed is in a feed box in the chicken coop(s). Maybe the developers made it a portable tool in this game, so you could just go down the line and feed all chickens at once, instead of running back and forth or going into your inventory every time. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Samansu]

It's in the rucksack? That's weird. Wasn't it in the coop in the SNES game? I could have sworn it always was.

Yeah, in most HM/SOS games, the feed is in a feed box in the chicken coop(s). Maybe the developers made it a portable tool in this game, so you could just go down the line and feed all chickens at once, instead of running back and forth or going into your inventory every time. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

It was definitely an odd choice. Especially since the fodder for cows and sheep still comes out of the barn... >.> I guess they decided they didn't like that setup and went back to in barn/coop storage for feed. I like it better that way so the rucksack is less crowded! ^-^

[Guest]

My chicken died. That's the first time that happened in almost ten years of playing HM. I wonder why. I put the feed where they go and let her outside in the afternoon.

[Samansu]

My chicken died. That's the first time that happened in almost ten years of playing HM. I wonder why. I put the feed where they go and let her outside in the afternoon.

Huh I don't know. I never let my animals out in HM64 except for 1 cow once to get the photo.

[Meriberry]

Are you putting food in the right bin? In HM64, the bins that the birds eat out of are assigned. If you go up to one with empty hands and press A, a name should pop up, indicating that this bin is assigned to a chicken. No name, no bird, wasted food.

[jianadaren1]

Chicken feed is a tool; it will be in the toolbox if not in the rucksack.

You feed a chicken by putting feed in her bin. Bins are assigned from bottom-left to top-right. Press "A" to check if that bin is assinged and to whom.

You can also feed chickens without buying feed by letting them sleep outside on sunny nights. There are no wild dogs in this game to worry about. They won't eat in the rain and won't survive through the typhoon.

Chickens will get "starved" if you forget to feed them for a day and they'll stop laying eggs. It then takes two days of feedings to produce eggs again (1 day to remove starvation and a second day to begin producing eggs again). IIRC they die randomly if starved for more than a day.

Spoiler:

Also, chicks don't need to be fed. They can't starve and will magically grow into hens after 7 days even without food. Also there's no affection rating so don't worry about that.

[Guest]

[quote="Meriberry"]Are you putting food in the right bin? In HM64, the bins that the birds eat out of are assigned. If you go up to one with empty hands and press A, a name should pop up, indicating that this bin is assigned to a chicken. No name, no bird, wasted food.[/quote]

That was probably it. I guessed it was but the game didn't give me any indication that my bird was even sick. She just died one day.

[jianadaren1]

The game does indicate starvation: the chicken stops laying eggs, the chickens stop making noise, they don't move around, their colour darkens, and if you pick them up and press "Z" it shows a negative status indication