How to Feed Herbivore Animals in Dwarf Fortress

The games offer interesting tasks and in this case today we will tell you how to feed herbivorous animals in Dwarf Fortress

What is involved in feeding herbivorous animals at Dwarf Fortress?

  Like all living beings, animals need to eat and in this case we are talking about herbivores, those that usually eat grass, these are usually perfect sources of food for dwarves and therefore we must feed them, this is part of the tasks we have and that we must not leave aside.

How to feed herbivorous animals in Dwarf Fortress?

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This is a necessary task to execute for which we will have to go to a pasture where we will place cattle or other herbivores, this implies going to the Zone menu to look for the Corral/Pasture option, this usually has a horse icon and finding it is actually fine easy.

  We can create pastures in areas with grass or cave moss, this usually works as a source of food so that animals can eat it, but in the case of pigs, this is different, they do not require grass tiles or any particular food source.

  The task here is to let the animals graze and this implies assigning animals just by opening the Zone menu and proceeding to select the grass placed, then we will have to open the Information tabs and this implies clicking on the rabbit icon, this can be to add or remove herbivores from the pasture.

  The pastures can fill up easily, we must adjust the size of the pasture according to the number of animals, some tend to eat more, such is the case of cows because they are bigger, we must be attentive to overcrowded pastures because they share pasture tiles It can cause problems among animals.

  Here is the ideal size for herbivore pastures, the pasture size for each animal per individual tile:

 

•   Pork 1 x 1 5.95
• Goat 3 x 2 5.95
• Sheep 3 x 2 5.95
• Flame 4x4 15.54
• Donkey 5x5 22.80
• Moose 5 x 5 22.80
• Horse 7x5 33.44
• Cow 8 x 5 38.34.

 

  We can graze a cat in a food reserve and it is that this could be viable to eliminate vermin.

  Now that you know how to feed herbivorous animals in Dwarf Fortress, you can take charge of carrying out this interesting task and thus take care of the food.