Design for Animal Farm

[csgirl504]

Can anyone provide suggestions on a good, functional animal farm design? I'm currently trying to quality breed sheep, cows, and horses but they're all just kind of thrown together in a couple pens while I try to figure out a design. Please share pictures of your setups!

Do food troughs need to be placed inside the pens where animals can actually access them, or is it only the radius that matters?

[MrPunchers]

You're fine, though you should keep your breeding animals away from the produce ones, so the genes don't mix badly.

For food troughs? I don't know. Unless space is absolutely necessary, I don't know why you would put it outside your pen, even if it does matter on radius and not contact.

[boreial]

troughs work by the radius, as for the pens I use 4 pens 6x8 tiles inside area. 1 pen for each type of farm animal, this gives me the space to move about a bit when checking stats and I can move studs out when I don't want them breeding till young are reared.

[Grog]

For food troughs? I don't know. Unless space is absolutely necessary, I don't know why you would put it outside your pen, [...]

Filling can be easier/faster that way.

[Amanda44]

Another way is to incorporate them into the fence, then you still have easy access ... like so;

[Grog]

What plants are these Amanda?

[Amanda44]

What plants are these Amanda?

Peas ...

[csgirl504]

Another way is to incorporate them into the fence, then you still have easy access ... like so;

I love the idea of blocking them in with trellises! Brilliant & decorative!

[bexy]

Another way is to incorporate them into the fence, then you still have easy access ... like so;

I love the idea of blocking them in with trellises! Brilliant & decorative!

Omg this is so awesome. Do you still have a gate or do you simply pick up the trough to get in and out?

[MagicManICT]

Need to move a trough. And seems like I read a problem or two with this, but don't recall off top of my head what it was.