− | Farm animals prefer fresh grass to hay, and become "very happy today!" (the best mood) upon eating fresh grass. However, if you pet them for the first time each day after they have eaten grass, their mood resets to a lower level. So it is good to open the gates of a [[Coop]] or [[Barn]] early in the day, to allow your animals to come outside and eat [[grass]], but only after you have petted them first. Even so, they will not go out in winter, or when it is rainy, stormy, or snowy. Animals that remain inside or do not find grass to eat, eat hay instead, if it is available. | + | Farm animals prefer fresh grass to hay, and become "very happy today!" (the best mood) upon eating fresh grass. They will not go out in winter, or when it is rainy, stormy, or snowy. Animals that remain inside or do not find grass to eat, eat hay instead, if it is available. |
| Animals that do go outside normally return to their buildings by 6pm, to sleep. Closing the gates again in the evening prevents them from leaving immediately in the morning to eat grass, before you have time to pet and tend them the next day. If you close the gate before all the animals have returned, the ones left out over night are vulnerable to wolves. If they are not eaten, they become unhappy from being exposed to danger. | | Animals that do go outside normally return to their buildings by 6pm, to sleep. Closing the gates again in the evening prevents them from leaving immediately in the morning to eat grass, before you have time to pet and tend them the next day. If you close the gate before all the animals have returned, the ones left out over night are vulnerable to wolves. If they are not eaten, they become unhappy from being exposed to danger. |