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manicobsessive1
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago

Starving Chicken Won't Eat???

Hi all. Can somebody please help me before I throw my PC out of the window? Lol. My Sim has a chicken thinking about leaving because she is starving. I am not kidding, I have used the interaction to feed this specific chicken about 6 times, and she doesn't make any move to eat. I have even reset her (debug). What am I supposed to do? As far as I can tell there isn't even a cheat to fill Cottage Living animals needs? Any help would be appreciated! Thanks.
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  • JaggidEdje's avatar
    JaggidEdje
    4 years ago
    I had a chicken get "stuck" such that I couldn't do any of the socialization actions nor feed it an animal treat once, but never one that wasn't eating at all.

    For me, I was still able to do the interaction of picking it up (adding it to the sim's inventory) and when I put it back down it got unstuck.
  • manicobsessive1's avatar
    manicobsessive1
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago
    Thanks Stormkeep. Maybe if I put it in my inventory and get it out again it may fix things then. Worth a shot!
  • KaraGaelford's avatar
    KaraGaelford
    4 years ago
    I've noticed that some chicken don't like to be fed by hand. You could also try adding more scattered food piles around the coop, see if that makes a difference.
  • manicobsessive1's avatar
    manicobsessive1
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago
    Thanks Kironide. I didn't realise you could feed chickens by hand. When I click to feed a specific chicken my sims just seem to scatter feed everywhere like when you use the coop. There was no feed left after doing this about 6 times because every other chicken was eating except the one that was actually hungry, lol.
  • bshag4lv's avatar
    bshag4lv
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago
    You can also upgrade the chicken coop to be an auto feeder so you don't have to worry about your chickies starving. :)
  • OliviaVince's avatar
    OliviaVince
    Seasoned Newcomer
    4 years ago
    I was having this problem too. I thought it was because there was snow on the ground and the chicken could not see the food...but the other two chickens were eating and it wasn't a problem. I ended up selling the chicken. Next time I'll try putting in my inventory. And I didn't know you could upgrade the coop with an auto feeder! I always do the 'fox alarm' first.
  • manicobsessive1's avatar
    manicobsessive1
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago
    Thanks for all your responses! The problem seemed to right itself the next time I loaded the game up, but I will remember these comments if it happens again. :)

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