The sims 4 Cottage Living Negativity thread.

"Felicity;c-17906312" wrote:
I really wouldn't expect animal husbandry in the game, though my guess is that it will be modded in. I really, really hope that the animals aren't tied to their buildings, or if they are, that the buildings aren't rabbitholes (errrr, well, you know what I mean). See, I wouldn't mind making a tiny homestead type lot, with chickens running in and out of the house.

I do wonder if the fox ever catches the chickens or rabbits. Somehow I doubt it.

I saw something on one of their official blogs or game descriptions that mentioned watch out for the fox, but noticed that it specifically says the pesky fox is going after the eggs. So, the fox isn't going to actually kill any animals, just steal your eggs.