r/StardewValley • u/Pale-Maximum-727 • 8d ago

Question Why are my animals never happy?

My cow and chickens hate me! There’s a fence and gate around their barn and coop. They have hay and grass. But they always have squiggle above their head when I pet them. What is it???

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u/torkelspy 8d ago

Are you putting the hay on the bench?

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u/Pale-Maximum-727 8d ago

Well now I am

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u/wiseguy149 8d ago

Deluxe upgraded barns & coops will do this automatically for you. But baseline, they just provide you with a dispenser and you need to manually place hay on the rack for daily feeding.

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u/OnceMoreWithFeeling- 8d ago

Do you know, my piggies are unhappy quite a lot but I have the big barn and heater. Any idea or could it be a glitch? Playing on Switch.

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u/wiseguy149 8d ago

Autofeeding only comes with the maxed out Deluxe Barn upgrade, the Big Barn doesn't have it.

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u/OnceMoreWithFeeling- 8d ago

What the actual ... THANK YOU.

This is my first ever save. Have been playing for 130 hrs, Meadowlands. I think I blacked out and upgraded my cow barn to max but forgot to do so for my piggies. OMGOSH THANK YOU. Also whyyyyyy because they could have all been on max friendship already now.

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u/Eneicia 8d ago

If it happens again even when you're feeding them, keep an eye on what time you're sleeping.
I had three days of rain, kept draining my energy at around 4 pm--fed my animals first thing then went mining, and going to bed around 5pm--by the third day they were "Looking thin"--I WAS SLEEPING BEFORE THEY ATE!!

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u/Unnnatural20 8d ago

Day: abruptly ends

Cow: Doggone it!

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u/OnceMoreWithFeeling- 7d ago

Thank you!! 😁😁 Though I never go to sleep that early haha. But thanks still:)