How To Build The Perfect AUTOMATED Valheim Chicken Farm Mistlands

How To Build An Easy AUTOMATED Valheim Chicken Farm Mistlands
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[@Ghostyfreaks]

a troll cave with a campfire and 120 eggs is a very satisfying way to go and once they grow up you bring out any type of sledge hammer :D

[@RufusTRed]

Love this design! One thing to note though: the chickens have to be completely sealed off in case you have a Bat raid, bats will zero in on them and kill them all, I've had it happen to me!

[@x5factory]

this design useless when Bat raid

[@CGJUGO80]

Any idea on how to get around that?

[@tylerdoty1840]

yep, put the chickens at a separate base or portal, so then collecting chicken, eggs etc, you just portal through and grab what you need and portal back to main base@@CGJUGO80

[@Whitekhat]

This was a great guide. I continued with building before the eggs hatched and learned why the OP waited until they had done so, and the hens were mature. Those chicks can be pretty slippery and I had trouble with a few falling through the floor or otherwise escaping and it's hard to get access into their upper enclosure when more has been build out. One modification I made was to the half wall in front of the breeders, which I changed to 1x1 iron bars so it was easier to see the hens and interact with them.

[@TotalXclipse]

ATTENTION - Due to the Patch this build does not work anymore - HOWEVER I have GREATLY improved the automatic chicken farm in the next video kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZ20mGScaZaIacU New guide fixes: - Chickens Escaping through wall. - Chickens not eating. - Simpler, Easy build. Very much looking forward to sharing it with you

[@mikefaz2696]

Would you recommend getting now or waiting for full release?

[@Orwrath2010]

same thing but for boars :P and maybe wolves XD

[@JamesTheVikingGames]

@@mikefaz2696 The game is mostly complete, missing some content at the far reaches of the map, so something to look forward to. Valheim is one of the most bug free early access games I have ever played.

[@LouisZephyr]

​@@mikefaz2696 TLDR: Get it now. i was thinking about the same question. i waited until mistlands came out and then i bought it, like on 20th of december and today i have already 230 hours played and i am still not in the mistlands (but almost). I would say yes, buy it, because games like these you will start over at some point, since even after 1.0 there will be content updates and if you play until then you already know the basics. But there is also the risk of playing it dead before release, happened to me with Terraria, but i would still say YES, BUY IT! I will keep playing until i want to start a new game, then i just won't play it until the full game releases, did the same with Satisfactory, also 230+ hours and i can't wait for the release, didn't even play update 6 and 7.

[@etnamecul]

these chickens ... I throw 2 eggs, they are warm, I put the front wall, I wait. one chick constantly hatches out and falls down. it drives me crazy. maybe some advice?

[@campbellnolte5065]

POST PATCH SOLUTION: Since I think they patched the eggs clipping through floors. You can follow all of the steps as normal until 4:09. At this point your going to need to replace the 2 1x1 beams connected to the center with a single 2m core wood log beam (MAKE SURE TO GO UNDERNEATH IN ORDER FOR IT TO AUTO SNAP ON TO THE BOTTOM OF BOTH BEAMS AT ONCE THIS IS IMPORTANT***). After you’ve done that you can continue to follow all of the steps exactly how he showed until 9:09. Once the chickens become fully mature Hens go back underneath and destroy the 2 1x1 floors the Hens are standing on. The Hens should still be stuck but their eggs can now freely fall down. After that follow the rest of the vid. Hope this helps!

[@arturkiljanski7680]

THANK YOU ITS WORKING

[@MJ-ng3wz]

saved my life thx lol

[@nathancrawley5212]

can't get the fire high enough to hatch eggs

[@arturkiljanski7680]

Use bronze brazier. Worked for me

[@iviwip4118]

ty u are the man

[@JamesTheVikingGames]

I love the design Tom, you took my concept and ran with it, and it turned out so good. I kind of want to scale this up and see how efficient I can get it, using concepts from both designs. I think you should do an infinite Lox breeder vidoe next but I can see why that may not be something at the top of people's to do list. I have been working a Greydwarf farm that levels blood magic too! Might be and interesting idea, a bit more late game but the easiest to setup imo, since there is no need for lots of terraforming

[@NbKXStorm]

You really don't have to do much to do the lox machine - just a 20-24m structure w/2x4 floors, just need to be flat at the bottom

[@ProffessorYellow]

I trap a golem in a land wall cage and just repeatedly summon skeletons from a rest room built as a roof above. What's your blood magic farm?

[@JamesTheVikingGames]

​@@ProffessorYellow You can build a fairly simple afk setup around a greydwarf nest and level up using skeletal archers. Total actually did a video on this but but the algorithm is a tricky mistress. kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3nInoJtn9aHaaM

[@ProffessorYellow]

@@JamesTheVikingGames oh thank you very much! I'm going to try to take this concept and try to find a way to organically build it.

[@maxh4102]

you can separate the chickens and the hens by creating a checkerboard floor with 1x1 floor tiles. for some reason, the chicken hitbox seems slightly larger than the hen's so while the chickens can't fit through the 1x1 gap the hens can fall into a separate chamber where they can be killed.

[@RkHalo]

This is a really great way of keeping the chicks safe while letting the hens be harvested. I just used one of the longer half walls blocking the exit going into the brazier then snapped a roof piece piece on top of it. Then I removed the half wall to create a gap the hens can get through but the chicks cannot. I use a single piece of food on the other side of the brazier which causes them to path to it as well to help speed it up instead of forcing them to push each other out.

[@nanetteporter3373]

@@RkHalo when you say you snapped a roof piece, which type? i'm struggling to visualize this but i'm needing something different because leaving it the way shown is causing my chicks to die before growing. Unless i babysit the process which then makes it no longer passive loot

[@RkHalo]

​@@nanetteporter3373 Hi! I'll try to explain it all out as best I can sorry if this gets a little lengthy. To start I have a pen that is 4m tall (two full walls high) I also have a raised floor using the 2x2 stones underneath it. With the pen fully closed off I then added two 2x2 stone floor pieces in a line as the exit spot and turned it into like a corridor with walls on either side. Remove the bottom full size wall next to the exit and place two half walls in its place. Now you can snap any roof piece (any angle, any style work afaik) on the top of the lower half wall. Put the low end at then pen and the higher side down the exit corridor. Then you can remove the lower halfwall to create a small gap. For the autoharvesting I take out the first piece of floor in the exit (right next to the gap in the pen wall), put a floor brazier down and then make the floor flush again with a 2X2 iron grate. I then throw down a piece of food (dandelion) on the ground of the other side so they try to eat it. If you need I may be able to send you a few pictures if this doesn't help. Let me know!

[@anthonymanzi5298]

@@RkHalo could you post a pic? I am having a hard time visualizing this

[@seanhoff]

this is such great advice, wow

[@DistracticusPrime]

Ingenious! Using gravity and movement tendency as conveyor belts. I love it! A few birds leaking out here and there just adds to the realism.

[@cassioschneider922]

at 2:30, that actual height is 8m i spent like 10min building a 16m and when finished and compared to yours i noticed mine was much bigger :D

[@TotalXclipse]

Yeh, I made a slip up, but it's 12m high I believe, 8m for the firepit then a further 😅4m above for the hutch area

[@DrRodion]

@@TotalXclipse You really should fix your video, wasted my time too.

[@richarddevenezia8186]

7:25 Abattoir comes to mind. There is a great Monty Python skit about Abattoir design.

[@NbKXStorm]

I had to place extra shielding up at the top to deflect the smoke, several times when a storm came along, it blew the smoke into the pens, and killed the chickens.

[@tsvetean]

Thanks for the tutorial. I didn't make it in the exact way ( lack of experience in Valhheim) but I still managed to get a really good farm. I wasn't able to automate the meat/feathers part but the workaround was to build a bigger space for chickens/hens to hatch/grow and when there is a bunch of them I just go them and do the job manually with the knife. I still have issues with tossing the seeds in the correct place (because I failed in some details when building), but it's okay when I manage to feed them with x100 seeds for a pretty long time. Still works as at 27thj July 2024. Thank you! ( I commnted on tgghe old video though :D )

[@cyphersix8180]

Loved this video, thank you for the great info. I was having problems with tons of chicks, waiting for them to grow up. So i dug a pit next to the hatching area and put an obliterator in it, the fire was causing me smoke issues as well. Now they can space out and grow in the pit, and then i can fry them all and collect when ready.

[@JamesTheVikingGames]

Great idea, I developed a little system that keeps the chicks in a room, but let's out the hens to walk up stairs to their deaths

[@cyphersix8180]

@@JamesTheVikingGames I’d love to see more of your stuff

[@refplace2000]

I had farms working then they get bugged, usually after an attack so the chickens moved a bit. I find the most reliable method that stops that is wall in a single floor space and put a beam under it. Remove the floor but not the beam when you have a hen. Don't usually need the beam but once in awhile the hens fall without it.

[@itzcrazydan]

Cool compact design, not sure how it would hold up against the bat raids though, could be worth a test.

[@Saveyy1]

EDIT: For anyone reading this. -> look in description for new and improved build video... I tried building this farm, but instead of pushing the eggs out the back of the building, the eggs instead spawn under the chickens in the hatchery part of the build. - So they never pop out the back and slide down the ramp - Any ideas on what went wrong ?

[@Eumin]

This is what is happening for me. they're laying the eggs at their feet.thanks for pointing out theres a new version.

[@mathieucambois3072]

Happy to know that I'm not alone in this case 😂

[@mathieucambois3072]

Most particular on my case, one side of the breeder (egg part) the chickens always fall into the chute when hatch (I can't set the egg couple)

[@deepfryergaming5690]

Jeez did the 3am and unhappy wife ring very true lmao. Great build definitely going to give it a go.

[@fgille1]

So the resources from the new Mistlands enemies are pretty valuable. Seems like I always need more seeker meat and blood clot. Could you build a Mistlands enemy farm? I know without breeding or a spawner, it wouldn't be fully automated, but I saw that they are lured by the new mushrooms (Magecap and Jotun) while they are growing. Maybe you could just make a partially automated trap farm?

[@TotalXclipse]

Hmm possibly, it'll be something I could try and play about with

[@gho5tspartan26yt]

I didn’t even know you could do this. Amazing

[@maksphoto78]

So, basically like any modern chicken or egg producing factory.

[@ivocanevo]

I'm amused, Total. I'm used to watching your videos for Satisfactory, a game where everything is... automated.

[@TotalXclipse]

Somethings never change

[@AllFascistsCanSuckIt]

Unbelievably cool!!! I’m going to feel like a Glukkon, turning living things tasty through the power of automation!

[@AIRGEDOK]

I am pretty sure 16m high stone walls is not what was build but 8m high stone walls were made. the 2x4 stone blocks are 4m long not 4m high.

[@yagoa]

you can also get eggs by defeating the "sealed tower" as one of Hildirs quests

[@Luna23tic]

Maybe some puffer fish on item stands could work too. Then no need for smoke venting or coal.

[@1RuneKing]

I like that idea, put it at the right height to snag hens but not chick

[@taiden8602]

nice vid like the others but all my hatchlings walking in the flame and the hens not ... i have this beam on the stairs the hatchling can pass and the hens not its kind of reverse of what its suposed to do ... any idea ?

[@cnstylez]

This build reminds me of the game Craftopia. Exactly what you would build over there too :)

[@spagooter9]

I have a modified version since I just couldn't get my hens to walk up the stairs and towards their death. They all kept bunching up on one part of the pen. I used a hearth and put a gate right before it which I only open from the outside once they're all hens already. I put a small stack of their food on the opposite end of the hearth, and as soon as I open the gate they all rush towards the food and run straight through the fire lol

[@ggrnoob]

Very nice design!. If you swap out the brazzier for a few item stands with pufferfish, you won't have to worry about repairing anything!

[@TotalXclipse]

Improved system is coming tomorrow, but I should have used the pufferfish, awesome Idea!

[@dce040186]

Wait I’m sorry I’m a little slow, what does pufferfish item stand do?

[@ggrnoob]

@@dce040186 yeah pufferfish, newer mistlands fish.. ;)

[@dce040186]

@@ggrnoob what does that combination do?

[@TotalXclipse]

@@dce040186 If an enemy touches a puffer fish it'll take poison damage- you can place these on an item stand to damage any creatures that walk past creating a passive farm from it

[@FranFuzz]

Am I doing something wrong? The eggs spawn inside the Chicken box instead of falling 😮‍💨

[@joshhiroti]

Cheers for the advice, definitely going to pretty it way up though

[@JuicyJoseph11]

Awesome idea! I’ll definitely be using this!

[@teiks886]

I cant seem to get the chickens to hatch inside the box, they either just glitch out of the box or glitch into each other.

[@JamesTheVikingGames]

Hatch the chicks outside of the breeder, then push in the hens once they are grown and close it off.

[@nathanokeefe7063]

When you are in debug mode you can use Z on the keyboard to toggle flying.

[@michaelmera2846]

what i could understand is that the eggs will clip through the back wall and fall to the ground or any other surface (and not break compared to real life eggs). Perhaps devs fixed this and it's ok to just leave an open slat instead of a full half wall covering the rear? Also, is a hen's hitbox bigger than a 1x1 or 1x 2 hole? sort of like to use the same concept from farming boars?

[@RavenCroftLoft]

One issue I ran into is the Hens stop eating on the top floor, any ideas. I raised the roof a bit and they ate one round. We will see how it goes.

[@JamesTheVikingGames]

Hatch the eggs outside of the breeder, let them mature to hens, then push the hen in and close off the chamber.

[@Warp9pnt9]

VBC Viking Braized Chicken ... Mmmm-mmm!

[@lilbellotti4194]

i cant get the hens to feed on seeds for some reason, i put seeds in with them and on the outside and they just wont feed

[@Dave83138]

Great, build, one question though, is the core wood from the ground actually necessary? I believe any wood on stone is the same as being on the ground. Your smoke build up issue with the ground can be solved by building a larger opening directly above the fire to vent the smoke.

[@TotalXclipse]

Yeh the core wood isn't necessary, but I always use it to plan out a structure :)

[@Dave83138]

@@TotalXclipse I love the look of it, I was just curious if it was completely necessary for structural integrity.

[@koshersaltful]

So I HAVE watched the patch video for this one as well, but that video refers back to here for the chicken killer part, but the patch vid does not have the same fire pit as this? What am I missing to make the killer part work after the patch video? I'm getting TONS of eggs so totally love this build, just gotta figure out how to finish it! Thx in advance!

[@scottish785]

Question At the top you put two eggs on both sides but with regards to the chutes how do the eggs pass through the floor as never saw you make any sort of hole for the eggs to pass through to drop then into the chutes

[@joshilane539]

Love the design mate, truly a great balance of efficiency and esthetic, I wasnt even looking for this video but I was hooked from the first few seconds and easily persuaded me to sub. I do have one question in regards to perhaps potentially tweaking the killing system reliability and speed by instead using pufferfish on item frames at CHICKEN height (I assume the hitbox of a chick is shorter than that of an adult chicken), as you would only require the drop shoot to be walled off and lined with the pufferfish at chicken head height... would that work or are pufferfish in itemframe hitboxes unreliable?

[@JamesTheVikingGames]

Unfortunately the chicks have a slightly bigger hit box (yea idk why) then hens, and run and jump all over so would likely die just as much as hens to the pufferfish. I have found that forcing the chicks to hatch in small enclosed area that has only a 2 meter wide by 1 meter high opening at the bottom forces the chicks to stay in the hatchery area and pushes the hens out since their hit box is slightly smaller, and can be forced through that open size easier then chicks. I can provide you with a quick video of this if you need.

[@joshilane539]

@@JamesTheVikingGames thanks for the swift reply dude, and THANK YOU for doing the yards and coming up with this wonderful concept and being so generous as to share it with the gamebase so that we dont have to go through the same frustrations, I really appreciate that man that was awfully kind of you. Thats quite an odd quirk, Im sure the developers had their reasons, but you're right it is very counter-intuitive for the chicks to have larger hitboxes (I can accept that they run around and jump more than the adults though, as being overly energetic is a more juvenile trait anyway), and yes you know what I would (and Im sure others definetly would too) absolutely appreciate a video that delves into the more technical part of your process/the features and limits encompassing chicken breeding... I do have one query about chickens vs chicks in terms of their behaviour with swimming in water, do they drown or does it change their hitboxes (higher or lower than the other), or even are chickens better at escaping water? (If you were to have a drop chute go into like a river/small pond near ur base, seashore I assume wouldnt work due to storms)

[@JamesTheVikingGames]

@@joshilane539 Happy to help out, I love messing around in Valheim with the mechanics trying to work out way to use AI behavior to my advantage. I'd like to put together a little video about some of the finer points I have learned along the way but that will take me some time. For now I can provide you a short video of the hatchery in action. The opening is made of glass and is 2 meters by 2 meters here because I let the hatchery get too full, and needed to let out hens faster. IF your hatchery isn't full of hens and chickens, then a 2 meter wide by 1 meter tall space works best to separate them. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gGrahmyEgtx3as0 As for the chickens swimming and their hit boxes, it could be interesting to look into, but I think all pets do not drown, they swim forever. I will dig out the floor of my hatchery area there a bit more and test it, should be able to hit water.

[@FyaeStrause]

@@JamesTheVikingGames I have to ask because the opening sizes and the meters you reference fail to line up to me. a normal beam full size is 2m and you're asking for a 4x2 which would be two full beams by 1 full sized beam. that seems way larger than a chick hitbox seeing as they can simply walk through a normal wall opening which is 2x2m. So are you actually referencing 4x2 or 2x1m openings? I looked at your video and you talked about how you widened your doorway but that appears to be a 2x2m not a 4x4. Hoping you can help clarify because my bab chicks are getting out and the poor babs need to grow up first! haha

[@JamesTheVikingGames]

@@FyaeStrause You are right, in my video its a 2x2 glass hole. I later realized that I was using a 2x1 glass hole to let out hens but not chicks, but never went and changed my comment. I will edit the comment. Sorry for the confusion.

[@WarlockioJones]

8 meters high* 4x2 blocks are 4 long 2 high, design is 4 walls high for 8 meters total

[@TotalXclipse]

Yeh I'm aware I made a mistake but the height of the total build Is 8ms high for the the fire then s further 4ms to the hens breeding area. So should be 12m high.

[@WarlockioJones]

Great design all together, implemented it on my server 😎

[@lordgrave57]

Just incase ppl don't know you can put eggs on stand then brake stand.

[@deltronicus]

great tip!

[@TickTockPrince]

I made this exactly. My eggs and chicks aren't clipping through the floor like yours, so they're all getting stacked into their 2x1 enclosures up top. Was there an update that broke this?

[@t7j]

Just found this and i'm gonna try it out. But I wonder, insted if the half wall in front of the chickens at the top. Can you use 2 of the cage wall 1x1 to make the half wall, so you can see them?

[@altercaze]

I’m having problem separating the chicks and hens when they hatch. Chicks tend to walk onto the stairs and to the fire while hens are all staying put, not moving much. I’m trying to think of a way to deal with this.

[@JamesTheVikingGames]

Try putting a 2 meter wide by 1 meter high opening made of glass at the base of the stairs, and see if the hens are allowed through but not the chicks.

[@altercaze]

I ended up just letting them all go through. Chicks just yield less materials but they still give both chicken meat and feathers. I’ll be back to see if someone come up with a better solution on the next update.@@JamesTheVikingGames

[@tevesw]

I spent a lot of time for the solution, and the best way is simply put a wood pole in the middle of the start of the staircase (where a bean was put in the video) so only hens can get out.

[@altercaze]

@@tevesw Interesting. So by limiting the opening at the stairway actually prevents the chicks to come out?

[@JamesTheVikingGames]

@@altercaze yes, in my experience with it, the chicks have larger hit boxes, so anything thats big enough to block them and let the hens by will work to separate them out.

[@davidbrown6325]

I’ve done this exactly but the eggs don’t drop! They stay on the floor

[@sirpunkalot7135]

My eggs are not falling ?

[@kingmeta5978]

@TotalXclipse how / what did you lift near the stair section @15:43? Having a hard time seeing what you did there

[@zoolkhan]

did anyone figure out how the eggs just magically fall through the ceiling pieces? did he ever show how to open it enough for that so eggs fall and chickens fall not down the chute? I mean.. everything else is cosmetics, but this would be the important bit - wouldnt it?

[@jasenmorin4936]

unless the mechanics have changed, you must put down a worktable near the food so that it doesnt despawn.

[@TotalXclipse]

Good to know but shouldn't be an issue if it's in your base

[@FDJUwe]

always good to remember that sleeping will waste food and not make them breed, and they also require a player nearby to do anything.

[@TotalXclipse]

Why will sleeping waste food?

[@joek3654]

@@TotalXclipse They get hungry overnight and eat extra food in the morning, but they don’t produce eggs overnight. That’s how it works for all tamables iirc

[@FDJUwe]

@@joek3654 exactly

[@RexorInvicta]

@@FDJUwe I just tested this, they laid eggs just fine throughout the night.

[@VyacheslavBychenko]

The slaughterhouse doesn’t work correctly for some reason. The chickens are jumping behind the wall inside on the side of stairs before they grow. Can you explain the slaughterhouse again, as it looks like the one in the new video is different from this initiate one.

[@carl-anthonychapdelaine5287]

I dont understand how the eggs pass throught the floor, have I missed a part where he deletes the floor under the top hens?

[@TotalXclipse]

Nope, I believe they spawn outside the hens hitbox, which so happens to be outside the hens hutch

[@TheDrackhenslager]

@@TotalXclipse is it possible they patched it? my chickens keep laying eggs right under them but they don't clip out...

[@Bhargos]

I set play speed to 2 and didn't even notice watching this.

[@dijohns]

Hi, and thank you for this guide. My two hens do however not eat the seeds. Tried feeding in front and direct into the box, making slightly more room for the hen, but nothing works. Have you any tips? Thanks

[@dijohns]

It worked at first. But stopped working after 2-3 eggs

[@JamesTheVikingGames]

@@dijohns Try to get the seeds as close the wall of the breeder box as possible. If they arn't eating the seeds are likely too far away for them to eat. Total talks about it here kzbin.infoUgkxpe9-f-4L6yW5ppw9Gi7Qeor-GXEWNmwW

[@dijohns]

@@JamesTheVikingGames Thanks for your reply. I did follow the instructions thoroughly and managed to get them to eat through the box, it's just that they stopped eatig. I read in a thread on reddit that it seems the hen doesn't eat when the they have populated to a certain number. They were talking about a cap of 8 hen.. but in your video you got a lot of resources from both the hen slaughter house and the egg producing hen... The only thing I did apart from the instructions is the height of the thing. I figured it would work just as good aslong as the eggs are cold. Thanks

[@JamesTheVikingGames]

@@dijohns if your hens are not high enough up from the rest of your chicks and hens that they spawned, they will eat but won't breed.

[@TimConama]

I had trouble with that as well. I ended up using two 1x1 iron cage walls in front of them instead of the short wood wall. This gave them more room to reach for seeds. This also worked for my boar farm as well.

[@danktoastiekins9341]

The only thing that works in this farm is the chicken killing system. He made a new chicken farm but neglected to change the title on this video to state it's broken. Just spent a bunch of time building trash.

[@jgfozzy]

I built one , had too it looked so good and it worked great up until the latest patch now all the eggs are staying up top and hatching instead of falling down the runs. Anyone else having the same issue? .

[@TotalXclipse]

Hi Jason! Checkout the link to the other video in the pinned comment or video description as I've fixed it for the latest patch 🙂

[@Callypso32]

I like the build but i'm curious on why so high? What if we take the top layout and bring it down a few levels and narrow the slides (or even remove them) until minimal room is needed for the fire trap? Is it because the top fire would be too close to the egg delivery zone and make them hatch into chicks? I think i will make a version of your tower with 4 sides producing chicken meat and a separate building just for eggs or try to move the fire areas differently. I don't think i need that much meat, i just like the challenge.

[@TotalXclipse]

I believe reducing the height will reduce the chickens laying capabilities similar with other farms, so if you want a continuous flow if resources they'll need to be placed higher

[@JamesTheVikingGames]

You can always put the egg collections area and chicken hatchery underground as I have done. Doesn't need to be as tall then.

[@ryljin3918]

I had a pair of free range chickens that just died inexplicably...do the hens starve or freeze?

[@cinefreak2307]

Hi, i have a problem. I did your machine and it works fine, however the dandelions that i throw to the chickens separatly agregate after a few minutes and this makes one of the chickens starve while the other eats it all. How do i stop this from happening? Is there an option?

[@JamesTheVikingGames]

Give them full stacks instead of partial ones. There are aggregating because you have too much stuff on the ground nearby.

[@tylerdoty1840]

Pretty sure this all got updated, it doesn't work anymore lol The chickens need space now to lay eggs.. so you cant trap it in one spot and have it lay eggs. Ive recently tried this and the chicken just eats all the seed and doesn't lay any eggs. EDIT: They still lay eggs when 2 are together BUT it wont go through the floor anymore.. they just pile up next to the 2 chickens

[@Lil_Puppy]

If you're modding, you can use the Auto-Feed mod and then just put your chicken feed in a container at the top and refill it once in a while.

[@berndwinkler1677]

Modding, why?

[@justinegge2840]

I cannot for the life of me get the matured hens to walk into the fire; this is after rebuilding/tweaking it 5 times. The hens up top work like a charm, the egg chute is on point, the eggs in the meat-harvest side mature as desired, but they just sit there. Anyone faced a similar issue and found a solution? P.S. love the idea - even with the above barrier, the result dramatically reduces the chicken grind. Thank you!

[@Member3285]

Cool build, but can you make it look like a giant wooden chicken now? 😆

[@andreblohm7858]

Thanks for the video - really great guide! We have tried this and our breeding-hens are never facing towards the seeds in front of the wall. Any idea how to fix that? It seems, that the box is to small for the hens to rotate in it... is it just luck-based where they will look after hatching? Thanks in advance

[@JamesTheVikingGames]

Try hatching them outside the boxes, then pushing in the mature hens and closing it off once they are in the little box. You can also use a different design that uses 45 degree roofs to hold the hens for breeding. I can message you a picture of the basics of roof version if you want.

[@jamiebuteau7875]

@@JamesTheVikingGames can i see this picture im having the same issue

[@JamesTheVikingGames]

@@jamiebuteau7875 here is a quick video of me building the roof ramp version of the breeder. The difference is you need to Hatch the chicks near the ramp in a little house up high, two per side of the breeder, and then push them in. That way you have two breeding pairs. The little slot let's the eggs out but not the hens. You just throw food in front on the ramps for them to eat. With just one beam at the front of the ramp, they can't walk out and you can put the food on that beam. kzbin.info/www/bejne/faaokGWIfpuHjJY

[@MrKillazerg]

I swear i cannot for the love of Thor build an automated breeder/egg hatcher! i Mean its built, the chickens are eating, but the eggs do not fall off .

[@Martin-jp2gj]

its patched now...

[@anthonymanzi5298]

I tried this and at first it didn't work. I had to destroy the flooring once I got the initial eggs grew to hens. Once I did that, eggs began to flow. If this step is needed, it was not in the tutorial.

[@Puffinugginns]

i cant get them to eat anything even if I remove the wall and let them run around

[@RobinMartensson]

Same here, any suggestions?

[@IgniteVashj]

Same mine cant eat.

[@JamesTheVikingGames]

You can't get the chickens, or the hens to eat? They have to grow into hens to eat seeds and reproduce. If you have having issues getting grown hens to eat in the breeder, try getting the seeds closer to the wall. Like in the crack between the floor and the wall close.

[@jayklops8024]

For me the egs dont fall trough the floor and they just sit under the hens, any help waht am i doing wrong ?

[@cognizance283]

you said it has to be 16 meters high, but in your video it's just 8 meters high, now I'm confused. 2:31

[@rhonin210]

Total did indeed say 16 meters, but this a small error. 3 long core beams is enough height for it to work.

[@TotalXclipse]

The builds 12m high, but that absolutely was a mistake on my behalf 😅

[@TimConama]

So, I built mine. I have some finishing touches questions. Where the chickens run up the steps, you put shutters in, and said they could be a door. Are you saying that I have to keep this door closed, then open it occasionally to let them through? Also, shutters are only 1 meter wide, so would not span the width of the stairs, which are 2 meters. Do you have half of it blocked off?

[@TotalXclipse]

I use two sets of shutters - although if you don't mind killing chicks you can just run it without

[@thestrykernet]

I'm not a big fan of automating animal farming in Valheim in general, but this was equal parts cool and hilariously dark.

[@gaborszabo4057]

Doest this design still work with the ashlands update?

[@Faced1111]

the eggs arent falling through the floor for me, ive tried the 1x1 wood and 1x1 iron nothing is working?

[@chrisb.7196]

Does this still work? My chickens just won't eat... They stay hungry all the time.

[@badyeti9089]

Love this idea, though my chicks fall through the floor before they mature so no eggs.

[@JamesTheVikingGames]

Hatch the chicks outside the breeder and then push them in once they are hens, and close it off.

[@bidet1515]

there isn't any law that define the amount of space need by chikens to breed ? ;)

[@OldIronShops]

I was able to close the meat pin so that the smoke collected and smoke the chickens to death.

[@mathieucambois3072]

I don't understand I exactly do what you've done but my eggs didn't fall from the platforms...

[@danktoastiekins9341]

Does this still work? I made it and my eggs aren't popping through the wall...

[@MrKrystian1992]

why dont u use fly command? :D great build

[@TotalXclipse]

If you liked this build, check the new improved version I put in the pinned comment.

[@spaspieler5687]

In the time to build all this (and the fact you need to be nearby to make the chickens eat, breed and lay eggs), you can simply just slaughter the chickens yourself. It would only make sense, if you can explore the world while the farm is working.

[@Wilkman3]

ah. industrialization of games, pinacle of gaming.

[@wsrgamer1970]

I wonder if anyone has notice another change in chickens with eating?

[@themagickalmagickman]

Is it important that is exactly that height or higher?

[@JesterNR1]

Just built mine, and my eggs aren't falling down the chute, they're just on the floor with the hens...

[@serakiel8430]

Wait so the eggs just goes through the floor?? We dont need any little holes for it like for the other farms??

[@TotalXclipse]

This isn't working now as the chickens hit box is much smaller, you need to use roofs - check out my new video on it - I've linked it in the video

[@TheMobilemak]

when you say 16 meters high, is that 16 layers high?

[@King-oy7wm]

The eggs wont go out of the pen, what did I do wrong?

[@darkostorm2851]

one chicken keeps on falling thru the floor i have throwen like 10 eggs now and they keep on falling thru the floor on the one side.. dmn :p

[@xdennee_]

For some reason my egs stay upstairs and dont fall down. Anyone know why?

[@simonrix5953]

can u use a pufferfish instead of the fire?

[@TotalXclipse]

Yrs

[@hansenhollla6705]

Wait a minute… is that Johnny hot body?!

[@fellacze]

nice build, anyway my hens dont want to eat, not even free on that platform ... :(

[@stujitsu]

Epic ♥️

[@David-ic3zl]

I have a question. If there isn't a hole beneath the hens, how does the eggs fall?

[@JamesTheVikingGames]

It falls through the floor since the little room they are in is too small.

[@jamiebuteau7875]

chickens wont eat. like they are stuck idk i tried everything its a frustrating endeavor doesn't work. I have even rebuilt it

[@TotalXclipse]

I'm not sure what to suggest, if I throw the food so that it just touches the wooden wall, they eat, if I throw it into their hutch or it's not touching the wall, they don't eat. I hope that helps

[@aeonflux112]

What is the point of collecting the eggs on one side instead of just setting up both sides as a slaughter room?

[@TotalXclipse]

You might want eggs for omlettes and other meals 😉

[@meptalon]

Because some of the most interesting recipes use eggs, not chicken meat

[@Draeconus]

Seems like Valheim is keeping up with the times since Eggs are so expensive both ingame and irl