|name=Chicken coop
|image=A Chicken Coop.png|200px|right|]]
|examine = A small house where female chickens are kept safe and secure.
|active=[[Plank]]
|passive=1 [[Large nailnails]]
|group=storage
|materials=*1x [[Small barrel]]
*5x [[Large nailnails]]s
*25x [[Plank]]s
*8x [[Shaft]]
== Description ==
Used to store and feed [[chickenHen|hens]](s), and collect eggs. Coops contain multiple sub items inside. Nesting Box, This is where the loaded hens reside. Feeder, this is where you place food. Drinker, this is where you place water. [[Egg Box, this is where you get the |eggs from when they are laid]].
== Usage ==
* Loading
You can only load hens into the coop.
To load a hen, one must first lead one, then right click the coop and click "load creature".
To be able to load the creature there must be water in the drinker and food in the feeder.
You can only put food in the feeder that can be planted. Example: pumpkin seed, or corn.
Loadable chicken count is QL / 10 + rarity (max 13 for 100ql fantastic).
QL must be greater than or equal to 10 to load a chicken.
*Feeding and watering
Polling for the feeder and drinker happens every 4 hours at which time, creature count in food is subtracted from the feeder.
E.g. if there are 4 hens loaded 4 food will be subtracted.
Also 250 grams of water for each hen will be subtracted from the drinker.
*Egg output
Eggs will be created every 12 hours* Coops contain multiple sub items inside:** Nesting Box, this is where the loaded hens reside.Egg ql ** Feeder, this is dictated by the ql of the coopwhere you place food.Egg count ** Drinker, this is equal to the count of the chickenswhere you place water.If either the feeder or the drinker ** Egg Box, this is empty on egg poll the chickens will be unloaded on the center of the tile where you get the coop resideseggs from when they are laid.
*Locks You can only load hens into the coop.* The "Load Creature" option will not appear if you are leading more than one hen. * To load a hen, lead it, right click the coop and permissionsclick "Load Creature".* To be able to load the creature, there must be water in the drinker and food in the feeder.* Number of Loadable hens is QL / 10 + [[Rarity|rarity]] (maximum 13 for a 100 QL Fantastic coop). [[Quality_level|QL]] must be greater than or equal to 10 to load a chicken.
Coops === Feeding and watering ===* You can only put food that can be sown in the ground into the feeder. Example: [[pumpkin]] seed, any grains, or [[corn]]. * You can not put [[Herb]] seeds and [[Mixed_grass|mixed grass]] in the feeder. * Polling for the feeder and drinker happens every 4 hours, at which time food equal to the number of hens in the coop is subtracted from the feeder., e.g. if there are lockable and spawn on creation with a 1ql small padlock4 hens loaded, 4 food will be subtracted. Also, 250 grams of water for each hen will be subtracted from the drinker.Coops have manageable perms* If either the feeder or the drinker is empty on egg poll, like any other lockable containerthe chickens will escape the coop onto the center of the tile where the coop resides.
* Miscellanous info=== Egg output ===
You cannot load a * Eggs will be created every 12 hours.* Egg QL is dictated by the QL of the coop with chickens in it.Chickens in a coop, on deed, * Egg count is equal to the count towards of the ratio.You cannot bash a coop with chickens loaded.The * Eggs in the egg box will only hold 100 not hatch when they decay, even if they are fertile. Fertile eggsmust be on the ground in order to hatch.
== Creation =Security ===* Can be placed and planted or secured.* 50 fine carpentry skill is required to start Coops are [[Permissions#Containers|lockable]] and continue buildingspawn on creation with a 1.0 QL [[Small_padlock|small padlock]]. *Coops have manageable permissions, like any other lockable container.
== Additional Notes ==* *
* 50 [[Fine_carpentry|Fine carpentry]] skill is required to start and continue building.
* Can be loaded on a [[Wagon]].
* You cannot [[Load cargo|load]] a coop with chickens in it.
* On [[Settlement|deed]], chickens in a coop count towards the creature ratio.
* You cannot [[Bash|bash]] a coop with chickens loaded.
* The egg box will hold a maximum of 100 eggs.
== See Also ==* [[File: Coop.png|left|]]
[[Category:Fine carpentry items]]
[[Category:Group name here]]
[[Category:Babel/C]]