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[nekoexmachina]

Got this one today:
http://imgur.com/XHA3PNy


I've tested this a little bit, and it /seems/ that animals become distracted when they are kept away from sentinent beings for a couple of years.

[thriggle]

Ah, so that's why my turkeys are blinking yellow down arrows! I penned them in behind locked doors so their eggs wouldn't be harvested, giving them time to hatch.

[nekoexmachina]

No idea if distracted animals do anything worse then usual animals, however instead of blocking them off to hatch eggs you can forbid eggs on all of your food stockpiles (q -> select stockpile -> s -> remove eggs from list of items).

[thriggle]

That's good advice, but this seemed like fewer keystrokes. I unlocked the door after the first poultsplosion and egg production/collection resumed without fanfare.

[arbarbonif]

You can also just forbid the eggs in the nest.  That is most useful if you have some non-fertile birds, since you can not forbid those eggs and have them still plucked.

[Bouchart]

I've had distracted tamed giant cave swallows but they didn't seem to act any differently than anything else.

[Furtuka]

Huh I was wondering what was causing that. Are Dwarve's still afraid of gorlaks? I remember a few days ago one wandered through my whole fortress without anyone noticing. If it's a lack of contact with sentient beings that causes the problem maybe chaining one up next to them might help.

EDIT: Tried it out, ended in the crundles and large rats I had in that room becoming utterly terrified and sending my dwarves on a chase around the fortress to retrieve them. Did not cure their distractedness.

[thriggle]

I guess you'll need to chain up an elf to keep them company.

[GenericOverusedName]

Distractedness is a thing with the needs system, so it looks like the animals have some needs that aren't being fulfilled. Animal enrichment for your farms is needed, I guess?