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[Scruga]

is there a way to get my cows inside a pit/fence without dwarves. like some pasture where they can walk, grow older, get slaughtered etc.

so NOT putting them in cages because that's sad

[unknwnsoljer]

Make a big room for your livestock. Put a door at the exit. Put all the livestock in a cage that is in said room. Let them out, and lock the door. Of course, now you can't slaughter them without unlocking the door...
Or designate a meeting area (which tamed animals will congregate it), and hope your dwarves don't hang out in the meeting area?

[Scruga]

xD they are allways idlers, but i'm going to lock the door but make it still passable for animals, maybe that would work

*PS* any other ideas?

[WCG]

Make a big room for your livestock. Put a door at the exit. Put all the livestock in a cage that is in said room. Let them out, and lock the door. Of course, now you can't slaughter them without unlocking the door...

If you make the door impassible to animals, they can still get out if a dwarf opens the door, right? So the butcher could come and get them OK?

To keep the other animals in, you'd want two or three doors in a row. And leave a cage in the 'pasture.' If an animal slips past the first door, just cage it again, then release it.

You could put your butcher just off the pasture, too, I suppose. But you might want the pasture outdoors (for realism purposes), surrounded by walls.

Bill

[Scruga]

to tell you, my town is totally outdoors  so that ain't no problem

[Omega2]

I think you could create a walled-off Pit area with a single locked door and a ramp going to the top of the walls and just dump the animals there. Unlock the door (but keep it tightly closed) when you need a butcher to come in, then just re-pit any animals that escape while the door is open.