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[Yaotzin]

Aye I found it. It seems Turkeys last as "poults" for one year, then become "hen/gobbler". Problem is, they're only full grown after 2 years. I need to know how to tell whether they're 1-2years old, or 2+. If I kill them right after they become a hen/gobbler I get like 2 meat and 1 skull. Full grown they're supposed to give ~9 meat, 6 bones.

[Sphalerite]

Aye I found it. It seems Turkeys last as "poults" for one year, then become "hen/gobbler". Problem is, they're only full grown after 2 years. I need to know how to tell whether they're 1-2years old, or 2+. If I kill them right after they become a hen/gobbler I get like 2 meat and 1 skull. Full grown they're supposed to give ~9 meat, 6 bones.

I solved this by having multiple cages, and cycling out my hens after a year of egg-laying.  Over the course of a year I'd stuff every poult to hatch into a cage.  At the end of the year the cage would be set aside and a new cage built for the next year's poults.  Each cage would be let to sit until all the poults became turkeys.  At that point I'd butcher the old laying-hens and toms, and then take the newly adult hens and toms and pasture them in the breeding area.  It became an annual event at the fortress, the grand turkey-slaughter and annual poultsplosion.

I later tore the entire system down and killed all the turkeys after my fortress was drowning in turkey and egg roasts.  It worked a bit too well, I think I've got a few centuries worth of food stored up.

[Yaotzin]

Exactly the plan

Thanks, that's a good idea.

Getting food is too easy really, having a large variety should be way more important.

[Yaotzin]

Hm wait, problem: How do I make sure I only kill the turkeys in cage X? The only ways I know how to slaughter stuff is via the Units screen and the z-animals screen, but neither of those tell me where something is caged, or if it even is.

[Garath]

(v)iew, (p)references, (s)laughter

[Sphalerite]

Yeah, that's hard to do.  I release the turkeys from the cage, then manually select them for butchering.

[Yaotzin]

I accidentally dumped my goblinified cage, then unforbid it. So it's now just sitting in a stockpile and the lever linking thing doesn't work. How do I release him so I can kill him?

Guess one turkey at a time isn't toooo bad...only every year..

[Sphalerite]

Build the cage.  When selecting which cage to build, expand the list and select the cage marked 'goblin cage'.  Once it's built you can link a lever to it and release him.

[Garath]

expand the list by pressing x


if I have a mounted goblin dodge off a bridge, 15 levels down, will they die? there was something about not dieing if they landed on someone, so, just to make sure. What if they hit a statue? gonna put a statue garden there

[Yaotzin]

Ah yes being able to select the material Only just learned that so didn't think of it.

Hopefully I get attacked soon. 90 dwarfs, 888k wealth and waitingggg.

[Yaotzin]

I got a minotaur instead of goblins. Am I dead? If not what's my best defence?

And a random question, what are those C and S letters on the left side of the screen, in the border?

[FuzzyZergling]

I got a minotaur instead of goblins. Am I dead? If not what's my best defence?

Minotaurs are tough but beatable, as they are made of meat and can die of blood loss. If you have a decent (5-10 dwarves in metal with weapons and >novice skills) military you should be alright.

[Garath]

C was for important announcements I think, S is for sparring

anyone who can answer my falling rider question?

[Yaotzin]

I think I'm winning but he keeps killing random dwarves who run around outside. He's crazy fast so they can't get away How can I order all my dwarves to sit their useless butts inside my fortress while my military fights?

I see to be hurting his arms and legs only. Hopefully that stops him hurting me!

Hm nope I'm dead unless he bleeds out or something. 1 competent fighter and a few novices is bad it seems

[Garath]

they fall to normal cage or weapon traps. It's a megabeast, not a titan