Hi, I am trying out the splinterz clone because of the animal features, and it is a great utility. Deciding which animals to butcher has never been easier.
I have one problem though. I am trying to set up an early warning system inspired by Girlinhats Animal Powered Watchtower. I have built a series of towers, and bred 5 Roosters, 5 Drakes and 3 Ganders to work there as guards. Each tower has a one-tile pasture zone, and the idea was to assign one animal to each tower.
Problem is: All five roosters have got the same name: "Stray Rooster", so after assigning two-three of them I have no idea which of the roosters are actually assigned and which aren't, so I typically end up with reassigning the same rooster again and again. I tried giving them nicknames ("EW01" etc.) in DT, but there seems to be no way to see animal nicknames in DF.
So my question is: Is there a way to see animal nicknames in DF? And if not, are there other ways of making animals unique?
edit: I just found a way to get the job done. I first unassign all roosters, and then only assign those that are not marked as assigned in the DF zoning menu. Which is a pain, given the DF zoning interface with all the unsorted animals, goblins and what-know-I. So my question still stands.
Partially unrelated request: Is it possible to have a column showing which animals are chained? And another one, showing which animals are zoned? In addition to the cage column?