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[meowmix]

is it just me or are my dwarves attacking my animals? like i have some goose that never stepped outside of the fortress and i periodically get enraged dwarf and animal messages, and many of my animals have sustained injuries.

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actually i just checked my combat reports and it seems like they my goose are attacking everyone including other goose, is there a way to stop them from doing this?

[spook54321]

are you keeping them penned up in tight quarters?
Animals get pissed off and maywill attack if they don't have enough room

Is Urist McDwarf unhappy and throwing a tantrum?
They may attack random dwarfs and animals if they throw a tantrum.

[meowmix]

well i have a designated meating area thats about 7x5, but theres like 90 animals sitting in there so yea i guess u can say they are in a small area.

is there a way to make a meeting area specifically for animals?

[FallingWhale]

Pens.

[Sizik]

well i have a designated meating area thats about 7x5, but theres like 90 animals sitting in there so yea i guess u can say they are in a small area.

Have you tried adding more butcher workshops?

[AdeleneDawner]

well i have a designated meating area thats about 7x5, but theres like 90 animals sitting in there so yea i guess u can say they are in a small area.

is there a way to make a meeting area specifically for animals?

Yep, and it's basically the same as setting up a meeting area, except instead of pressing m for meeting area, you press n for pen, and then N to bring up a list of animals to assign to it.

Several small pens with a few animals in each one work better than one huge one, in my experience. The animals seem to all want to stand in the same few spots in a large pen, and still wind up fighting even if there's plenty of room. If you *do* want a single large pasture area, though, you can make several pen zones with one wall around all of them, and each animal will stay in its own zone.