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[Immacolata]

Again the byzantine butchering system of Dwarf Fortress caught me by surprise. It is COMPLETELY opaque how it works.


So, as you can see,  4 duck corpses are next to my butcher's shop.
They have been dragged there by a dwarf after a hunter shot them, so they are not tame ducks, but wildlife from the map around the fortress.

I cannot get them butchered: When I try to butcher a duck I get needs nearby unrotten butcherable item. GAH!

* Stockpile next to Butcher's shop is Refuse, not Corpse. Is that significant?
* Corpses are not rotten.
* One is mutilated, rest are normal corpses
* They were never tame.
* They were killed by trauma from the hunter's arrow, not starvation
* There is a butcher with the skill enabled in my fortress.

[Keldane]

I have had this happen on small animals, and small animals only. My assumption was that it was too small to yield anything at all, and was therefore rejected for butchery.

[Seriyu]

That's pretty much it, yep.

Buzzards give the message a lot too.

[Immacolata]

The bug tracker has something on it: http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=874

[Yoink]

Damn, so that'ss why a bunch of my dwarves starved when I tried to butcher all the rabbits running around. :/

[phoenixuk]

Actually, the rabbit thing might be more accurate than you think...;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_starvation

[Immacolata]

It might be a minor bug, but it does carry some significant consequences for the player's understanding (and frustration) with how butcheries work. Unfortunately a corpse does not carry any tag that reveals if it is in a butcherable state or not. If it did, that would really alleviate a lot of "Need nearby unrotten butcherable item" spam frustration from the players.

[UnrealJake]

Actually, the rabbit thing might be more accurate than you think...;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_starvation

*Ahem* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC2RYiaM6WU

[phoenixuk]

Gotta love that QI makes more sense than wikipedia... Lord Commander Fry for emperor of the earth!