Originally posted by Nerevar:

the shelter is not wide enough to count. eggs detection radius is alot more fine tuned than the player characters. same for the range of the fire.

also : where are the hens that make more eggs on that farm?

and third : any bat raid will have a field day with this chicken "farm" any non sheltered farm with openings or windows will get wiped clean by a bat raid in seconds. so either dont kill bonemass in that world or make sure they are fully locked away.

First thing I thought about when I saw the picture. I built a lovely pig pen when I first started taming and had turned 2 boar into 7 in no time. Then the bats came...