Originally posted by DaLagga:

I have 2 pairs of hens laying eggs ~16 meters up on that pillar. The eggs fall down so I don't end up feeding hens that I plan to slaughter. As for bats, I haven't had that raid yet and I'm in the Mistlands. I guess I've gotten lucky. Any time a raid does happen I just run outside my main gate and fight them outside so they don't damage anything.

I just finished an underground chicken/egg farm because this was just better and safer than my initial farm. And now you post this outstanding idea with the pillar, the falling eggs, the saving of seeds....

Do you have some type of fence on the top or do the chicken stay there by themselves?