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Hey! I'm having trouble getting my poor chickens water as the water trough apparently isn't a suitable place for water?

I've also collected buckets but I don't know how to pour the water into the troughs.

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over 4 years ago - /u/unknownorigingames - Direct link

Originally posted by TheFanne

it doesn't let you put regular lake water into the troughs for whatever reason

what you need to do is build a campfire and purify the water, then set a custom stockpile with just purified water on the water trough, and make sure you have a shepherd assigned to the animal pen. Then the shepherd will put purified water in the water trough

You can change the food and water options from the room edit window. The latest (beta) build also has a change so that unpurified water is the default for animal enclosures.