INTERACTION DETAILS
1. Set Up Coop
- To be done once per sim for all coops.
- Has to be redone if coop becomes dirty.
2. Buy Chickens
- Has to be done once per sim for all coops.
- Has to be redone if chicken dies (very rare)
- Buff – ‘New poultry‘ (+2 Happy, 2 sim hours)
3. Feed chickens
- Requires one Chicken feed in the inventory.
- After feeding Checking for eggs interaction becomes available.
- Can feed once every 12 hours.
- Relationship gain.
- New animation.
4. Check for eggs
- If you check for eggs within 3 hours, there would be a notification that eggs are not ready.
- After 3 hours, eggs become ready to be collected.
5. Collect Eggs
- Sims get a carton of egg in the inventory.
- Have to wait some time for the feed feature to be available again.
- New animation.
- Gives buff – ‘Bountiful Eggs‘ (+1 Energized, 8 sim hours)
EGG CARTON
- Found in the inventory after collecting
- Can be opened
- Sim will receive good eggs and bad eggs in inventory
- Can occasionally receive golden eggs
- On eating good eggs: buff – “Egg-cellent” (+3 Energized, 2 sim hours)
- On eating Bad eggs: “Something Rotten” (=1 Uncomfortable, 2 sim hours). Bad eggs can act as a good quality fertilizer.
- Golden eggs can be sold for 800 simoleons
6. Look for Easter eggs
- Will get 3 different types of Easter egg in the inventory.
- Edible.
- Can be sold.
- 12 different varieties. Edible.
- New animation.
- Gives buff – ‘Easter Eggs’ (+1 Happy for 24 sim hours)
- Can be done once per day
7. Rename coop
- Name the chicken/chicken coop
- Build relationship with the coop
- Chicken Coop icon will appear in the relationship panel under the new name
8. Observe
- Relationship gain.
- Gives buff – “Chick Magnet” (+1 Happy, 2 sim hours)
9. Converse with Chickens
- Relationship gain.
- Fills Social motive
- Gives buff – “Fowl Conversation” (+1 Energized, 8 sim hours)
10. Play with Chickens –
- Relationship gain.
- Fills Social Motive
- New animation.
- Gives buff – “Chick Magnet” (+1 Happy, 2 sim hours)
11. Hug Chickens
- Relationship gain.
- Fills Social Motive
- New animation.
- Gives buff – “Hen Hugger” (+3 Happy, 2 sim hours)
12. Tell Story
- Relationship gain.
- Fills Social motive
- Gives buff – “Told a great story” (+1 Inspired, 12 sim hours)
13. Insult/Use Fowl Language
- Relationship Loss.
- Fills Social motive
- Gives buff – “Fowl Conversation” (+2 Confident, 8 sim hours)
OBJECTS
1. Chicken Feed – Found in Misc Appliances, 5 simoleons, required to be present in inventory for Feed interaction
2. Egg Carton – Found in inventory after ‘Collecting’
3. Eggs – Found in inventory after ‘Open Carton’ Interaction
4. Easter Eggs – Found in inventory after ‘Search for Easter eggs’ Interaction
RELATIONSHIP
- Sim can start gaining relationship with the coop/chicken after naming the coop
- Chicken appears in relationship panel (icon is a bit blurry)
- Relationship gain – Converse with chickens, hug chickens, play with chicks, tell story
- Relationship Loss – Insult Chicken/Use Fowl language
DISEASES
All diseases are fictitious
Fowl Flu
- 20% chance of contracting the disease from tending to the chicken coop( feeding, collecting eggs etc)
- Mild self limiting illness
- Infectious during 1st phase
- Consists of 3 phases lasting for 24 sim hours each
- Phases are – Prodrome (Aches and Pains), Acute Phase ( Hot and Leaky), Convalescent (Get Well Soon)
- Symptoms : Prodrome – Mild Fever, nausea sneezing and coughing with need decay.
- Symptoms : Acute Phase – Severe Fever, nausea sneezing and coughing with need decay
- Symptoms : Convalescent Phase – Headache, dizziness, nausea
- Disease confers immunity for 7 sim days
- Can be cured at any stage by drinking Orange Juice. If cured by orange Juice, then no immunity development (Requires orange juice override)
Simonella
- 30% chance of contracting the disease from eating bad eggs and 5 % chance from eating good eggs
- Mild self limiting illness
- Not Infectious
- Consists of 3 phases lasting for 24 sim hours each
- Phases are – Prodrome (Unusually Bad), Acute Phase ( Simonella), Convalescence
- Symptoms : Prodrome – Mild Nausea with need decay.
- Symptoms : Acute Phase – Severe Fever, nausea, weight loss with need decay
- Symptoms : Convalescent Phase – Dizziness with weight loss and need decay
- Disease confers immunity for 7 sim days
- Can be cured at any stage by drinking Orange Juice. If cured by orange Juice, then no immunity development (Requires orange juice override)
Regina Shirey says
I would really love to be able to add the chicken coop to my sims 4 game but when I go to outdoor stuff it’s not there… what did I do wrong or what do I need to do to find it?