Changes

Should you wish to have fewer silos, you can pull hay from the hopper and store it in chests. To do so you must have a coop or barn that does not have a full feeding bench and then you can pull multiple times from the hopper, provided you do not have the hay equipped. This becomes seemingly impossible if all of your coops and/or barns have been completely upgraded to deluxe as the feeding benches are always full. However, hay on the feeding bench can be destroyed with bombs, allowing you to withdraw hay from the hopper again.

In the winter, snow covers the grass completely, making grazing impossible. Therefore, it is advisable to use the scythe to cut some or all of the grass into hay before the end of the fall season to ensure enough reserve hay to feed your animals through the winter. It is generally considered a good practice to build a silo and begin storing hay even before building your first coop or barn.