Smart Feeding Troughs

Smart Feeding Troughs automatically feeds and breeds nearby animals in a natural and vanilla-friendly way. Also adds an edible Hay Bale Block which allows wheat eating animals to feed directly from the bale.

Features

Supports both Fabric and NeoForge loaders
Shear a Hay Bale and animals that eat wheat can feed directly from the block 8 times.
Enforces a population cap and stops feeding once the cap is reached.
Animals feed only if a nearby eligible mate is also ready to breed, avoiding wasted food.
Works with any modded animal that extends the vanilla Animal class. Tested with Alex's Mobs.
Designed for maximum efficiency by minimizing expensive scanning.
Supports automated input through top and sides via vanilla hoppers.
Fully configurable, with command-line and UI options via Cloth Config and Mod Menu.

How to use:

To craft a Smart Trough you need any wooden slabs and planks, combine them in a crafting table and place the trough. Insert eligible food into the 4-slot inventory. i.e. wheat for cows, seeds for chickens, etc.

Smart Trough crafting recipe

Future Plans

This mod is being actively developed and the following are the potential planned features and improvements:

Dynamic rendering of contents showing visual clue on how full the trough is.
Redstone support: disable via signal, comparator support
Debugging: visually indicate which animals are claimed by the trough
If troughs are adjacent, optionally change model to show one long trough (like a vanilla double chest)
Store XP so the player can collect it later (like a vanilla furnace)
Feed hurt animals so they heal.
Feed baby animals so they have a chance to grow faster.
Improved feeding animation or effects for visual feedback
Add all wood types
Config: allow per animal type settings
Config: whitelist/blacklist animals

Config Options

range: Maximum distance at which animals can be claimed by the trough. (Default: 16)
maxClaimedAnimals: Maximum number of animals each trough can claim. Add more troughs to increase the cap further. (Default: 24)
troughClaimCheckInterval: Number of ticks the trough waits before searching for more animals to claim. (Default: 600)
feedChance: Probability that an animal will feed when ready. This adds natural variation and can be set to 1.00 for a 100% chance. (Default: 0.25)

Changelog

1.1.0

Added Edible Hay Bale
Fixed bug where population cap could sometimes be significantly exceeded

License: MIT

Source: https://github.com/kingnhcomcast/Smart-Breeding-Troughs

Permissions: You are welcome to use this mod in your modpack. If you do, feel free to leave a comment and let me know.

If you want support for other minecraft versions or feature requests, leave a comment!

Enjoy!