Sims 4 Cottage Living: How to clean your chickens

Many Sims 4 fans that installed Cottage Living have complained the game keeps saying their chickens are apparently dirty. Sometimes, there are also green clouds of stink surrounding your chickens.

If you check their hygiene level, you’ll notice it’s really bad.

Because they’re dirty, your chickens are also unhappy. The only problem is that you can’t clean your chickens directly, you can only clean their coops.

Don’t put The Sims 4 on hold and switch to a different game because of this minor issue.

Follow the solutions below to clean your chickens and get rid of that green cloud of stink.

How to clean dirty chickens in Sims 4

Use the Clean Coop interaction

The best way to keep your chickens clean is to regularly clean the coop. Click on the coop and select the Clean Coop interaction. Do that every day or every two days. Make sure to throw away the trash that your Sim collects after cleaning the coop.

Don’t just let it there in front of the coop.

Let it rain

Clean the coop and call your chickens out of the coop when it rains. Let them spend a few seconds outside during a rain shower and the clouds of stink should be gone.

Alternatively, you can also use a sprinkler. It should have the same effect as rainwater.

Discuss preening with your chickens

Use friendly social interactions and befriend your chickens. Then discuss preening with them and they should preen themselves clean.

Chickens should preen themselves on their own when all of their needs are met. Ensure they’re well feed and loved and they’ll clean themselves up.

Make sure there are no foxes around. Foxes will scare your chickens.

They can also steal their eggs, and will occasionally eat your chickens as well. Use the Livestock Upgrade Parts and install a Fox-Be-Gone alarm to keep foxes at bay.

By the way, you can also dress your chickens up to build your relationship with them.

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Travel to a different area after cleaning the coop

If you suspect your chickens are dirty due to an unexpected game glitch, travel to a different lot. That’s an excellent way to reset a glitched game.

Meanwhile, you can go to the woods and forage for mushrooms or run various errands for the villagers.

Rest assured, you don’t need to stay away from your farm for long, grab a few mushrooms, and go back to your farm. Your chickens should be clean and happy now.

You can also try to repair the game. Go to your library, right-click on The Sims and select the Repair option.

What happens if I don’t clean my chickens?

If you don’t clean your chickens, they’ll say you’re not taking care of them properly. After a while, they’ll leave your coop. To prevent that from happening, you can lock them in your inventory.

Additionally, the number of eggs your chicken will lay depends on how happy they are. If the coop is dirty and your chickens have clouds of stink around them, they won’t be happy at all. As a result, they won’t lay too many hatchable eggs.

If your chickens remain dirty and unhappy for too long, they might attack your Sim and kill them. And you don’t want that to happen.

Conclusion

To keep your chicken coop clean, use the Clean Coop interaction every two days. If your chickens are dirty, click on them and select Discuss Preening Methods. You can also call your chickens out of the coop when it rains to remove the nasty clouds of stink.

Did these tips help you fix the problem? Hit the comments below and let me know if your chickens are clean and happy now.

Last updated in August 2022.