{"id":1023714,"date":"2026-01-13T14:04:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T14:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4rqtxurG97PKyRNmsyNpyb"},"modified":"2026-01-13T14:04:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T14:04:21","slug":"stardew-valley-has-a-troublesome-new-disappearing-chickens-bug-which-eric-barone-is-explaining-away-by-declaring-invisible-coyotes-are-stealing-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/stardew-valley-has-a-troublesome-new-disappearing-chickens-bug-which-eric-barone-is-explaining-away-by-declaring-invisible-coyotes-are-stealing-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Stardew Valley has a troublesome new &#8216;disappearing chickens&#8217; bug, which Eric Barone is explaining away by declaring invisible coyotes are stealing them"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>After months of waiting, Stardew Valley&#8217;s big 1.6 update is finally live on consoles and mobile, and as if that wasn&#8217;t enough creator Eric Barone also surprised the world by rolling out yet another update on top of the update: <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/life-sim\/not-content-with-finally-getting-stardew-valley-1-6-live-on-all-platforms-eric-barone-has-piled-a-bunch-of-other-new-stuff-on-top-of-it-in-yet-another-big-update\/\"><u>Stardew Valley 1.6.9<\/u><\/a>, which introduces a fresh array of fixes, tweaks, updates, and new content\u2014and on top of that, some surprise Stardew lore: Wild coyotes!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;PSA: there is currently an issue, if you start a new farm on the meadowlands farm and open the animal door on the coop day 1, your chickens will disappear,&#8221; Barone wrote on <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ConcernedApe\/status\/1853521395080368514\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>X<\/u><\/a>. &#8220;If you leave the door closed for one day, it should save them. We will fix this.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Lore: There is a wild coyote on the farm day 1 rn&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1055px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:40.57%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"yKp6ktWa5U8oCsaqzmRGqi\" name=\"coy\" alt=\"PSA: there is currently an issue, if you start a new farm on the meadowlands farm and open the animal door on the coop day 1, your chickens will disappear. If you leave the door closed for one day, it should save them. We will fix this. Lore: There is a wild coyote on the farm day 1 rn\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/stardew-valley-has-a-troublesome-new-disappearing-chickens-bug-which-eric-barone-is-explaining-away-by-declaring-invisible-coyotes-are-stealing-them.png\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"1\" width=\"1055\" height=\"428\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"expandable\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Eric Barone (Twitter))<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Okay, so it&#8217;s not <em>exactly <\/em>new lore in the strictest sense, but I love the way Barone turns a bug into a feature by just waving his hands and declaring &#8220;environmental storytelling&#8221; in a deep, spooky voice. Not entirely seriously, of course, but given how Barone rolls I would be less than surprised to see wild coyotes added to the game in the inevitable Stardew Valley 1.7 update we&#8217;ll all be talking about in spring 2025.<\/p>\n<p>(For the record, I am not aware of any actual Stardew 1.7 update in the works, but I <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/life-sim\/eric-barone-goes-mad-with-power-hes-revealing-a-single-stardew-valley-patch-note-every-day\/\"><u>made the prediction<\/u><\/a> in March and I&#8217;m not backing off.)<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not the only one who thinks it would be a good idea:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1055px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:24.36%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"vfm6EemfRqixp8KDHcKeAN\" name=\"coy1\" alt=\"You should keep it and make the coyote adoptable\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/stardew-valley-has-a-troublesome-new-disappearing-chickens-bug-which-eric-barone-is-explaining-away-by-declaring-invisible-coyotes-are-stealing-them-1.png\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1055\" height=\"257\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: MagnoliaGameDev (Twitter))<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1055px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:33.08%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"3yFKEQQaNBAzjjFVjkp7FN\" name=\"coy2\" alt=\"I know how this snowballs. I'll log on next week and there'll actually be a coyote, called Grahbag or something and he'll drop off a golden dragon fruit that I put in the well at midnight to get a magic stick.\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/stardew-valley-has-a-troublesome-new-disappearing-chickens-bug-which-eric-barone-is-explaining-away-by-declaring-invisible-coyotes-are-stealing-them-2.png\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1055\" height=\"349\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: discostoo (Twitter))<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1055px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:23.41%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"CVrSbFHwSjrraGV5vMJAFN\" name=\"coy3\" alt=\"when the big is patched we should be able to adopt it\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/stardew-valley-has-a-troublesome-new-disappearing-chickens-bug-which-eric-barone-is-explaining-away-by-declaring-invisible-coyotes-are-stealing-them-3.png\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1055\" height=\"247\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: itmebebii (Twitter))<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1055px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:25.21%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"xeeQCGirkHju9bLRMmotEN\" name=\"coy4\" alt=\"Hoping you\u2019re going to patch in a coyote howl when waking up on Day 2\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/stardew-valley-has-a-troublesome-new-disappearing-chickens-bug-which-eric-barone-is-explaining-away-by-declaring-invisible-coyotes-are-stealing-them-4.png\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1055\" height=\"266\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: JakeARichmond (Twitter))<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1055px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:24.74%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"pC8L668kCxbJhVbmtbagEN\" name=\"coy5\" alt=\"please add the coyote to stardew and make it adoptable as a pet\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/stardew-valley-has-a-troublesome-new-disappearing-chickens-bug-which-eric-barone-is-explaining-away-by-declaring-invisible-coyotes-are-stealing-them-5.png\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1055\" height=\"261\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: GustyMelon (Twitter))<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1055px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:25.21%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"sSowyCA9oP8LJRneqqdcEN\" name=\"coy6\" alt=\"Adoptable coyote update leak?!\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/stardew-valley-has-a-troublesome-new-disappearing-chickens-bug-which-eric-barone-is-explaining-away-by-declaring-invisible-coyotes-are-stealing-them-6.png\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1055\" height=\"266\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: KyyPie (Twitter))<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1055px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:24.83%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"cNwmF666FTFEVe6VPNtNEN\" name=\"coy7\" alt=\"NOW I WANT TO ADOPT THE COYOTE THO\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/stardew-valley-has-a-troublesome-new-disappearing-chickens-bug-which-eric-barone-is-explaining-away-by-declaring-invisible-coyotes-are-stealing-them-7.png\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1055\" height=\"262\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: bonstrosity (Twitter))<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yeah, we&#8217;re never getting <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/haunted-chocolatier\/\">Haunted Chocolatier<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/life-sim\/stardew-valley-has-a-troublesome-new-disappearing-chickens-bug-which-eric-barone-is-explaining-away-by-declaring-invisible-coyotes-are-stealing-them\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After months of waiting, Stardew Valley&#8217;s big 1.6 update is finally live on consoles and mobile, and as if that wasn&#8217;t enough creator Eric Barone also surprised the world by rolling out yet another update on top of the update: Stardew Valley 1.6.9, which introduces a fresh array of fixes, tweaks, updates, and new content\u2014and on top of that, some surprise Stardew lore: Wild coyotes! &#8220;PSA: there is currently an issue, if you start a new farm on the meadowlands farm and open the animal door on the coop day 1, your chickens will disappear,&#8221; Barone wrote on X. &#8220;If you leave the door closed for one day, it should save them. 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