A Bird Cage can turn spare produce into seeds, helping you keep a chosen crop in circulation instead of relying only on whatever seeds you find.
PC / Global, base game with Reign of Giants-compatible notes where stated
WHERE & HOW TO FARM
Where to farm
A Bird Cage beside farm storage, where produce and recovered seeds can be collected conveniently.
Use the Bird Cage as a seed recovery station. Feed a caged bird spare produce, collect the seeds it yields, and plant them for another crop cycle. This makes extra harvest useful even when you need to preserve planting stock. The method requires a bird and produce to feed it; it does not guarantee that every output will be the crop seed you want, so check what you receive before committing the next planting.
Keep the Bird Cage in a secure food-preparation area near the farm and crop chest.
Harvest produce from a farm plot or gather spare produce through foraging.
Choose produce you can spare rather than food needed for immediate meals.
Feed the produce to the caged bird and collect the seed output.
Check the returned seeds and sort them by crop before planting.
Plant seeds matching the crop you want to grow when conditions allow.
Retain some produce or seed output for the next bird-feeding and planting cycle.
Farming tips
Treat recovered seeds as a useful supply, not a promise of a specific result; inspect the output before planning a single-crop bed.
Feed genuine surplus so the bird loop supports food production instead of competing with meals.
Repeat, collect and use
Repeat while you have produce to feed and a bird in the cage. Keep enough seed or produce in reserve to restart the loop; it stops when you run out of feedstock.
Common mistakes
Feeding the last meal produce: keep food needed for survival and feed only the surplus.
Planting without checking seed type: sort the returned seeds first so the bed matches your plan.
Using every returned seed immediately: retain a reserve to avoid depending on another harvest.
When to stop or switch
Stop feeding the bird when you have enough seeds for the next planned crop batch or when produce is needed for meals. Resume after another surplus harvest.
