Add a "Butcher Owl" Helper for Animal Paddocks – Automate Gathering, Butchering Excess, Feeding, and Watering for Solo Farmers!

As a solo player managing the tavern, quests, and the world, keeping up with animal breeding (chickens and pigs) is a chore—especially when paddocks hit max capacity (up to 10 chickens and 10 pigs per paddock), they stop reproducing if over capacity or unfed, and you have to manually butcher for meat! We already love the Cleaner and Waiter Owls from the Helpers Update; let's expand with a Butcher Owl (unlock via Owl House purchase/upgrade) that assists with non-lethal tasks plus smart butchering to prevent overcrowding, while still requiring player check-ins to stock its inventory and collect items.

• It auto-gathers passive drops like eggs from chickens if it has inventory space (up to 9 slots total, like the Waiter—dedicates one slot to a bucket for water tasks, leaving 8 for items).

• For butchering: Only activates if the paddock is at max animal limit; then it kills up to 4 excess of each type (4 chickens and 4 pigs max per cycle) and loots their meat (chicken meat from chickens, pork from pigs) if it has enough free inventory space—keeps things ethical by avoiding unnecessary kills and requires a killing weapon (e.g., Butcher Knife—separate suggestion) in its inventory for the task.

• Fills water troughs by collecting from nearby sources using its dedicated bucket (troughs hold up to 10 water), but only if it has the bucket equipped and space isn't blocking the action.

• Refills food troughs from barley placed in its inventory (both chickens and pigs eat barley—troughs hold up to 10 units), but only if it has free space.

This assists in preventing paddock chaos without fully automating everything—players still need to periodically stock the owl with barley/buckets/weapons, check and empty its inventory to free up space, and monitor overall progress to keep things moving smoothly. It promotes sustainable breeding (needs two of the same animal with food/water) and lets solo players harvest meat/eggs more efficiently while focusing on tavern runs, hunting, fishing, or quests. Co-op can disable it for hands-on fun. Ties perfectly into the cow NPC/scarecrow quests for paddock and breeding unlocks (the talking cow explains the paddock after gardening with Scary). Upvote if you want assisted butchering without the full grind! 🐔🐷🦉🪓