Originally Posted by
shadyacre
she feeds them based on the amount of each item you tell her to keep in stock. so, for instance, if you tell her to keep 15 bacon, she will feed 15 pigs, collect the bacon, and then not feed them further.
if she has food, then you probably have her set to feed the animals, and keep extra food. she will make the extra food, but not feed them again if she has her quota of bacon (15) already.
however, if you use or sell the bacon from her stock, then she will feed the animals and then collect until she hits her quota again. the food itself does not count against her total storage capacity, only the animal products do.