I had the same problem at first for all my animals. If your not in an ocean or dessert biome then go around and kill all the other animals around your house. It worked for me my animals haven't despaired and it's been several weeks now.
Like how big is the fenced in area, as it is suppose to be where animals can not walk 20 blocks in any single 1 direction. Also they shouldn't be despawning in deserts and ocean biome if you have them fenced in, as that would defeat the purpose of making a farm in a desert. Sure there will be no animals spawning in those biomes, which means leading them to there... There could be other factors to this, but there really is not much information about your farm to analyze the problem...><
I apologize that I could not be of much help, but in the very least I pointed out some information that may help.:D
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my chickens despawned often until i got a second one in there.. the chickens seems a little rarer than the other animals. probably took me 4 or 5 tries to get a flock.. once i bred two together, they stuck around.
now i keep my animals in deep 3x3 pits with no food, no water and stone floors. i lower down a bucket of milk once a week and instruct them to put the lotion on the skin.
There seem to be many reasons. I found that if I spend a lot of time away they will despawn, there are issues with them respawning on the wrong side of a fence after loading, which makes it appear they have despawned. You can put them in buildings, double your fences, sink your pastures in the ground, and there are probably some other tricks that help. Some people have less problems than others. It's just something we have to live with.
Like how big is the fenced in area, as it is suppose to be where animals can not walk 20 blocks in any single 1 direction. Also they shouldn't be despawning in deserts and ocean biome if you have them fenced in, as that would defeat the purpose of making a farm in a desert. Sure there will be no animals spawning in those biomes, which means leading them to there... There could be other factors to this, but there really is not much information about your farm to analyze the problem...><
I apologize that I could not be of much help, but in the very least I pointed out some information that may help.:D
now i keep my animals in deep 3x3 pits with no food, no water and stone floors. i lower down a bucket of milk once a week and instruct them to put the lotion on the skin.
seems to work just fine. best of luck!
There seem to be many reasons. I found that if I spend a lot of time away they will despawn, there are issues with them respawning on the wrong side of a fence after loading, which makes it appear they have despawned. You can put them in buildings, double your fences, sink your pastures in the ground, and there are probably some other tricks that help. Some people have less problems than others. It's just something we have to live with.