The FAQ

The following are some of the most Frequently Asked Questions in the game Forest Village.
 * How do I get a new chicken/pig/cow/sheep My last one got eaten/starved to death?
 * build a new coop/stable/pasture or knock down and rebuild your current one.
 * My people starve to death but I have plenty of food. How come?
 * Make sure their houses are close enough to a barn. They only walk so far for food.
 * Also if you have more then one barn make sure both have food because barn supplies are NOT shared between barns. Donkey Caravans can be used to move goods from Barn to Barn.
 * How do I get walls/gates to align correctly?
 * hold shift while building and they snap into a grid while they are in a grid you can put them next to each-other.
 * How do I rotate a building/wall?
 * Press R to rotate 90° or hold R to rotate in smaller steps.
 * My people are dying from disease what do I do?
 * Make sure to have a staffed herbalist hut and a healers shop to treat your ill.
 * Also make pyres and/or crypts to get rid of the dead. Dead bodies spread diseases.
 * My Clay Miner/Blacksmith/Weaver/Herb Gatherer has reached his/her limit and is just standing around. Meanwhile there's a big terraforming job to do. How do I get them to pitch in?
 * Professionals will assist in hauling and resource harvesting/gathering when they've reached their production quotas. They will NOT volunteer for terraforming.
 * You may either temporarily remove their work assignment (Reduce the # of folks in that profession) to geth them to terraform or just designate some additional resources for them to gather
 * How do I get other crops and kinds of livestock?
 * You need to send an expedition.