Chickens look to be causing us a big problem. So many animals in a small space require more calculations to be made by the server. But with chickens you also get the problem of them laying eggs. If these eggs are not collected, they stay on the ground and this also requires the server to make more calculations.
A quick an easy way to fix that issue is to place hoppers under your chickens, but really, there isn't any need for each individual to have as many animals as they do at the moment.
These pictures, taken at Valhalla show exactly what im talking about.
These pictures below show an example of unacceptable sized farms.
Valhalla Sheep Pen.
Valhalla Chicken Pen
Valhalla Cow Pen
This
isn't an uncommon sight on the server, and
isn't just found in Valhalla (that was just the town that caused problems at the time).
Mayors
It is your responsibility to govern the number of animals kept within your towns by your residence. If you feel that the number of animals that a single player is too high, please ask them to reduce the number. You know more about exactly what happens in your towns that we do, so help in this would be appreciated.
However, it is not your responsibility to remove the animals yourself. If your resident refuses to reduce the number of animals they are keeping to an acceptable level or they frequency need to be reminded, please inform a member of staff who will then look into the matter.
All Players
Each player has a responsibility to the server and to other players, if everyone can keep the size of the animal farms down it would help everyone to enjoy the server. If you play with a few people, it may be worthwhile trying to make a joint farm. Those farms still don't need to be huge, but could be slightly larger than a single players farm.
Remember this is a Community Server. If you want to make giant and elaborate farms, machine or redstone circuits, please select the single player option in the Minecraft main menu.
What Will Happen Next
No one needs to worry about being removed from the server. If you think that your farm will be seen as too big, please help us by reducing the total number of animals you keep and by installing hoppers under chickens. Of your not sure what is considered "too big", think about how many animals you actually
need. If your still not sure, feel free to ask a staff member to check out your farm for you.
Moderators may however ask you to remove animals, and may remove some themselves. If they do this, they should send you a message on the forum, telling what has happened, why they have been removed, and actions you can take which may stop this from happening the future.
What happens next is up to you. If everyone can keep the number of animals on the server down to a reasonable level, no further action will be required.
However if animal levels continue to increase at such a dramatic rate warnings and bans may be issued in the future.
If the problem persists after this stage, we may be required to install new server plugins that regularly check for large numbers of animals, and automaticly remove them before they cause server issues.
If you want to continue to enjoy playing with a friendly community, to share ideas, show off creations and have a good laugh, then remember that you need to share the server.