Stardew Valley's 1.6.9 Update is finally here for everyone and while it not only makes some great quality-of-life improvements, there is one glitch that already has a fun in-universe explanation. Console players have waited months to get their hands on the Farming RPG's massive 1.6 Update but developer ConcernedApe went above and beyond by pushing it out as the 1.6.9 Patch which includes everything in 1.6 as well as some additional upgrades. While the community is still digging through all the improvements, one bug hasn't escaped unnoticed.
Posting to X (formerly Twitter), ConcernedApe noted that he's aware of an issue where players' chickens disappear if they start a new game on the Meadowlands farm and open the coop's animal door on Day 1; Fortunately, he's already come up with an explanation as to why this happens: A wild coyote.
The creator's fun suggestion is that the savage beast prowls around the farm on the first day and breaks into the coop thanks to the open door. Of course, that's not actually the case as ConcernedApe also promised to fix the bug, but it's still fun to imagine.
While most of the major upgrades were added with Stardew...
