I just tested it for 30mins at the Cows at Fally. It ran back to bank the hides and grab food, however, it just stood at the bank after withdrawing the food. It didn't continue until I clicked a spot on the path to give it a push.
Awesome. Would it be possible to select multiple monsters? i.e "Cow, Chicken, Minotaur, Etc". It'd be useful for the Stronghold for example, when I'd like to attack Wolves and Minotaurs. Also, I realized we don't have to input a hitpoint value to eat at, will it know when to eat?