v0.31:Domestic animal

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Domestic animals are creatures that can be used by dwarves one way or another without taming or training, usually for security or food. Distinguished by having the [COMMON_DOMESTIC] tag in the Template:L, they can be bought at Template:L or Template:Ld for with Template:Ls. Wild versions of domesticated Template:L (horses, muskoxen, etc) can be Template:Ld and used normally.

Every embark starts with two free domestic draft animals which pull the Template:L to the fortress site. These can be any of the animals in the list below with the [WAGON_PULLER] tag (Horses, Yaks and Water Buffalos) which are available at embark. Note, the two animals may not be from the same species. Embarking with a sufficient quantity of goods can result in multiple wagons, each of which comes with another two animals. A fortress has no use for wagons after embark except to be deconstructed for Template:L, so these animals can be slaughtered or kept for breeding and making your dwarves Template:L as pets.

With the exception of the two free draft animals, the player may choose which gender of animals purchased at embark. Only one male is necessary for breeding. Template:L, you may wish to limit breeding altogether.

Comparison of domestic mammals

When butchered, all adult domestic mammals yield one Template:L and one Template:L. All milkable mammals give the same value Template:L and appear to be milkable at the same frequency. The embark costs shown apply to both adults and juveniles of either sex. All domestic mammals reach adolescence at 1 year and adulthood at 2 years, except cavies, which take half as long.

Animal	Embark cost	Pet value	Size when full-grown*	Total edible†‡	Bones‡	Horns + hooves	Milkable?	Shearable?	Grazer§	Notes
Template:L	101	200	70,000	35	16	0	Yes	Yes	857
Template:L	2	3	800	0	0	0	No	No	75,000	Commonly called guinea pigs
Template:L	11	20	5,000	14	4	0	No	No	-	Adopts owners. Hunts Template:L. Beware Template:L!
Template:L	151	300	600,000	37	15	6	Yes	No	100
Template:L	16	30	30,000	37	11	0	No	No	-	Template:L as war dogs or hunting dogs, which can also be bought for 31☼
Template:L	101	200	300,000	30	13	4	Yes	No	200
Template:L	26	50	50,000	27	10	6	Yes	No	1,200
Template:L	101	200	500,000	32	13	4	Yes	No	120
Template:L	101	200	180,000	36	18	0	Yes	Yes	333
Template:L	101	200	400,000	34	13	4	No	No	150	Sterile in real life; all male in Dwarf Fortress
Template:L	51	100	60,000	?	?	4	Yes	No	1,000
Template:L	51	100	50,000	27	8 or 10¶	4 or 6¶	Yes	Yes	1,200
Template:L	2	3	500	0	0	0	No	No	120,000
Template:L	101	200	130,000	28	16	6	Yes	No	461
Template:L	101	200	1,000,000	70	20	6	Yes	No	60	Extreme grazing requirements. Difficult (impossible?) to keep alive while tame.
Template:L	101	200	700,000	42	16	6	Yes	No	86	Extreme grazing requirements. Difficult to keep alive while tame.

* Gives a crude estimate of ability in combat, and thus danger to hunters. This number comes from the raws, so it might also be a better estimate of butchering results than the dodgy numbers from this wiki.

† Total of meat, fat, and offal.

‡ Maximum reported in infoboxes in this wiki, April 2011. Strongly influenced by individual attributes, especially for larger animals. Use with caution!

§ A lower number means the animal needs to graze more often, and will thus need a larger Template:L. Cats and dogs have the [CARNIVORE] tag and do not graze or require pasture.

¶ The higher number is for rams.

Comparison of domestic poultry

All domestic poultry have a Template:L value of 10 and cost 6Template:L at embark. Blue peafowl, geese, and guineafowl reach adolescence at six months and are full-grown after one year; ducks, chickens and turkeys reach adolescence at one year and are full-grown after two years. When butchered, all full-grown poultry yield one Template:L; those that yield bones also yield a Template:L. However, domestic poultry are much more efficient when used for Template:L than as a meat source; over the lifetime of an average hen, many more meals can be produced from the eggs. This is especially true for ducks and guineafowl.

Animal	Min. Template:Ls	Max. eggs	Avg. eggs*	Egg size	Years til full-grown	Size when full-grown	Total edible†‡	Bones‡
Template:L	6	8	7	102	1	4000	17	6
Template:L	4	15	9.5	62	2	3000	13	4
Template:L	8	13	10.5	52	2	1000	0	0
Template:L	3	8	5.5	152	1	4500	17-18	6
Template:L	4	15	9.5	42	1	1500	0	0
Template:L	10	14	12	87	2	5000	19	6

* Estimate based on mean of minimum and maximum clutch sizes.

† Total of meat, fat, and intestines.

‡ Reported in infoboxes in this wiki, April 2011. Might be influenced by individual attributes. Use with caution!

Notes

• It seems that for some reason, there's a natural contraceptive. This is causing, that only one nest will hatch once, so the other eggs must "rehatch". This means, if you have a room, with 10 nests, full of chicken eggs (layed the same time), only one nest will hatch, the other have to wait the next few months to hatch. This means, that Template:L is reduced greatly.