40d Talk:Cow

Husbandry queries

Is it possible to raise cattle? - I have a bull and a cow - will they eventually mate? do i have to cage them or smth? there doesnt seem to be a related workshop (except the butcher 'f course ;)) or skill ? is there an article covering this? --Koltom 17:39, 8 February 2008 (EST)

Yeah the cow will have some calves sooner or later.--Ikkonoishi 17:46, 8 February 2008 (EST)

They should be milkable at a farmers workshop but it seems it is not implemented yet. Do you really want to run a dairy farm, or a dwarven fortress?? ;) GarrieIrons 22:01, 8 February 2008 (EST)

Yes, it is not implemented yet. My question however was aimed at meat. But actually i would love to run a dairy inside a dwarven fortress ;) imagine the happy thoughts of Tobul drinking her first cup of home-made cow milk she so loves.. --Koltom 12:41, 9 February 2008 (EST)

I guess a related question is, does the game follow real-world herd management: 1 bull can mate with about 30 cows, or as the article currently implies do you need "breeding pairs" (which actually makes expanding a herd a quite difficult task).

So far it is hard to monitor this because you don't know which is the mother cow and if you cage animals they just don't breed. And without caging them, it is difficult to keep animals from wandering over the whole map (mine seem to spend most of their time in my dining rooms though... yum yum cat tallow biscuits surrounded by the aroma of cow shit!)GarrieIrons 23:13, 15 February 2008 (EST)

One male is enough. I had twenty cows popping calves almost simultaneously (inn a couple of days), with only one bull.

I bet that bulls will be milkable for few versions after milking cows will be implemented... --Someone-else 00:15, 7 May 2008 (EDT)