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Animals (Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town)

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Chickens

To get chickens, you have to go to the Poultry Farm and buy them. They cost 1500 G and you can name them after the purchase. While you are there buying your chicken, it would be best to buy some chicken food for it as well, it is cheap at 10 G a purchase. As a money saver, you don't have to buy more than one chicken, you can put the eggs that the chicken makes in the incubator and after three days it will hatch into a baby chick. It will take eight days to fully grow an egg. To care for them, you must feed each individual chicken every day. Or, if you are low on money, you can leave them outdoors on sunny days for them to eat worms. However, you must take them indoors on rainy days. Your chickens will not produce eggs until they are fully grown. After your chickens grow to like you more, their eggs will increase in value.

General Info

Chickens do not require any grass to be fed outside, and can be left outside to feed during Winter as long as it isn't snowing.

Poultry Farm cost 1,500 G
Life Expectancy 3-4 years
Incubation Time 3 days
Maturation Time 7 days

Eggs & Mayonnaise

Eggs Requirement Sell Price Mayonnaise Sell Price
Small Egg 0-3 heart level 50 G Mayonnaise (S) 100 G
Medium Egg 4-7 heart level 60 G Mayonnaise (M) 150 G
Large Egg 8-10 heart level 80 G Mayonnaise (L) 200 G
Gold Egg 8-10 heart level, won the Chicken Festival 100 G Mayonnaise (G) 300 G
P-Egg 8-10 heart level, won the Chicken Festival, 600+ hours[1] outside 180 G Mayonnaise (P) 450 G
X-Egg 1 out of 255 change from a P-Egg chicken 350 G Mayonnaise (X) 800 G
Spa-Boiled Egg Throw any egg into the Hot Spring 80 G n/a n/a

Cows

To get cows, you must go to the Yodel Ranch and buy them for 5000 G each, and you get to name it as well. While you are there, it is best to buy food for it which is 20 G a piece. To save money, it is recommended that you only buy one cow because when it fully grows up you can impregnate it. But it costs 3000 G to impregnate, 20 days to be born, and another 20 for it to fully grow to produce milk. The mother cow does not give you milk while she is pregnant. So it is actually better to buy the cows, rather then get your current ones pregnant. Cows always give milk, so be sure to milk them every day. But you cannot milk the cow until you buy the milker from the blacksmith, so be sure to do that first! To care for them, you must brush, talk, and feed them once a day. If you are low on money, you can leave them outside on sunny days after you plant grass and they will eat it. If it's raining outside, you must put them indoors. You could also cut the planted grass for their food. The milk that your adult cows give you will increase in value the more they love you.

General Info

Cows require full length grass to be fed outside[2].

Yodel Farm cost 4,000 G
Life Expectancy 5-6 years
Pregnancy Duration 20 days
Maturation Time (adolescent) 14 days
Maturation Time (adult) 7 days

Milk & Cheese

Milk Requirement Sell Price Cheese Sell Price
Milk (S) 0-3 heart level 100 G Cheese (S) 300 G
Milk (M) 4-7 heart level 150 G Cheese (M) 400 G
Milk (L) 8-10 heart level 200 G Cheese (L) 500 G
Milk (G) 8-10 heart level, won the Cow Festival 300 G Cheese (G) 600 G
Milk (P) 8-10 heart level, won the Cow Festival, 600+ hours[1] outside 500 G Cheese (P) 750 G
Milk (X) 1 out of 255 change from a P-Milk cow 800 G Cheese (X) 1,500 G

Dog

Your dog is given to you at the beginning of the game. When you start, he is a puppy, but by the beginning of Fall, he will be fully grown. You don't have to take care of your dog. He is really only needed to win the power berry on Beach day (he must be fully grown to enter the contest). To care for him, all you really need to do is to take him indoors when it rains.

General Info

  • Your dog takes two full seasons to grow up, so by Fall 1, Year 1 your dog will be an adult.
  • A frisbee can be purchased from Won for 5,000G at the beach house.
    • You can play frisbee with your dog by bringing it to the beach and interacting the white sign next to Kai's shack.
  • When your dog is an adult, it can chase off wild dogs at night on your farm.

Horse

You get the horse from Barley a few days after you start the game. He will ask you to take care of it, and if you say yes, you can give it a name. Your horse will be fully grown after one year and, when he is fully grown, you may participate in the horse races! Other than that, your horse serves a few other purposes other than racing such as a ride around your farm and a shipping bag. You will be able to win a power berry in the Horse races. To care for him, you must brush him, talk to him, and put him indoors when it is raining.

General Info

  • Your horse takes a full year to grow up.
    • e.g. if you received your horse on Summer 1, Year 1, then your horse will be fully grown by Summer 1, Year 2.
  • If you neglected to take care of your horse, Barley will take it away and you will be unable to obtain another horse until he brings you a new one the following year.
  • Your horse can be fed carrots to increase its affection.

Horse Race Prizes

Each medal costs 50 G, and the winnings will be multiplied by the value listed on the betting page.

Item Medals Sell Price Trade Value[3]
Jewel of Truth 1,000 n/a n/a
Power Berry 900 n/a n/a
Dress 250 n/a n/a
Perfume 150 n/a n/a
Facial Pack 42 n/a n/a
Skin Lotion 35 n/a n/a
Sunblock 30 n/a n/a
Necklace 20 2,000 G 100 G
Broach 18 2,000 G[4] 111 G
Diamond 14 100 G 7 G
Truffle 10 500 G 50 G
Adamantite 4 50 G 13 G

Sheep

To get sheep, you must go and buy them at the Yodel Ranch for 4000 G each and you can name them. While you are there purchasing your sheep, it is best to get food for it, which is 20 G a piece. You only really need to buy one sheep, because you can impregnate it for 3000 G. However, it takes 20 days to be born and 20 days to fully grow, and during that time you cannot sheer the mother sheep. So, it is best to just buy the sheep instead of impregnating your current ones. All sheep produce wool once they are fully grown, so shear them when it is needed. You cannot sheer the sheep until you buy the sheers from the blacksmith, so be sure to do that first. You can grow your own food for them, just like the grass for cows. Their wool increases in value depending on how much they like you. To care for them, you must brush them, talk to them, and feed them every day. If you are low on money, you can let them go outside to eat grass, just like the cows.

General Info

Sheep require full length grass to be fed outside[2].

Yodel Farm cost 4,000 G
Life Expectancy 5-6 years
Pregnancy Duration 20 days
Maturation Time 14 days

Wool & Yarn

Wool Requirement Sell Price Yarn Sell Price
Wool (S) 0-3 heart level 100 G Yarn (S) 300 G
Wool (M) 4-7 heart level 150 G Yarn (M) 400 G
Wool (L) 8-10 heart level 200 G Yarn (L) 500 G
Wool (G) 8-10 heart level, won the Sheep Festival 300 G Yarn (G) 600 G
Wool (P) 8-10 heart level, won the Sheep Festival, 600+ hours[1] outside 500 G Yarn (P) 750 G
Wool (X) 1 out of 255 change from a P-Wool Sheep 800 G Yarn (X) 1,500 G

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 25 full days.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 With a full barn of 16 cows/sheep, a total of 176 grass squares (16 Animals x 11 Days Grass Regrowth, ~20 seed bags) will be required to feed all the barn animals outside during Spring, Summer, and Fall.
    • This assumes that all of the animals are outside every single day (no rainy days).
    • A total of 240 grass squares will be needed to feed barn animals for the entire year
      • 16 Animals x 30 days x 4 Seasons = 1,920 Grass Squares
      • 90 Days (3 Months) / 11 Days Grass Regrowth = 8 Harvests
      • 1,920 Grass Squares / 8 Harvests = 240 Squares
      • 240 Squares / 9 Grass Plot = ~27 seed bags
  3. ↑ Sell Price / Medal Cost = Trade Value; higher = better.
  4. ↑ A full basket of Broaches will sell for 60,000 G.