In Medieval Dynasty, a survival game about building a village in the Middle Ages, farm animals are the chickens, geese, pigs, goats, sheep, cows, horses and donkeys you keep in their own buildings. Chickens, geese, goats, sheep and cows supply eggs, milk, wool and other goods, while horses and donkeys help you travel and carry things. Each kind needs its own building and a steady supply of feed, so it helps to understand how the system works before you start buying.
Items
Items
Chicken
A small farm bird that supplies eggs and feathers.
- Housing
- Henhouse
- Building Unlock
- 50 Farming Technology points
- Products or Use
- Adult hens lay eggs, and adult chickens provide feathers; you can gather both from their nests.
- Where to Buy (The Valley)
- Borowo; Rolnica
- Where to Buy (The Oxbow)
- Skauki
Goose
A poultry bird that supplies feathers and eggs from its Goose House.
- Housing
- Goose House
- Building Unlock
- 500 Farming Technology points
- Products or Use
- Adult female geese lay eggs, and adult geese provide feathers. Geese provide more feathers and fewer eggs than chickens.
- Where to Buy (The Valley)
- Gostovia
- Where to Buy (The Oxbow)
- Piastovia
Pig
An animal kept for manure used to make field fertilizer.
- Housing
- Pigsty
- Building Unlock
- 100 Farming Technology points
- Products or Use
- An Animal Breeder can produce manure from adult pigs; you can also collect manure from the Pigsty floor by hand.
- Where to Buy (The Valley)
- Rolnica
- Where to Buy (The Oxbow)
- Klonica
Donkey
A slower mount that carries more goods than a horse.
- Housing
- Donkey Shelter
- Building Unlock
- 250 Farming Technology points
- Products or Use
- A slower mount that carries more goods than a horse; saddlebags add capacity. Manure on the shelter floor can be collected by hand.
- Where to Buy (The Valley)
- Tutki
- Where to Buy (The Oxbow)
- Skauki
Horse
A fast mount for moving across the map and carrying goods.
- Housing
- Stable
- Building Unlock
- 2,000 Farming Technology points
- Products or Use
- A fast mount for travel and carrying goods; saddlebags add capacity. Manure on the Stable floor can be collected by hand.
- Where to Buy (The Valley)
- Hornica
- Where to Buy (The Oxbow)
- Piastovia
Sheep
A wool source housed in a Fold that can also hold goats.
- Housing
- Fold
- Building Unlock
- 2,500 Farming Technology points
- Products or Use
- Adult sheep produce wool; manure on the Fold floor can also be collected by hand.
- Where to Buy (The Valley)
- Baranica
- Where to Buy (The Oxbow)
- Ostoya
Goat
A milk source housed in a Fold that can also hold sheep.
- Housing
- Fold
- Building Unlock
- 2,500 Farming Technology points
- Products or Use
- Adult female goats produce a Bucket of Milk; manure on the Fold floor can also be collected by hand.
- Where to Buy (The Valley)
- Denica
- Where to Buy (The Oxbow)
- Ostoya
Cow
A dairy animal that provides milk from a Cowshed.
- Housing
- Cowshed
- Building Unlock
- 3,500 Farming Technology points
- Products or Use
- Adult female cows produce a Bucket of Milk; manure on the Cowshed floor can also be collected by hand.
- Where to Buy (The Valley)
- Gostovia
- Where to Buy (The Oxbow)
- Piastovia
Which Buildings House Each Farm Animal
Chickens live in a henhouse, geese in a goose house, and pigs in a pigsty. Goats and sheep share a fold, cows stay in a cowshed, horses live in a stable, and donkeys in a donkey shelter. Each building holds only so many animals, so a bigger herd means building more barns.
The buildings unlock as your farming technology points grow. The henhouse comes early, while the stable, fold and cowshed need much more progress, so your herd grows in stages.
How to Buy Farm Animals
You buy farm animals from traders in the villages, but only once the matching building is standing. A cow, for example, can't be bought until you've built a cowshed. When you buy one, you assign it to an open spot in its building through the animal details window.
Prices aren't fixed. Your bartering skill, which is tied to Diplomacy, lowers what you pay, and that adds up fast on expensive animals like horses.
How to Feed Farm Animals
Every one of these animals needs feed, and it's the part you can't skip. Bigger animals eat more than young ones, so a full-grown horse takes far more than a chick. Feed is made from grain and straw.
Each building has a trough. Hold feed in your inventory and interact with the trough to fill it, and it shows how full it is. Keep it topped up, because an animal that goes hungry stops producing. Eggs, milk and wool all depend on it.
What Farm Animals Produce and How to Collect It
Each animal gives you something different. Chickens and geese lay eggs and drop feathers, goats and cows give milk, sheep give wool, and pigs produce manure. Horses and donkeys are mounts, so their value is in travel and hauling rather than goods.
Milk can be drunk straight from the bucket or made into cheese, and wool is spun into thread at a spinning wheel in a sewing hut. Manure can be turned into fertilizer at the barn workbench.
Your animals won't hand over their products by themselves. An assigned villager collects them, so each barn needs someone working in it. Milk also needs empty buckets stored in the cowshed or your resource storage, or the villager has nothing to fill.
How Farm Animal Breeding Works
You grow your herd by breeding, which takes a male and a female of the same animal kept together in one building with room to spare. Young can be born when a season changes, as long as the animals have feed. Breeding doesn't need a worker in the building.
Young animals take around a year to grow up, a little less for poultry and a little more for horses. No animal lives forever, since they can die of old age. Keeping a breeding pair going is how you keep your barns stocked.
Which Farm Animals Matter Most
Horses matter most for getting around. A horse is a quick mount that makes travel noticeably faster and lets you carry more. They need a finished stable and a lot of farming progress before you can buy one.
Donkeys suit hauling better. Horses excel at moving quickly, while donkeys excel at transporting goods, so choose based on whether you need speed or loads.
For everyday supplies, cows and goats give you milk. Chickens are the easiest to start with, since they're the cheapest to buy.
Horses and donkeys produce no goods, but you can sell them to make money. Mark an animal for sale from the animals tab in the management menu.
FAQ
Where do you buy farm animals in Medieval Dynasty?
In The Valley, cows and geese come from Gostovia, horses from Hornica, pigs from Rolnica, chickens from Borowo and Rolnica, donkeys from Tutki, sheep from Baranica and goats from Denica. In The Oxbow, cows, geese and horses come from Piastovia, chickens and donkeys from Skauki, pigs from Klonica, and sheep and goats from Ostoya.
What goes into animal feed?
You craft animal feed at the barn workbench from grain and straw, and straw comes from threshing grain crops like oat, rye and wheat. If you'd rather skip crafting, farming vendors in town sell ready-made feed.
Can you make arrows from chicken feathers?
Yes. Feathers from chickens and geese are used to make arrows, so a henhouse or goose house is useful for more than eggs.