Stable and horses

[Kate4ka1990]

Horses can only be fed and that's it? Cattleman there will not get experience? Will there be anything added to the stable in the future? I did not put a person there, because. I don't see the point, but maybe I don't know something? I feed the horses myself.

[Aristos]

I don't get your question. You could feed all animals yourself but isn't that annoying over time? Delegating this task allows you to spend your time somewhere else.

You can mount a horse. And you can sell them for some revenue. Like other animals

[TheRealMuehle]

The funny thing is: You don't need to feed your horses (or any other animal) at all !
They won't die and they will breed.
Animal Feed is more like a tool. The worker of the henhouse (for example) needs it to produce eggs and feathers.
But since horses and donkeys don't produce anything, you don't need a worker or animal feed.
Only negative is the Warning-Symbol for unfed animals all the time.
Edit:
Some time ago, I suggested to disable the whistle-function for unfed horses. But that's kinda nonsense, because it's a skill, you'll have to invest a point in.
Better would be: The Horse doesn't react to WASD

[Milinia]

Originally posted by TheRealMuehle:

.....they will breed....

Don't know what version you are playing, but that has changed in the 1.5 version. From the patch notes....
- Animals don't reproduce if they are hungry.

So yes, you need to feed your horses if you want then to breed.

[TheRealMuehle]

Oops! Thank you! This patch note wasn't on my mind.

[AfLIcTeD]

Originally posted by Milinia:

Originally posted by TheRealMuehle:

.....they will breed....

Don't know what version you are playing, but that has changed in the 1.5 version. From the patch notes....
- Animals don't reproduce if they are hungry.

So yes, you need to feed your horses if you want then to breed.

That's not been released yet. So until it does, his statement is true.

There is no point in assigning a villager to the stable or donkeys. Their feed seems to last a while anyway. You can fill the feed like once a year or something.

[7C]

If there is staff, and if there is food, the horses will breed. But yeah it is the absolute slowest way to increase a townsfolk farming skill as they only get exp when horses do breed, not just for maintaining them. The others (pig, chicken, etc) get absurd exp and will out level your actual farmers/barn workers quickly. Yeah you can easily feed them yourself.

[Morri]

Originally posted by 7C:

If there is staff, and if there is food, the horses will breed.

They do not need workers to breed at all. I've had plenty of baby animals without ever having a worker assigned.
(In the current live version they also don't need feed to breed, but this is changed starting the 1.5.0.1+ version atm on public staging.)

So there is 0 reason to assign a worker to donkeys and horses.

[TheRealMuehle]

Originally posted by Morri:

So there is 0 reason to assign a worker to donkeys and horses

...,if you feed them yourself.

[invivo4u]

So, for horses to breed, you need a stable NPC?

[Morri]

Originally posted by invivo4u:

So, for horses to breed, you need a stable NPC?

No you do not.
They breed fine without a worker.
The only thing you need to do after the patch 1.5.0.1+ is make sure they have feed, which you can put in their stable yourself.

[TheRealMuehle]

Originally posted by invivo4u:

So, for horses to breed, you need a stable NPC?

Like Morri said. you can feed them yourself, if you want them to breed.
But if you want, you can add a worker, so he/she feeds them for you.