Breeding animals

[Oh for Fox Sake]

So my Animals Will not breed. I need meat. but my boars and pigs won't breed. It's been weeks of in-game time with nothing yet.
How long does it take for them to try something?
Is there a mod to force breed?

[Man of Mines | castaway.tf]

Force breed? That'd be an animal rights violation. Of-course, my human leather chairs aren't a violation though.

[PinkPanther]

You can't force them to be straight, if they decide to be different, that's up to them! Or maybe some of them don't feel like pigs, you need a pig whisperer! That will help :)

[Jigain]

Zone the animals to a small area to keep them close to each other. Assuming there's no obvious reasons not to breed (such as different animal species, same animal genders, female already impregnated, or too old / young to breed), the animals will get to it.

[zebra03]

You need 1 male and 1 female, give the animals time, they evenually will breed

[stretch611]

Breeding is a given among all animals. If you have two different genders of the same species getting them to breed is simply done by having them in the same zone. Getting them NOT to breed is difficult. (and truly the only way to do that is to force them into 2 different zones that do not overlap at all.

That being said... when they breed (not if) you will not know about it until after the 2nd trimester has started. this can be as short as a few days or even as long as a quadrum before you notice. Every species in the game has a specific gestation period.

They must be the same exact breed. Unlike IRL, a husky will not breed with a yorkshire, or a labrador. On the Rimworld, dogs only breed with the exact same species.

Only adults will breed... babies and juveniles will not breed at all.

If they are both adults, different sexes, and the same species, they will breed. It does not matter even if the other one is their sister, brother, mother, father or even great-great-grandparents as long as they are alive and kicking (not incapacitated) they will breed until the day they die. It also is noteworthy that none of the animals are monogamous... One will mate with his sister in the morning, only to mate with his grandmother in the afternoon, and daughter in the evening. If you pull up an animals social tab, it is not unusual to see a social connection that shows their father is also their uncle, cousin, and grandfather.

Breeding is slightly different with birds... Most of the rules are the same, but essentially, the female will grow an egg,,, while the egg is growing, the male will breed with them and the egg is fertilized. If there is no egg progress, there will not be any birds mating. If the female bird does not mate, an unfertilized egg (appropriate for cooking/eating) is created.

[Grishnerf]

build a barn and zone them in, if they all allowed to wander on the map chances are that they never pysically touch :D

[ASMR gaming]

add the mod genetic rim and let the fun begin

[martindirt]

Originally posted by Join my group:

add the mod genetic rim and let the fun begin

Add the forbidden mod and let the .... "More fun" begin.

[Oh for Fox Sake]

Nope, still nothing. Had the animals zoned up. with simple stuff aside.
Also it's a game, please don't take how I play seriously.

[Scrotum Scratcher]

the game wont tell you the animal is pregnant until the pregnancy is in mid-stage, so you might have to wait some more

[PinkDaddySasquatch]

Originally posted by Scrotum Scratcher:

the game wont tell you the animal is pregnant until the pregnancy is in mid-stage, so you might have to wait some more

this is most likely the case, in my opinion

[Jigain]

Either that, or they're too old to mate.

[PinkDaddySasquatch]

Originally posted by Jigain:

Either that, or they're too old to mate.

PFFT, my 18 year old male donkey has had 3 heart attacks and hes still pumping the babies out.

[liosalpha]

maybe one of the battle pigs had a little accedent?
Something got caught in the barbedwire fencing....

[ASMR gaming]

Originally posted by martindirt:

Originally posted by Join my group:

add the mod genetic rim and let the fun begin

Add the forbidden mod and let the .... "More fun" begin.

its well put together and certainly adds some excitement to the game, along with the various vanila expanded mods and empire and srts and u got yourself a whole new ballgame(make sure to have a decent cpu though)