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Sprout's Farm and Garden
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Space Sprout  [developer] Mar 4, 2023 @ 8:14am
How Farming Animals Work
1. Make the animal feed that corresponds to the animal you want to attract (or for bees, you make the bee box).

2. On soil, right click and dig or prepare the land. Right click ans select "farm" or "sow seed", then choose the animal/products you want to attract.

3. Add water to the feed, like you would a plant.

4. Wait for the animal (or bees) to arrive. This will usually take 2 or 3 phases.

5. Once the animal arrives, it will take time to get settled and start making product.

6. At stage 7, you may notice some animals look different (pink udders on cows or lots of wool on the sheep). Right click and select "Harvest" to get the product. For the renewable product animals (cows, bees, sheep, chickens) they will start making products again. For meat animals (cattle, mutton, pork, goose) they will be gone after harvest.

If you do not harvest from the animal, the animal will disappear as well as it wonders off. (This is equivalent to how crops rot).

Just like farming crops, they need water and can get disease. Just make sure to water them and treat them with the same spray as you treat crops with for disease.
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Moxis Apr 5, 2023 @ 11:37am 
Is the animal feeds/bee box locked behind a farming lvl? I don't have them in my crafting menu. Only the cask and drying rack, I am using the homestead edition. Ty
Space Sprout  [developer] Apr 5, 2023 @ 11:42am 
i recommend checking the filter all box and then searching in the name filter. It is not hidden.
Juni Jun 3, 2023 @ 2:54pm 
This is a really clever way of adding animals to the game using existing methods, well done!
Albertinn Aug 17, 2023 @ 11:19am 
Originally posted by Moxis:
Is the animal feeds/bee box locked behind a farming lvl? I don't have them in my crafting menu. Only the cask and drying rack, I am using the homestead edition. Ty

Hi, you can create feeds? I have no idea about how we can create it...
J2x0n Sep 1, 2023 @ 3:00pm 
are you able to tame the animals and keep them?
RazorINK Sep 30, 2023 @ 3:04am 
can't find the recipes...
Dr.SodaPop Oct 17, 2023 @ 3:48am 
It says seed required 0/1 for the animals but IDK what crop to grow in order to create feed that'll fill the 0/1 requirement for whatever animal.
InFeaRn0 Feb 6, 2024 @ 2:03am 
You need to craft Feed. Feed is crafted basically from Wheat and Corn, so you need to grow them first
Saffire May 23, 2024 @ 9:53pm 
I can't find the recipes. I went to the crafting menu, from the icon, but I do not see the feed nor the bee boxes. Where can I find the recipes please?
Cant find any animal feed in the crafting menu not even using the filter all option
Im using the homestead version
lankou Aug 24, 2024 @ 10:08am 
can we get beef meat with cow, or we can just get milk?
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