Harvest Moon Barn

Livestock Animals

Besides raising ducks, chickens, and silkworms, you can also raise other animals on your farm. You have the option to purchase cows, sheep, goats, horses, and ostriches.
The size of your barn will determine how many animals you can have at one time:
•    Tiny Barn: 1 livestock animal, cost 3 Lumber, 10 material stone, and 5,000G
•    Small Barn: 3 livestock animals, cost 20 Lumber, 25 Material Stone, and 15,000G
•    Medium Barn: 5 livestock animals, costs 40 Lumber, 50 Material Stone, and 30,000 G
•    Large Barn: 8 livestock animals, costs 100 Lumber, 50 Material Stone, and 60,000 G
•    Super Barn: 12 Livestock Animals, cost 160 Lumber, 90 Material Stone, and 12,000G
•    Mega Barn: 20 Livestocks Animals, cost 280 Lumbers, 160 Material Stone, and 24,000G
•    Guardian Barn: 55 Livestocks Animals, cost 970 Lumbers, 420 Material Stone, and 240,000G
No matter what the size of your barn, you can only have 3 species of animals in your barn. This means you can not have 1 of each type of livestock animal. You can choose to keep only 3 at one time. If you had cows, sheep, and horses, and you decided you wanted to buy a goat, you would need to sell all of the cows (or sheep or horses) in order to make room for goats. This gives managing animals some challenge, as you have to decide which ones will work best for your farm.
At the very beginning of the game, visit Horn Ranch and go into their livestock barn. You will receive a free baby cow from Cain. As you upgrade the size of your livestock barn and Horn Ranch, new animals will be available for purchase.
Item    Shop Lvl    Barn Lvl    Cost
Baby Cow    1    1 or higher    1200 G
Adult Cow    2    1 or higher    2400 G
Baby Horse    2    1 or higher    2000 G
Adult Horse    3    1 or higher    4000 G
Baby Sheep    1    1 or higher    1800 G
    Item    Shop Lvl    Barn Lvl    Cost
Adult Sheep    1    1 or higher    3600 G
Baby Goat    3    2 or higher    1500 G
Adult Goat    4    2 or higher    3000 G
Baby Ostrich    4    3    3000 G
Adult Ostrich    5    4    6000 G


Livestock animals do come in different colors other than white, but Hanna only sells 1 color-type of each animal. If you want a different color of cow, horse, sheep, or goat you will have to sprinkle it with the Miracle Potion items from her shop. Depending on the animal, the pregnancy will take between 7 and 14 days. Ostriches don't come in any other color besides black.
By default, Hanna sells black and white Cows, white Sheep, white Goats, and grey Horses.
The color of the baby animal is random. If you are looking for a specific color, and you saved the night before, just keep reloading your save game to rewatch the birthing event until you get the color you want.
There are also several Maker machines you can get from Barbara. The machines will convert basic animal products into new versions that sell for more profit. The Butter and Cheese products sell for the same amount.

You can ride all of your different type of livestock animals. Before you can ride your animals you will have to raise its friendship up to 5 hearts. To raise an animal's friendship you just have to pet and brush it every day, put fodder in its trough (hand-fed), and let it outside on clear days. To put all your animals outside you just have to ring the giant bell next to your crop field. Super easy!
To ride an animal, stand next to it and press the A button. Dismounting is also done by pressing A. Sometimes an animal you leave behind when going to a new area will be transported back to inside the barn. Luckly you can call for a riding mount from anywhere by pressing the A and B buttons at the same time. Your character will whistle, calling for one of your rideable animals to appear in front of you.
Do not ride your animals in the rain. You will end up with a sick animal. Animal Medicine can be purchased at Hanna's shop for 800 G each.
Cows
•    Produces: Milk daily
•    Pregnancy: 14 days, adult in 15 days
•    Lifespan: 2 and a half years
Cows are your simplest livestock animal. They will produce Milk once a day.

Black & White (default)    
Black    
Brown

You can take the milk and convert it into Cheese or Butter. The maker machines are sold by Barbara at her General Store. Cheese and Butter sell for the same amount of profit.
Item    Decent    Good    Perfect    Shining  Guardian
 Milk    170 G    260 G    340 G    510 G         1020 G
 Butter    190 G    280 G    370 G    560 G         1280 G
 Cheese    190 G    280 G    370 G    560 G         1280 G
Sheep
•    Produces: Wool and Milk every 4 days
•    Pregnancy: 7 days, adult in 15 days
•    Lifespan: 2 years
The sheep produces two different kind of products. Wool can be collected with the Clippers, and Milk by using the Milker. Even if the sheep doesn't have any wool, you can still ride it around Castanet.

White (default)    
Black
Sheep are the only livestock animal that produce two different types of items. You can also take the Wool, change it to Yarn, and then dye the Yarn with the Dyepot in your kitchen. It is good to ship the dyed Yarn if you are stuck with Decent quality, but you'll loose money if you dye yarn that is higher than Decent.
You can buy the Yarn Maker at Barbara's General Store for 4500 G after you upgrade your Coop or Barn to level 3. The Dyepot is 3600 G and can also be found at Barbara's shop.
Item    Decent    Good    Perfect    Shining Guardian
 Sheep Milk    120 G    210 G    290 G    460 G    870 G
 Sheep Butter    130 G    230 G    320 G    510 G    950 G
 Sheep Cheese    130 G    230 G    320 G    510 G    950 G
 Wool    620 G    920 G    1220 G    1820 G  3020 G
 Yarn    680 G    1010 G    1340 G    2000 G  2800 G
 Red Yarn    810 G
 Yellow Yarn    680 G
 Green Yarn    680 G
 Blue Yarn    1000 G
 Purple Yarn    680 G
Horses
•    Produces: Nothing
•    Pregnancy: 14 days, adult in 15 days
•    Lifespan: 3 years
Horses are the fastest riding livestock animal you can have. It is good to have a horse for travel if you haven't found all 3 of Theodore's circus friends.
The only money you'll earn from Horses is if you breed and sell the offspring. The Horse Miracle Potion costs 1200 G.

Grey (default)    
White    
Black    
Brown
Goats
•    Produces: Milk
•    Pregnancy: 7 days, adult in 15 days
•    Lifespan: 2 and a half years
Just like cows, goats will produce milk every day. Goats are faster runners than cows though, and they're just cuter!

White (default)    
Black
Item    Decent    Good    Perfect    Shining Guardian
 Goat Milk    140 G    230 G    310 G    480 G        720 G
 Goat Butter    150 G    250 G    340 G    530 G        970 G
 Goat Cheese    150 G    250 G    340 G    530 G        970 G
Ostriches
•    Produces: Egg
•    Pregnancy: 14 days, adult in 15 days
•    Lifespan: 3 years
The ostrich is a large bird that won't fit in your poultry barn. Instead it takes up room in your livestock barn, and lays 1 egg every 7 days! Ostriches run faster than goats, but not as fast as horses.

Black (default)
Item    Decent    Good    Perfect    Shining Guardian
 Ostrich Egg    350 G    530 G    700 G    1050 G   2100 G
 Ostrichonaise    450 G

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