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'''Domestic animals''' are creatures that can be used by dwarves one way or another without taming or training, usually for security or food. Distinguished by having the [COMMON_DOMESTIC] tag in the [[raw file|raws]], they can be bought at [[embark]] or [[trade]]d for with [[caravan]]s.  Wild versions of domesticated [[animals]] (horses, muskoxen, etc) can be [[tame]]d and used normally.

Every embark starts with two free domestic '''draft animals''' which pull the [[Wagon (embark)|wagon]] to the fortress site. These can be any of the animals in the list below with the [WAGON_PULLER] tag (Horses, Yaks and Water Buffalos) which are available at embark. Note, the two animals may not be from the same species. Embarking with a sufficient quantity of goods can result in multiple wagons, each of which comes with another two animals. A fortress has no use for wagons after embark except to be deconstructed for [[wood]], so these animals can be slaughtered or kept for breeding and making your dwarves [[preferences|happy]] as pets.

With the exception of the two free draft animals, the player may choose which gender of animals purchased at embark. Only one male is necessary for breeding. [[cat|Depending on the animal]], you may wish to limit breeding altogether.

When butchered, all adult domestic mammals yield one [[skull]] and one [[leather|raw hide]]. All milkable mammals give the same value [[milk]] and appear to be milkable at the same frequency. The embark costs shown apply to both adults and juveniles of either sex. All domestic mammals reach adolescence at 1 year and adulthood at 2 years, except cavies, which take half as long.

 

|+style="border:1px #AAA solid;background:#EEE;"|Titley bit could go here.

!style="border:1px #AAA solid;background:#DDD;"| Grazer^§

|style="padding:0.2em;"|[[Alpaca]]

|style="padding:0.2em;"|35

|style="padding:0.2em;"|16

|style="padding:0.2em;"|0

|style="padding:0.2em;"|[[Cavy]]

|style="padding:0.2em;"|[[Cat]]

|style="padding:0.2em;"|Adopts owners.  Hunts [[vermin]].  Beware [[Catsplosion]]!

|style="padding:0.2em;"|[[Cow]]

|style="padding:0.2em;"|[[Dog]]

|style="padding:0.2em;"|[[Kennel|Trainable]] as war dogs or hunting dogs, which can also be bought for 31☼

|style="padding:0.2em;"|[[Donkey]]

|style="padding:0.2em;"|[[Goat]]

|style="padding:0.2em;"|[[Horse]]

|style="padding:0.2em;"|[[Llama]]

|style="padding:0.2em;"|[[Mule]]

|style="padding:0.2em;"|[[Pig]]

|style="padding:0.2em;"|17

|style="padding:0.2em;"|8

|style="padding:0.2em;"|[[Sheep]]

|style="padding:0.2em;"|8 or 10^¶

|style="padding:0.2em;"|4 or 6^¶

|style="padding:0.2em;"|[[Rabbit]]

|style="padding:0.2em;"|[[Reindeer]]

|style="padding:0.2em;"|[[water_buffalo|Water Buffalo]]

|style="padding:0.2em;"|Extreme grazing requirements.  Difficult (impossible?) to keep alive while tame.

|style="padding:0.2em;"|[[Yak]]

|style="padding:0.2em;"|Extreme grazing requirements.  Difficult to keep alive while tame.

:<nowiki>§</nowiki> A lower number means the animal needs to graze more often, and will thus need a larger [[pasture]].  Cats and dogs have the [CARNIVORE] tag and do not graze or require pasture.<br>

:¶ The higher number is for rams.

All domestic poultry have a [[pet]] value of 10 and cost 6[[currency|☼]] at embark. Blue peafowl, geese, and guineafowl reach adolescence at six months and are full-grown after one year; ducks, chickens and turkeys reach adolescence at one year and are full-grown after two years. When butchered, all full-grown poultry yield one [[skull]]; those that yield bones also yield a [[leather|raw hide]]. However, domestic poultry are much more efficient when used for [[egg production]] than as a meat source; over the lifetime of an average hen, many more meals can be produced from the eggs. This is especially true for ducks and guineafowl.  

|+style="border:1px #AAA solid;background:#EEE;text-align:center;"|All domestic poultry reach adulthood in 1 year and cost 6[[currency|☼]] at embark  

!style="border:1px #AAA solid;background:#DDD;text-align:center;"| Min. [[egg]]s

|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|[[Blue peafowl]]

|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|[[Chicken]]

|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|[[Duck]]

|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|[[Goose]]

|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|[[Guineafowl]]

|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|0^§

|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|[[Turkey]]