Sheep
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A sheep is a domesticated animal that can be bought by peasants to keep on their sheep farms in order to earn money from selling their field products.
It is the job of the Sheriff of a county or duchy to provide their availability by raising them.
Contents
Costs
for peasant
- A peasant pays 35 pounds for each sheep.
- Peasants with the favourite virtue 'Conservation' and the major bonus unlocked by having 70% or more pay 29.75 pounds instead.
for Sheriff / County or Duchy
- To raise a sheep it costs the county or duchy:
- 2.33 bags of wheat or
- 8.75 bags of corn
Products
Sheep produce
The balls of wool and hides are used as raw material by botanists, blacksmiths, carpenters and weavers in their workshops.
Note:
- Details about the harvest yield can be found on the page sheep farm.
- Shearing a sheep is to be done every 4 days. It is recommended to shear the sheep with 20 intelligence points.
- Depending on the intelligence points of the character shearing the sheep get a little yield bonus.
Feeding
Feeding is a daily requirement to keep your sheep happy and make them grow.
The fodder for sheep doesn't cost anything, it is free.
It is possible to feed one sheep or all sheep on the same field at once.
Growth & Yield
The daily chances to gain weight are 0.3 or 30%.
The bigger the sheep, the more hides it will produce when slaughtered.
Growth stages vs. Amount of hides:
- Dying - 0
- Bony (default when buying a new sheep) - 1
- Skinny - 2
- Normal - 3
- Fleshy - 4
- Plump - 5
- Fat - 6
- Obese - 7
- American Style - 8
Life expectancy
With each day passing each sheep has a certain % chance to die;
- 7 days : 8%
- 8 days : 10%
- 9 days : 12%
- 10 days : 18%
- 11 days : 25%
- 12 days : 30%
- Beyond 12 days: 35%
Necessary tools
- To shear the sheep on your field you don't need any tool in your property inventory.
- To slaughter a sheep you will need a knife or a silver knife in your property inventory.
