Say I wanted to buy land, and I also wanted to buy a bunch of cows. How much land would I need to adequately serve a population of about 10 cows and 3 bulls?
PS: why. Why, on a gaming forum of all places, would you ask a question like that
I would say about 12
PS: why. Why, on a gaming forum of all places, would you ask a question like that
I guess he thinks Tempers are experts at cattle farming, given how much bullshit we spout
He's had enough Harvest Moon and wants to try the real deal for himselfI would say about 12
PS: why. Why, on a gaming forum of all places, would you ask a question like that
As with others I would have to ask why a predominantly gaming forum would be expected to cough up answers here. Anyway it would depend where you are (some borderline desert somewhere* will have less nice grass than the shoulder high stuff I will have to wander through if I go into my neighbours cow fields), what breeds you want (while not quite as spectacular as the likes of dogs there is still some considerable variability in size, feed and environmental requirements), what their purpose is (milking cows tend to benefit from far more than simple beef, show or leather cows), whether you want to supplement their diet in general or during the winter with hay/feed, to say nothing of the option to make your own hay if you have enough land.
If you are asking this sort of thing though then you probably want to spend some time learning about how to handle cattle (if you are only after experience then there are plenty of places to get some of that) as it is not the sort of thing I would jump right into without knowing what goes -- few goats, sheep, pigs... fine to jump right in and have a vet, pen for them and diet list but start getting into things like cows and horses and you want to know what you are doing.
Consider a spherical cow...Are you going for efficiency or style? Stack'em vertically and you can get both.
Spherical cows might seem efficient and very resistant at first, but in reality they lack stacking stability and you waste 9.31% of your land area.Consider a spherical cow...
For improved stability and more efficient land usage try with hexagonal cows.
It would be pasture, rather than a pen, and I'd be getting heifers. Honestly, where I live there probably isn't enough flat land to make a hay farm. Grass shouldn't be an issue though as we have plenty of rain.