Livestock

In order to buy animals from the livestock dealer, you must have enough grass planted at your ranch. You must have sixteen squares of grass planted for each animal you own plus the one you want to buy, which is equal to almost two bags per animal. This requirement is not in place for breeding animals, only buying them.

Cow

Livestock	Cost	Breeding	Growth	Produce	Produce Sells For	Livestock Sells For
Cow	5,000G	Use the miracle potion next to an adult cow.	Pregnant → 21 days → Baby Cow → 14 days → Calf → 21 days → Adult Cow	Healthy, happy adult cows will produce one unit of milk per day.	Small (0 - 95 affection): 150G Medium (96 - 191 affection): 250G Large (192 - 255 affection): 350G	Baby Cow: Cannot be sold Calf: Cannot be sold Produces small milk: 5,000G Produces medium milk: 8,000G Produces large milk: 10,000G

Cows can be named when you return to your ranch after purchase, or right after they are born.
Baby cows and calves do not require feed.
Pregnant cows do not give milk.
Sick cows will die six days after becoming sick if you do not give it medicine.
Cows can become cranky if you beat it with a tool ten times, if the cow is outside while there are broken fence pieces, or if the cow is outside when you dig up a mole.
Crankiness will usually wear off after two days, or you can remove it using the medicine.
Cows will eat fully grown grass if left outside, but it’s best to keep them inside, as they risk getting cranky and time does not pass indoors.
There is a bug where if you use medicine on a pregnant cow, the cow will give birth in two days.
There is another bug where if you use miracle potion to make a cow pregnant, it will also cure it of sickness or crankiness.

Chicken

Livestock	Cost	Breeding	Growth	Produce	Produce Sells For	Livestock Sells For
Chicken	1,000G	Place an egg in the incubator.	Egg → 3 days → Chick → 7 days → Chicken	Chickens will lay one egg per day, as long as they're fed.	50G	Chick: Cannot be sold Chicken: 500G

Chicks and chickens cannot be named.
Chicks do not require feed.
Chicks and chickens do not have an affection score and will never get sick or die.
If you miss a feeding, chickens will stop laying eggs. You have to feed them for three days before they'll start laying eggs again.
Chickens will eat fully grown grass if left outside. However, chickens that are left outside overnight do not lay eggs.
If the ranch has broken fence pieces and you leave a chicken outside, wild dogs will come at night and eat it. The chicken will leave feathers behind if that happens.

Cow's Affection Changes

Action	Effect	Notes
Talk to Cow	+1	Once per day.
Brush Cow	+3	Once per day.
Cow becomes pregnant	+10
Feed Cow	0
Use Medicine on Cow	0
Cow gives birth	0
Cow misses feeding	-8	Cow may become sick.
Cow is left in the rain/snow	-8	Cow may become sick.
Cow becomes sick	-20
Cow becomes cranky	-30	per day

Pets

Pet	How to Obtain	Notes
Dog	Ellen will automatically give you her dog, Koro, on day 2. You can rename him if you’d like.	To call your dog to you, press the L button. Your dog does not have an affection score and will never get sick or die. Your dog will not chase away wild dogs at night or scare away moles. If you want the best ending, you must hug your dog at least one hundred times. This means picking your dog up with the A button.
Horse	Enter the crossroads during winter of year 1 or later.	To call your horse to you, press the R button. Your horse does not have an affection score and will never get sick or die. Your horse will grow into an adult in twenty-one days. After your horse becomes an adult, Ann's father will come to your ranch and give you a saddle bag. This allows you to ride your horse around on your farm and use it as a portable shipping bin.

Miscellaneous Animals

Animal	Notes
Birds	When you leave your house in the morning, you may see a small group of birds in front of your house that will fly away. Seeing them will increase your happiness by 2.
Wild Dogs	Wild dogs may come to your ranch at night if you have broken fence pieces. You will never see them but you may hear them barking when you go to sleep. They will eat your chickens if they are left outside.
Mole	Sometimes when tilling land on your ranch, you may unearth a mole. You can pick them up and carry them but they will burrow back down once dropped. If cows are left outside when you find a mole, there is about a 1/16 chance that they will become cranky. If you bring one to the Harvest Festival, it will be cooked in the stew and eaten.
Fish	You can catch fish in the small pond by the fisherman's tent on the mountain by asking him to borrow his fishing rod. Once you catch a fish, you can either eat it, sell it, give it to someone as a present, or throw it back. Catching a fish will raise your happiness by 2.
Frogs	Sometimes when cutting grass with your sickle, you may see a frog pop out. Seeing a frog will increase your happiness by 2.
P-Chan	Ellen's blue bird in the backroom of the restaurant. If you try talking to it, it will chirp. P-chan is involved in Ellen's heart event.
Squirrel	During spring, you may see a squirrel on the mountain, near the tree just below the workman’s house. It will appear and then run off. Seeing a squirrel will increase your happiness by 10.
Butterflies	Butterflies may fly around in the spring on the mountain. They are purely for decoration.
Monkey	You may see a monkey in the hot spring on the mountain during spring and winter. The monkey is purely for comedy.
Rabbit	During fall, you may see a rabbit in the northwest corner of the mountain. Seeing a rabbit increases your happiness by 10. The rabbit is also involved in a random event with the hunter.
Fox	During winter, you may see a fox on the mountain near the hot spring. It will appear from behind the tree and then run off. Seeing a fox increases your happiness by 10.