Animal Husbandry Industry #

Animals in Dwarf Fortress useful for food or other products.

Summary #

Required Other Industries #

Nothing is required to raise animals, however ones that need to graze will starve without grass to eat. Training animals requires a piece of food for each training session.

Production #

Animal husbandry industry produces animals which can be used in a lot of other industry:

• trade: caged animals can be traded for a lot of dwarfbucks depending on their rarity
• butchery: butchered animals produce meat, leather, and bone
• food: Eggs (egg-laying animals produce eggs which can be eaten themselves or used in cooking)
• food: Milk (some animals can be milked, and milk can be used for cheese or in cooking)
• textile: Wool (some animals can be sheared for wool which can be spun into yarn)
• hunting/military: War/Hunting (some animals can be trained for war or hunting and protect/aid your dwarves)

Producing Animals #

More animals are produced by having your own animals breed and grow. Egg-laying animals require a nest box and for their eggs to be undisturbed to have offspring. Live-birthing animals will have babies on their own.