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[BastiBasti]

On embark turkeys cost only 6 points. That's incredibly little, and they are difficult to buy en mass from merchants. Build a bunch of nest box's and you can easily get upward of 500 eggs by the first migration wave, just get a cook as well on embark and you have an incredibly early meat industry.

[Tirion]

You'll be drowning in food anyway, a 3x3 plump helmet farm or two will turn productive by the time your dwarves eat the two animals that came with the wagon. Drink is a bit more of a problem, as they need twice as much of it.

[BastiBasti]

Don't forget about bones and leather; I know I didn't mention it in the title but it is still a fact to consider.

[Aseaheru]

I like ducks more than turkeys...

[BastiBasti]

It was more a statement of how cheap poultry is on embark, and turkeys are fairly large in comparison to other birds. But do what you want

[kingubu]

Peacocks are the Cadillac of birds.

[JimboM12]

BIRDS?!?!? Bah! Dogs are the way to go. 16pts a piece and they give leather, bones, and meat, and to top it off, they defend your fortress! And if that wasn't enough, if you do a 2-to-1 female-male ratio, they will grow exponentially after a litter or 2. Yes, dogs are truly a dwarf's best meal friend.

[Hamsmagoo]

BIRDS?!?!? Bah! Dogs are the way to go. 16pts a piece and they give leather, bones, and meat, and to top it off, they defend your fortress! And if that wasn't enough, if you do a 2-to-1 female-male ratio, they will grow exponentially after a litter or 2. Yes, dogs are truly a dwarf's best meal friend.

This.

If you spend the points on a nice war dog, in the beginning, it'll eat the kobolds that try to sneak in, then your dorfs can eat IT.  It's the circle of life.

Then again, why have war dog when you can have war dog stuffed with minced turkey brain?

[Aseaheru]

DOnt even bother wasting 15 points on a pre-trained dog! grab a animal trainer right at the start and STILL get 10 points of extra booze!

[Drazinononda]

Don't waste points on Animal Trainer either. Enable it on an untrained dwarf at embark and get the same result.

[BastiBasti]

I do also mass up on dogs (dam, you waist a lot of money on useless cloth with the default items) but they are just under three times more expensive than turkeys and their litters are tiny in comparison. I just bring around 10 females with a male just so I can get a lot of war dogs.

[weenog]

Don't waste points on Animal Trainer either. Enable it on an untrained dwarf at embark and get the same result.

This.  I like to make it a dwarf that will be outside frequently, like a woodcutter or a plant gatherer.  That way if the dogs follow the dwarf around, at least they're providing useful escort services instead of just clogging up an interior hallway.

[I am Leo]

I don't find food on embark awfully useful if you're embarking somewhere safe(ish). An untrained dwarf gathering plants can have a season's worth of food stockpiled before your wagon is even half unloaded.

[Valikdu]

Food isn't a problem. In my mod, I've increased the growdur of every plant and made it so that game meat has to be processed with some loss. Still drowning in food.

[blue emu]

BIRDS?!?!? Bah! Dogs are the way to go.

DOGS?!?!? Bah! Tame Helmet Snakes are the way to go.

They provide lots of Eggs, and they are both VENOMOUS and aggressive. Their bite will more-or-less incapacitate any opponent who isn't immune to poison. I've seen ambushes repelled by a defense force consisting of three Helmet Snakes, without any Dwarven intervention.