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Hans Lemurson

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Mules
« on: September 04, 2010, 05:08:37 am »
I had the genius idea of having a limited meat industry using MULES!!!

Why?  Because I'm lazy and I want meat without having to deal with the annoyance of out-of-control breeding.  I want a limited meat industry here.

Question: does it matter whether you use horses or donkeys for the females?  What would be the best way of going about this?  Can caged males impregnate free-roaming females?

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Re: Mules
« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2010, 06:57:56 am »
It's a good idea, but there's one problem: Horses and donkeys won't actually interbreed. Top dwarven scientists still aren't sure what causes mules to spontaneously appear at the mountainhome, but the only way to get more mules is to import them, or wait for them to come with immigrants.

But if you want a meat industry it's fairly easy to control the population by sticking anything you don't want to breed in a cage. A single built cage can hold an unlimited number of creatures, and caged creatures don't breed (females that got pregnant before going in the cage can still give birth). Or you could just slaughter everything as soon as it matures except for your biggest male and two or three females.
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