Sheep

Sheep are a type of field, specifically a ranch. Up to four sheep are available for each ranch. Each sheep costs 35 pounds to purchase from the sheriff. You must have a knife in your home to shear or to kill them.

When nourished every day, sheep will maintain weight or improve it (an average of once every three days). Sheep ranchers are encouraged to join The Sheep's Owners and Weavers Guild (SOW).

The following are the available weights:
dying, bony, lean, normal, fleshy, plump, fat, obese, American-style. (They rarely get beyond normal by the way)

Every three days (or every day, or any day...) sheep can be sheared for wool. Every single day a sheep gains 0.5 of wool on their pelt. They can be slaughtered for hides at any point in their life, preferably near the end. Remember that if this is a second field, your yields will be lower (approximately 3/4 of a full yield).

Proposed sheep cycle one

• Day 0: buy all sheep
• Day 3: shear (get 6 balls of wool)
• Day 6: shear (get 6 balls of wool)
• Day 9: shear (get 6 balls of wool)
• Day 11: kill one sheep
• Day 12: shear (get 3-4 balls of wool)
• Day 13: slaughter a surviving sheep (if there are any left. (an average of 3 hides))

(Sheep start dying on day 8 on average, so with this cycle, you may not get many hides)

Proposed sheep cycle two - Xenina's Method

• Day 0: buy two sheep
• Day 1: buy two more sheep
• Day 2: shear (get 3 balls of wool)
• Day 3: just feed
• Day 4: just feed
• Day 5: shear (get 6 balls of wool)
• Day 6: just feed
• Day 7: just feed
• Day 8: shear (get 6 balls of wool)
• Day 9: kill one sheep (get 1-3 hides)
• Day 10: kill a sheep (get 1-3 hides)
• Day 11: shear (get 4 balls of wool)
• Day 12: slaughter any surviving sheep (if there are any left)