What is the purpose of animals in Farmville on Facebook?

Answer 1

The purpose of animals on facebook is either decorative or functional.

The functional use would be that you can harvest the animal every so often to gain coins. For example, milk the cow, and automatically gain coins from theoretically selling the milk.

The animals help you get supplies for a particular thing so you can earn money

• Pigs give: Truffle
• Sheeps give: Wool
• Cows give: Milk
• Goats give: Milk
• Horses give: Horsehair
• Ducks give: Feathers
• Chickens give: Eggs

Rare or limited edition animals:

• Black Sheeps give: Wool
• Brown Cows give: Milk (chocolate)
• Pink Cows give: Milk (strawberry)
• Swans * give: Feathers
• Baby Elephants give: Circus Peanuts
• Turtles give: Eggs
• Cats give: brush them

* Note that The Ugly Duckling cannot be harvested. When it is ready, it is converted into a SWAN.

Note that when you milk a cow, it only says you got milk. You dont actually have milk in your inventory of items. The milk is immediately and automatically sold so that you get Coins for the milk. You also get a little closer to earning a Ribbon for harvesting animals.

Each animal produces something different, and therefore makes you more of a profit depending on that animal. here is a list of the animals and what they produce and how much each gives you over an amount of time.

AnswerGoats produce milk and give you 54 coins evry two days.

Rabbits produce angora wool and give you 60 coins every four days.

Cows produce milk and give you 6 coins everyday.

Green cows produce milktonium and give you 18 coins everyday.

Pink cows produce strawberry milk and give you 18 coins everyday.

Brown cows produce choclate milk and give you 12 coins everyday.

Bulls produce bull hair and give you 80 coins. everyday

Calves produce calf hair and give you 80 coins, no matter what color, everyday.

Pigs produce truffles and give you 30 coins every two days.

Reindeer produce reindeer hair and give you 80 coins every two days.

Clumsy reindeer produce hair and give you 80 coins every two days.

White chickens produce eggs and give you 8 coins everyday.

Brown chickens produce brown eggs and give you 16 coins evryday.

Black chickens produce black eggs and give you 32 coins every .9 days.

Golden chickens produce golden eggs and give you 64 coins everyday.

Lambs produce wool and give you 90 coins every three days.

Sheep produce wool and give you 28 coins every three days.

Black sheep produce wool and give you 56 coins every three days.

Black cats produce yarn and give you 86 coins every three days.

Gray cats produce yarn and give you 90 coins. every three days

Orange cats produce yarn and give you 90 coins every three days.

White cats produce yarn and give you 90 coins every three days.

Elephants produce circus peanuts and give you 125 coins every four days.

Turtles produce eggs and give you 86 coins every three days.

Ducks produce feathers and give you 45 coins every two days.

Swans produce feathers and give you 80 coins every two days.

Turkeys produce feathers and give you 80 coins every two days.

Penguins produce ice cubes and give you 45 coins every three days.

Alpaca produce hair and give you 84 coins every three days.

Horses produce hair and give you 84 coins every three days.

Clysedales produce hair and give you 105 coins every three days.

Donkeys produce hair and give you 100 coins everyday.

Brown geese produce feathers and give you 80 coins every two days.

Grey geese produce feathers and give you 80 coins every two days.