HORSE HUSBANDRY (Breeding)
Horse Husbandry is a field of care and passion. Those who want to raise horses must have dedication and love for their animals in order to produce high quality, well conformed horses that will pass only the best traits onto the next generation.
In order to participate in breeding, a horse must have a full body, coloured training image OR a written 1,400 word story to display their correct conformation - this process is called Inspection and should show the good features of the mount.
All riders may participate in breeding, but riders not specialising in Horse Husbandry will experience a significant risk of failure.
Click HERE to train a mount in Horse Husbandry
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Stat Bonus
Horse Husbandry does not benefit from any stat bonuses, but the sire's and dam's stats get partly inherited by their offspring. Breeding horses with high stats will give you a foal with higher beginner stats as well.
How to submit a Breeding
If you want to breed your own horses, you can simply go ahead and submit your breeding. If you want to breed someone else's horses, they have to give you a written permission before you are allowed to submit the breeding.
Tatakh Minis may only breed with other Tatakh Minis until more is known about the breed.
To give breeding permission, comment HERE
Please only submit one permission per comment to make tracking easier. If you want to give permission for multiple horses and/or multiple slots, please make a new comment for each permission.
A rider may place 2 breedings per month.
This number can be increased by reaching certain ranks with your rider who is specialised in Horse Husbandry.
Players may only post a maximum of 8 breedings a month even if they have enough riders to submit more than the maximum amount.
Horses are limited to 20 lifetime slots.
There will be opportunities to unlock additional slots via the Living Story and Ranking up.
In the fairness of limited slots, any rider with a chance of failing may submit a breeding up to 3 times using the same single slot. If all 3 attempts fail, the slot will be marked as used. Each attempt does not count towards the monthly limit. That means you can submit 2 breedings a month plus any failed attempts to become successful.
Each supplemental item type may be used once per breeding (e.g. you cannot use two pendants or two cloaks to stack benefits). These items are not used up by failed attempts unless the entire breeding fails.
Inbreeding within the visible lineage is allowed, but highly frowned upon. Serious health risks are present that cannot be prevented with Fertility Supplements. If a foal is born healthy, but their visible lineage shows common ancestors, their future offspring will always risk health penalties.
When attempting to roll for twins at level Expert or lower, you will risk health penalties unless supplements are used.
To submit a breeding, comment HERE with the following form:
Link to Sire x Link to Dam
Sire Permission: link to breeding permission
Dam Permission: link to breeding permission
Bonuses: breeding items, relevant companions
Is there inbreeding?: yes/no
Rider Import: link to rider import
To resubmit a failed breeding, comment HERE with the following form:
Link to Sire x Link to Dam
Sire Permission: link to breeding permission
Dam Permission: link to breeding permission
Bonuses: breeding items, relevant companions
Rider Import: link to rider import
Previous Attempts: link to all previous attempts
As a reminder: Rare genes as well as Overo in their dominant form causes the foal to be stillborn or infertile.
Horse Husbandry Prompts
Riders who have Horse Husbandry as a chosen specialty on their import may complete the prompts below to earn additional experience and stats.
These prompts cannot be used as a specialty entry. However, completing one of these prompts will get your rider and mount a +4 bonus to EP as well as 2 randomly generated stat tokens.
Click HERE to read up on Prompt requirements.
Comment HERE to submit a Horse Husbandry Prompt.
Prompt List
As a young and aspiring breeder, it is important to learn how to select the best horses to pass on the best traits. Show your rider inspecting a hopeful breeding prospect with the help of a more experienced handler.
Learning how to handle foals is one of the more rewarding aspects of raising horses. Depict your rider haltering, grooming or desensitizing a young foal.
Boss mares and unruly stallions are a way of life for those who want to breed horses. Depict your rider handling a particularly difficult horse.
You've learned a lot and you're eager to begin breeding as a serious career. Draw how your rider prepares to support a herd, from gathering supplies to building pasture fencing, to acquiring a herd guard animal.
Learning isn't always hands on. Depict your rider reading over a more experienced breeder's writings. What have they learned?
Interning with a more experienced breeder is an excellent way to learn. Draw your rider arriving at a tribe or village to meet and train with a veteran equine breeder.
You've learned a lot and prepared for your first mare to foal, but there seems to be some unforeseen complications. Depict your rider comforting their mare while they await the arrival of a more experienced breeder for help.
Part of raising and selling good horses is preparing young stock for the work ahead of them. Depict your rider training a young horse for it's future.
There's nothing that sparks pride more for a young breeder than seeing their healthy, thriving herd. Depict your rider watching over their horses and reflecting on how far they've come.
It's time to start showing off all your achievements, and getting a return for your investments. Depict your rider taking a quality foal to market.
A wild mare has caught your interest and you want to add her to your herd. Depict your rider on one of their horses heading out or attempting to capture the wild mare
Working with other breeders and leasing horses can be beneficial to improving your bloodlines. Depict your rider swapping horses on a breeding list with someone from another territory. Special requirement: must be a collaboration.
Even the most renowned breeders can fall to the temptation of the black market. Whether buying or selling, depict your rider browsing the market for a horse that will push their bloodlines to the a higher level of success.
Word of success spreads, to good ears and bad. Having a large, healthy herd also means drawing in thieves and bandits. Depict your rider fending off a raid.
Managing a large herd comes with many challenges. Beyond the raids of humans, wild stallions will attempt to steal mares. Driving off a battle experienced stallion is no easy task. Depict how your rider keeps wild stallions at bay.
You've come far and your name is known throughout the land as one of the best horse breeders around. Many come seeking advice on how to become so successful. Depict your rider sharing their knowledge with the next generation of breeders.
A breeder in the next town has sent news that they have a mare in complicated labor and an experienced hand is needed. Depict your rider traveling or assisting with the foaling.
To ensure success, a master of equine husbandry must know how to pick only the best for future generations. Depict your rider inspecting the springs foals to determine which will stay and which will be sold.