Mouse Breeding

I'm curious...What do y'all long-time players recommend as far as how many mice to put out for the upcoming event?
1 field full?
2 fields full?
I am just curious what y'all are all doing to prepare~
Thanks!!

 

If you don't have them now be prepared to buy them at a premium.
I say put out as many pens as you can afford.

 

How many mice do you want to have at the beginning of the breeding event? (My minimum for the event itself is 400 but you may want more if you want to sell them.) I've been raising mice for quite a while thanks to the Grapevine.

 

Hi CylentLea123 Here is some Pointer How Best to Advise to those who wish to do Mouse Breeding and How Best prepare your Farm for Mouse Breeding.

1st Thing - Start Milling as Much Mouse Feeds as you Can, The Reason for this you can Consume more Mouse Feeds than you can Mill. Keep Milling Mouse Feed so that you have an Ample Supply for your Mouse Pens. Currently Mouse Feed is Excess of 3500 CC per Mouse Feed. Therefore it is Cheaper to Mill Mouse Feed for your Mouse Pens Consumption

2nd Thing - Breeding Mice Consume 4 Mice per Breeding Pen/Motel. As you will be needing to build up decent stock of Mice in your Barn Ideally would need to be at Least 1000 Mice Purely for Breeding or Even 2000 Mice !!

The More Mouse Pens you use to Grow Mice The Sooner you Get Between 1000 to 2000 Mice. But it starts on 22nd February. But we have a Valentine Event starting on 11th to 17th February so Bear this in Mind

You can have up to 128 Mouse Pens using Main Field, Glade and Green Meadow. Each Mouse Pen cost 2500 CC to Buy from Stores But Set at 8 Hours to Grow, or you can buy Yellow Mouse Pens for 10,000 CC Each but Set Time is 7 Hrs 12 Mins as you can use Cloud Rows and Buffs to Reduce The Growing Time, plus the use of Water too.

I have max out my Fields in Mouse Pens all 128 Pens. I am Growing Mouse using Farm Machinery. Mouse are already up to 5000 CC in the Markets....Mouse Feed Now almost at 4000 CC Each.

As Banjoman said that those who not prepare to willing to Grow Mice will have to pay a Premium for them as I Expect them to be as high as 10,000 CC Each leading up to 22nd February

I am sure many of you Made decent many from Carnival Event, Therefore can use Proceeds to Buy Mouse Pens

 

OK so, I bought 100 mouse stalls. Mice are selling for 5000 each on my market.
The feed is selling for just over 1000. I'll keep 1000 for breeding and sell the rest.
I'm milling feed like crazy and any leftover feed I can sell too.
A good plan???

 

Depends on how much breeding you want to do... the "standard" breeding event quests can usually be done starting with around 200 base animals, maybe a bit more if skips are bad. But it's good to have extra of course, since we don't know what kind of event BP will give us this time. And you'll need more mice if you want to do additional breeding

 

Exactly, CylentLea: as Mir has just pointed out, usually, around 200 are enough, if you wait till Baby Boom to breed (no reason not to, since now, with the new method, you can prepare the love shacks in advance and have them ready for the moment Baby Boom starts). To be safe, I'd say 100 more, but just to be safe.

 

If Baby Boom starts with the exact start of the Breeding event, you won't be able to prepare the love shacks in advance with mice but you can prepare them with another breeding animal. If the BBD starts later, you will be able to prepare.

 

I like to have 500 animals for breeding. That is me, it gives me wiggle room if the skips are bad, or whatever may come up. Every person is different, if you haven't spent the stars for the breeding runes yet, I would consider doing so as soon as you can, it makes BB more worthwhile. You are more likely to get base animals back, which can help if the skips are horrendous or at least not good for you.

I know, I know, everyone has their two cents.

 

Don't forget you will need powerfeed for the breeding as well... so you will have to balance. You can buy mouse feed if you must with CC, though it will be high priced. You cannot buy powerfeed except with BB or real money.

Because corn is used in both powerfeed and mouse feed, it is now skyrocketing! Don't forget to buy your 100 a day from the basket, as a minimum. If you don't think you will have enough feed, you can grow corn, either to make more feed or just to sell for a profit, along with the mice.

as to "how many"? I went ahead and stocked up, so I now have over 100 pens (not quite farmer broke's 128, but close.. lol). I also bought 50 yellows (orange are better, but I don't want to spend my BB right now). I only have about 30 out right now, though. I had stocked up with high-drop pens, workshops and such for the last event. I will probably keep my "1 of each" in the green meadow, but will gradually shift at least some of my other pens into mouse pens. I am not in a huge hurry because I already have quite a few mice in stock.

 

Powerfeed is not an issue since I danced with the monkey queen lol
I have 100 pens out now
I have plenty of corn and am milling feed, so I think I am ready!
Thanks for all the great advice. Y'alls knowledge of the game and how to play it
is invaluable for new people.

 

I just want to toss in one thought. Since we did just get a big PF boon I'm wondering if this breeding quest might be a bit harder than normal. I go with the old adage of plan for the worst and hope for the best. I'm sure you will do fine with 100 pens though. I usually sell my excess stock prior to the event and BBD as prices in my market usually plummet once the event starts. I'm thinking I may be conservative this time around until I know just how many mice we might need to finish.

 

I cannot agree that pf is not an issue. With the giveaway of sizeable amounts of pf I now conclude that one's pf supply is more of a concern than it ever has been in the game. One will find they are greatly mistaken if simply relying on past breeding event calls to be indicative of what may hold for the next breeding event. Past breeding events have relied on breeding animal levels 1-3. Animal supply needs cannot hold the same for future events. How can one even begin to think that levels 4 and above have been eliminated from the game plan? Let's be realistic here too. PF is a revenue source for BP. Do you really believe that BP would be willing to toss its revenue source away like candy? The breeding animal market is not fully developed and I do not see that it will be completed this year.

Mouse Breeding Period Strategy

• Mills canmot keep up with production even if one does harvest on time. Mill subscription will work. The use of buffs further stresses ones feed supply if one has any at all. My strategy is to sell to those harvesting on time with limited or no feed supply. At the moment for 1 million I'll give you 400. My intent is to leave that market alone to let feed supplies in barns dwindle and take profits from chicken feed.
• 128 mouse pens are in fields and adequate feed is on hand.
• Mill is producing mouse feed.
• Corn is being held as supply is over 500,000. My strategy is to let barns empty of all cheap corn before entering that market.
• There is time, I have feed, do not wish to be in the mouse selling rat race, and what can be played like lettuce will be bought and all supplies will be sold in one lump list as production is completed.
• My strategy includes going into the event holding 1,600 mice for personal use and rat race sales.
• Holding nearly 11,000 cheese, I am selling in lots of 40.
• My strategy is to hold 100,000 pheromones and to release 25,000 during this event. Scented trees have been a permanent tree on this farm for a couple of years and will remain so in the outlying areas.
• Any cheap pink jelly will be acquired and none will be sold during this event or the next breeding event. Neighbors count on it for this breeding event and the next and the next and the next.
• Mouse production will continue after the breeding event has ended. As with all newly introduced breeding animals, the base animals fall in price.

Again, what BP gives, BP takes and more. (The Company must!)

Side note: White innocence for use with the massive amounts of SG given away is not being sold from products produced recently!

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Mouse feed sold easily (400 for one million). Now knowing supplies are stressed and before a mill subscription is offered, strategy now is to clear the market of mouse feed for a while and sell none.

No production pens now available for cheese. Production is limited for all. Pay or wait!
Even with the mice and the cheese pens ..... No feed, no production. Pay or wait!
Takes 3 mice and feed for the cheese. Back to the mouse again.
No feed no mouse production. .....
No mice, no cheese ....
No mice, no event .... or pay!

Nearly the same is quite possible with owl too! Strategy is to clear the owl feed for future owl production.

By the way, did anyone collect any possibly useful tools during that candy giveaway? Hmmmmm What could that mean? Oh well!

---edit---

Hahahaha Just a fleeting thought: I'll bet ya a cloud row to speed up that mill will get all that pf business given away and then some. And quicker than that junk was thrown out.

For 200 mouse feed ..... hmmmm .... I'll take 910 thousand and add a pheromone at .10

 

I gotta agree with farmer broke, etc. Just because you have what would be enough powerfeed for prior events does NOT mean it will be enough this time around! Also, powerfeed is one of those "no loose" items. Since you cannot buy it with CC, its worth having extra. With the new breeding houses, you can breed an essentially unlimited quantity in a very short time, unlike before when you could only place a certain number of stalls and had to choose between growing animals and breeding. Even if you get enough mice, you no doubt have other animals waiting for breeding during the BBD... or save it for the next event.

Just saying... once you have your mouse feed, etc, you cannot go wrong with powerfeed!

 

We can only guess what the requirements will be for the mouse breeding event. Lots of options exist. I wish everyone well with mouse breeding.

Careful with that pf use if it matters at all. PF is the fastest way of turning RL cash into ccs or advancing in the game or in events. If one starts purchasing breeding animals from the market and using pf and using poor methods of analysis then one will find they have lost millions in ccs quite quickly.

One thing is obvious to long time game players: Events requiring breeding animals have increased with an increase in frequency. In order to complete events and FSQs, one must either use pf or plan to use ccs ...... and in increasing amounts of either or both.

Good luck to all with mouse breeding and future breeding activities.

 

Yes, I think you have a good plan now ...

Good luck
crissicrissi

(I am a guest from Germany)

 

Do keep in mind that any "Permanent" FSQs can be done at your leisure. So if a "Cheese" FSQ comes along after the breeding event, there is no hurry to complete it.

 

using pink jelly and 4 pheromones.. 36 sets delivered to me; 40 mice, 46 spotted mice, 16 kitchen mice, 2 Jerboa mice, 2 chef mice..
Nice

 

Gee Thanks Noelle! Even though you're saying right, no need for everybody to know it. No wonder I'm always broke with folk like you farming the town!

While you're in no hurry for cheese, I think I better get in a big hurry to sell 10,000 of um before you get around.

 

Done and dusted. There were a few good skips - reg mouse to chef and one great skip - to an astro mouse. Astro is pretty cute. Never thought I'd say that about a mouse!