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Farming Simulator 25is a game that provides an authentic farm experience. From cultivating crops and lifestock to selling them, all can be done in the game. However, like in real life, selling them at the right price is also a thing. Making it more tricky than just gaining yields and selling them outright.
Since Farming Simulator 25 uses seasonal mechanics, the prices are bound to up and down. Every livestock in the game has a different profitable period, so players have to be mindful of that. Strictly for this guide, we will focus on chickens and how to use them to gain profit.
What Do You Need To Raise Chickens?
Farming Simulator 25 initially starts with a chunk of area foragricultural farming. To raise chickens in the game,you’ll need to fulfill various requirementsto make them profitable. We’ve provided a gist of including every key pointer you’ll need to cover:
Keep all these things in mind if you’re going to build a business using chicken. Don’t worry, we’ve explained how to do all these things throughout the guide to reduce the hassle.
How To Get Food For Chickens
Before proceeding withbuying chicken and pastures, it’s important to sort out thefood to maintain their vitality. Chickens in Farming Simulator 25 havethree foddersas options:
Most of the grainscan be yielded betweenJune to September. For the rest of the period, you won’t have anything to farm. It is recommended tostore your grains in Silos. This will let you keep your yields and let you ready your crop for next year.
To feed chickens take the grains to apasture using a trailer. Once you reach yourChicken Pasture, simplypour themnear the food icon. If you own a Chicken Coop, you can unload your grains into the attached Silo.
You don’t have to manually feed the chickens in the game, and it would be taken care of automatically. After feeding, you’ll notice that your chickens are gaining health to give you eggs.
How To Give Chickens A Home To Stay And Breed
If you’re starting a fresh game, you might not own aChicken Pasture or Coop. You’ll have to build them manually using thein-game build mode. To trigger it, simplypress Shift+Pand it will take you tobuild mode.
Under the build mode, you’ll find acow icon on the left side, and navigate the sub-menu tofind the chicken menu on the fifth tab. The following are buildable items are present on the menu:
Thevalue-for-moneyoption would be building aChicken Coopto keep your feathery pals. Not only this has thehighest holding capacity, but also hasan attached Silofor thestorage of grains. If you’re low on budget and only getting started with your new farm. Buying Chicken Pasture 2 would be the right choice.
You fill yourChicken Pastures, simply go near them, and find afloating green paw icon. Interact with this icon bypressing R on the keyboard or pressing Left Stick. This will open up a new menu for trading chickens.
There will be two sub-menus forinbound and outbound transactions. You’ll need to be in theinbound transaction menu to buy chickens. You can start your journey by buying youngchickens and roosters to grow them for cheap.
To kickstart your egg making making journey, you may buymatured chickenstoo.But they cost ten times compared to young chickens.
How To Get Eggs From Chicken Farms
To gain eggs, you have to make sure your chickens havereached puberty (six months)to allow them to mate. Additionally, you also have tomaintain their health by keeping them well-fed.
Chickens withgood health will yield you more eggs, so do not compromise. Since feeding is automatic, just be regular to check on your chickens to ensure their health. Feed grains likeBarley, Wheat, and Sorghum, to get the best output with them.
If you keep thechickens at 100 percent health, you’ll have no problem getting a lot of eggs in no time. As time passesyou’ll get Egg Crates near your Chicken Pasture, which you can sell to get profits. However,sell prices do vary in the game, so make sure to check thePrice Calendar.
you’re able to find thePrice Calendarby going to the pause menu bypressing the Esc key or the Start button on the controller. You’ll see agraph icon on the left side, and open it. This menu will give you a detailed look at thebest times to sell crops, products, and more. This will come in very handy if you want to get serious with poultry farming.
How To Sell Egg Crates
When you getEgg Crates from Chicken Pastures, you can pick them up andtake them to sellers. However, you need to have aForkliftto pick up those crates. If you don’t own a Forklift, visit a nearbyVehicle Shop. Choose aForkliftwith stats that favor your current needs. But of course, it would be inefficient to carry each to sellers using that.
To make it more efficient and fast, you’ll either need aFlatbed Trailer or a Flatbed Truck. If youregg yields are relatively low, owning aFlatbed Truckwould do the trick. Just ensure tounfold the truck bed to load the crateson it. After loading the goods, simplyfasten the security belts.
Load the eggs into yourcarriage truckand go tovarious buyers willing to pay a good price for the eggs. Once you reach your drop-off destination, you’ll see ablack and yellow taped area.Keep your goods in this area to unload the Egg Crates. You can alsoautomate this processby creating a job forAI Workersto save time. However, this process is a bit clunky as AI Workers can mess up on the way.
If you’re paranoid about the vehicle and good safety, maybeask your friend to do it for you or find some time to do it yourself.
What Are The Best Strategies To Follow When Selling Eggs?
Thebest time to sell eggsis inNovember. The prices are peak during this time. You can hold your eggs for a while to sell them for ahuge profitduring that time. To sell eggs with anyprofit or loss, sell them whenrates are around $3,300.
Avoid selling eggs between February to April, as prices dip a lot. Making all your hard work go down the drain. Instead try to bring inyoung chickens to the coop, during this time to let them mature. Letting youyield more profitwithout worrying about your expenses.
Also, docheck which buyers are giving the best ratestoplan your sales. Noticethe travel distanceand the money they are providing for eggsto decide which is the best option.
