Animal Husbandry
by Athlantes
Animal Husbandry adds a care system for farm animals, covering genetics, happiness, sickness, grooming and breeding traits for players who keep livestock.
What it does
Animals that players domesticate gain happiness when cared for and can fall sick when neglected. Hunger, dehydration and grooming needs are tracked over time, so farm animals respond to management choices instead of staying decorative. Feeding troughs stock food and water for ranches, and pigs can hunt truffles on suitable ground, which turns grass into dirt or coarse dirt.
Breeding passes on genetics, including color, pattern, yield, fertility and growth. Each animal can also carry personality traits such as glutton, cuddly, grumpy or energetic, and species-specific bonuses like improved yield or faster growth. Modpack creators can tune how punishing or forgiving the care system feels through a configuration file. The mod requires Architectury API and runs on Fabric and NeoForge for Minecraft 1.21.1, on both client and server. It is released under All rights reserved and is not open source.
Key features
Domestication and happiness
Animals become domesticated and gain happiness through feeding their preferred food and receiving brushing.
Animal medicine and checks
Animal Medicine cures sick animals, while the Magnifying Glass shows genetics and care stats and the Farm Ledger opens a detailed report.
Fertility and breeding
A Fertility Potion raises breeding readiness and improves genetics for one breeding cycle.
Truffle hunting
Pigs can find truffles on suitable blocks, and the behavior changes with their genetics and care state.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Ranch management
Feeding troughs supply food and water so a ranch needs less manual upkeep.
Configurable difficulty
Modpacks can set how strict the animal care rules are for a hard survival pack or a cozy farm world.
Who it’s for: Players who want farm animals with more depth, breeding traits and long-term care, and modpack creators who want a configurable livestock system.
How it compares
Alex's Crop Genetics is a Fabric mod for 1.21 – 1.21.11 that is not open source, and it covers crops rather than animals. BreedingControl is a NeoForge mod for 1.21.1, open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later, and it is server-side with an optional client. Tom's Livestock Overhaul is a NeoForge mod for 1.21.1, all rights reserved and not open source, and it runs on client and server.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Husbandry | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-10-08 |
| Alex's Crop Genetics | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-08-25 |
| BreedingControl | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Server required, client optional | 2026-03-06 |
| Tom's Livestock Overhaul | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-14 |
Questions
Which loaders does Animal Husbandry support?
Does Animal Husbandry need Architectury API?
Does the mod have to be installed on the server?
In the catalog
Animal Husbandry is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,715 Food mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Animal Husbandry turns passive farm animals into a proper part of your world. Animals have care needs, genetics, traits, sickness, breeding control, and special interactions that make ranching feel closer to managing a real herd than babysitting a few mobs. This mod adds a full animal-care system built around…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/animalhusbandry
- Owner
- Athlantes
- Published
- 2026-05-24
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-08
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15