The rules in this article no longer apply. For the new sheep breeding patterns, refer to New Farmville Sheep Breeding Patterns - added May/2011.
For those of you who like to breed sheep and get predictable results, Farmville’s sheep breeding can be frustrating. However, understanding a few rules about breeding can give you the results you are looking for. If you find that most of your sheep have the same color of dots or stars, you can easily force a change that will give you different dot and star colors in your gene pool. However, before you start changing your sheep colors, you should understand a few basics of sheep breeding. So I have listed a quick rundown before the color changing explanation.
Sheep Breeding Basics
* Ram = Design and secondary color
* Ewe = Base Color and Special Features
Color Types
Base Color: The base color of this sheep is black. In Camo sheep, it is in inside color.
Secondary Color: The secondary color in this sheep is red. Is is always the star or dot color.
Third Color: Sometimes Camo sheep or split color sheep have a third color mixed in.
Breeding to Change Dot and Star Colors
1. In order to change the color of your resulting sheep’s dots or stars, you need to find a Ram and an Ewe with the same base color. Sometimes this will also work when you find one sheep with the same base color as the other sheep’s secondary color. Example:
Black secondary color + 
Black base color = 
Makes Colors of Ewe
2. Make sure the Ram has either dots or stars since the design usually comes from the Ram. Also, be careful about special features such as flashing, masked, split color and electric sheep. This is extra information that acts like a color and goes through the Ewe. So this extra info may throw off your formula. Therefore, it is best to use a dot or star Ram with no special features.
3. When breeding, select the Ewe first. Selecting the Ewe first favors the Ewe’s color and gender and also favors the Ram’s design. If both sheep are stars or polka dots, then pick the Ram first to favor the Ram’s gender. Since secondary colors go through the Ram, you can spread the new dot or star color in future breeding if you get a boy lamb.
4. When you get your lamb, the lamb color should be close to the base color of the sheep you were breeding. So if you picked two black base color sheep, you should have a black lamb. Feed it and the dots of the resulting sheep should be the secondary color of the Ewe instead of the Ram. If you get a Ram with the new dot or star color, you can breed that new Ram with any Ewe and have the new dot colors in the resulting sheep.
By changing your dot and star color, you will be changing up the color that you see in your lambs without having someone send you a new color. You can also take advantage of both colors now instead of just the base color. The real difference is you can get secondary colors that you only had in Ewes now appear in sheep that you breed instead of just the secondary colors of your Rams. It’s a fun way to mix things up and I hope you enjoy making new combinations. Of course, not every breed will turn out how you expect it, but using this method will make the majority of your sheep turn out how you like.
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For those of you who like to breed sheep and get predictable results, Farmville’s sheep breeding can be frustrating. However, understanding a few rules about breeding can give you the results you are looking for. If you find that most of your sheep have the same color of dots or stars, you can easily force a change that will give you different dot and star colors in your gene pool. However, before you start changing your sheep colors, you should understand a few basics of sheep breeding. So I have listed a quick rundown before the color changing explanation.
Sheep Breeding Basics
* Ram = Design and secondary color
* Ewe = Base Color and Special Features
Color Types
Base Color: The base color of this sheep is black. In Camo sheep, it is in inside color.
Secondary Color: The secondary color in this sheep is red. Is is always the star or dot color.
Third Color: Sometimes Camo sheep or split color sheep have a third color mixed in.
Breeding to Change Dot and Star Colors
1. In order to change the color of your resulting sheep’s dots or stars, you need to find a Ram and an Ewe with the same base color. Sometimes this will also work when you find one sheep with the same base color as the other sheep’s secondary color. Example:
Black secondary color + Black base color = Makes Colors of Ewe2. Make sure the Ram has either dots or stars since the design usually comes from the Ram. Also, be careful about special features such as flashing, masked, split color and electric sheep. This is extra information that acts like a color and goes through the Ewe. So this extra info may throw off your formula. Therefore, it is best to use a dot or star Ram with no special features.
3. When breeding, select the Ewe first. Selecting the Ewe first favors the Ewe’s color and gender and also favors the Ram’s design. If both sheep are stars or polka dots, then pick the Ram first to favor the Ram’s gender. Since secondary colors go through the Ram, you can spread the new dot or star color in future breeding if you get a boy lamb.
4. When you get your lamb, the lamb color should be close to the base color of the sheep you were breeding. So if you picked two black base color sheep, you should have a black lamb. Feed it and the dots of the resulting sheep should be the secondary color of the Ewe instead of the Ram. If you get a Ram with the new dot or star color, you can breed that new Ram with any Ewe and have the new dot colors in the resulting sheep.
By changing your dot and star color, you will be changing up the color that you see in your lambs without having someone send you a new color. You can also take advantage of both colors now instead of just the base color. The real difference is you can get secondary colors that you only had in Ewes now appear in sheep that you breed instead of just the secondary colors of your Rams. It’s a fun way to mix things up and I hope you enjoy making new combinations. Of course, not every breed will turn out how you expect it, but using this method will make the majority of your sheep turn out how you like.
You may also be interested in:
New Sheep Breeding Patterns
How to Get Nothing but Bottles from Special Delivery Boxes
All About Popping Colors Sheep
Answers to the Devil Sheep Mystery
All About Electric Sheep
So can you tell me, if I have a ram with blue stars, but want Blue dots how do I do that? All my ewes have black dots, and I need something different. But if the ram carries the pattern AND secondary, will I ever be able to make my own blue dots?
ReplyDeletetheerd said...
ReplyDeleteHeather, it is possible but with the new changes FV just made to breeding, it may be more difficult. The best thing will be to try breeding it with a dot Ewe that has the same base color as the Ram. You may have to try this more due to the breeding changes but you should get the blue color to switch to the dots. If you get the blue to jump to an ewe star pattern, this may be better since you can use the Ewe with blue dots instead of the ram. Farmville said two statements ago that the pattern goes with the Ram. So if this is the same, then the color is likely to still be with the ewe. This means you want a dot ram when trying to change the secondary color to dots and a blue star ewe. so keep trying until you get the blue in the ewe, then use her to try to get the color in the dots. hope that helps.