So I remember there was thread going around asking why we can't get meat from animals and I was always confused as to where ppl were getting the info that we couldn't do this. But I kept seeing that thread so I assumed that it was true and a guru said so and I missed it.But I was just watching OshinSims play the new pack and there is an option to trade a cow for meat. Which is I guess a less violent way of saying kill the cow for meat but it's basically the same thing.

Nice! I was kinda hoping for meat in the Sims 4!

I have to be honest, kind of surprised. I figured it would be too close to a euphemism for them, but I am all for people getting to pick whether it's a euphemism or a neighborly trade.

I'm absolutely glad they didn't go a more specific route as far as realism. This trading sounds perfectly alright, as it sounds optional. Yes, most of us understand what it means behind the scenes so to speak, but if that bothers anyone they can tell themselves they're literally trading the cow for "meat" and the cow goes off and lives a happy life somewhere else.I'm actually hoping there's more farm animals to come eventually, and the same option will be there.

I am so happy this was included. Will make it more realistic and my sim can be more self sufficient. ☺️

I was surprised too based on what the gurus said. I doubt it will be a worthwhile option and won't use it regardless, though. It seems like a way to delete the shed animals when you realize caring for them is too hard/not fun and not a way to make money or get resources.

Sims 4 Cottage Living: We can "trade" animals for meat!

GalacticGal
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
I have a friend who used to live on a full acre of land. She had a pot belly pig as a house pet and another really big pig. The big pink pig would often make her upset, so one day she followed up on her threat and took said offensive animal to a local butcher shop and well, Pig is now bacon, or used to be … Seems quite reasonable to add this feature. If you're living off of the land as in times past, that includes meat.
ValiantRedKnight
New Spectator
4 years ago
"kaiwrysims;c-17929053" wrote:
Btw I was watching DeeSims play and she traded 1 chicken for meat and got 7 pieces of wrapped white meat. I'm guessing cows will be more since they are bigger but I think that is a good amount.

Did she give any information about how much meat recipes use?
SMAN292
4 years ago
I don't know if I can go for trading animals for meat. As my aunt told me on the phone earlier today, when we were talking about wild life and it's behavior. She said that I sound like a nature lover, and to a certain degree I am. So I don't think that I can go for having my sims trade an animal for meat after having befriend the creature.
kaiwryplays
4 years ago
"crocobaura;c-17931469" wrote:
"kaiwrysims;c-17931251" wrote:
"BlueR0se;c-17931191" wrote:
Really hope the cow meat trade is worth compared to the price of the cow. Especially since you can't breed cows like you can breed chickens. Even if it's not viable to "trade in" the bigger livestock for profit, I do hope it's not too costly for price.

Yeah I hope we can make a profit from it. Like if we trade a cow for meat we should make more money selling all that meat than it would cost to buy a new one so it would make sense.

If you play with aging on, you could trade the cow for meat right before it's due to die. Wish they added the option for the cow to have one calf so we didn't need to always buy a new one. They could have like surprise pregnancy, the cow escaped it's enclosure and mated.

Yeah it still bothers me the sheds are so big (which ig makes sense cause they are big animals but I wish we could have more cows per shed and then able to breed them.

But I can see the problem they faced as they couldn't have them breed because only one animal per she'd is allowed and I guess they only had one per she'd because the cows and lamas are more tied to the sheds than chickens.
crocobaura
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
"kaiwrysims;c-17931533" wrote:
"crocobaura;c-17931469" wrote:
"kaiwrysims;c-17931251" wrote:
"BlueR0se;c-17931191" wrote:
Really hope the cow meat trade is worth compared to the price of the cow. Especially since you can't breed cows like you can breed chickens. Even if it's not viable to "trade in" the bigger livestock for profit, I do hope it's not too costly for price.

Yeah I hope we can make a profit from it. Like if we trade a cow for meat we should make more money selling all that meat than it would cost to buy a new one so it would make sense.

If you play with aging on, you could trade the cow for meat right before it's due to die. Wish they added the option for the cow to have one calf so we didn't need to always buy a new one. They could have like surprise pregnancy, the cow escaped it's enclosure and mated.

Yeah it still bothers me the sheds are so big (which ig makes sense cause they are big animals but I wish we could have more cows per shed and then able to breed them.

But I can see the problem they faced as they couldn't have them breed because only one animal per she'd is allowed and I guess they only had one per she'd because the cows and lamas are more tied to the sheds than chickens.

The shed looks big enough to fit at least two cows. I also find it strange that the cow doesn't lie down in any of the pictures I've seen.
kaiwryplays
4 years ago
"crocobaura;c-17931564" wrote:
"kaiwrysims;c-17931533" wrote:
"crocobaura;c-17931469" wrote:
"kaiwrysims;c-17931251" wrote:
"BlueR0se;c-17931191" wrote:
Really hope the cow meat trade is worth compared to the price of the cow. Especially since you can't breed cows like you can breed chickens. Even if it's not viable to "trade in" the bigger livestock for profit, I do hope it's not too costly for price.

Yeah I hope we can make a profit from it. Like if we trade a cow for meat we should make more money selling all that meat than it would cost to buy a new one so it would make sense.

If you play with aging on, you could trade the cow for meat right before it's due to die. Wish they added the option for the cow to have one calf so we didn't need to always buy a new one. They could have like surprise pregnancy, the cow escaped it's enclosure and mated.

Yeah it still bothers me the sheds are so big (which ig makes sense cause they are big animals but I wish we could have more cows per shed and then able to breed them.

But I can see the problem they faced as they couldn't have them breed because only one animal per she'd is allowed and I guess they only had one per she'd because the cows and lamas are more tied to the sheds than chickens.

The shed looks big enough to fit at least two cows. I also find it strange that the cow doesn't lie down in any of the pictures I've seen.

Yeah but the area they roam around could cause rooting issues if there was two cows roaming around that area. I'm not sure I will have to see again how big that area is compared to the size of the cow and lama.
kaiwryplays
4 years ago
"crocobaura;c-17931609" wrote:
"kaiwrysims;c-17931607" wrote:
"crocobaura;c-17931564" wrote:
"kaiwrysims;c-17931533" wrote:
"crocobaura;c-17931469" wrote:
"kaiwrysims;c-17931251" wrote:
"BlueR0se;c-17931191" wrote:
Really hope the cow meat trade is worth compared to the price of the cow. Especially since you can't breed cows like you can breed chickens. Even if it's not viable to "trade in" the bigger livestock for profit, I do hope it's not too costly for price.

Yeah I hope we can make a profit from it. Like if we trade a cow for meat we should make more money selling all that meat than it would cost to buy a new one so it would make sense.

If you play with aging on, you could trade the cow for meat right before it's due to die. Wish they added the option for the cow to have one calf so we didn't need to always buy a new one. They could have like surprise pregnancy, the cow escaped it's enclosure and mated.

Yeah it still bothers me the sheds are so big (which ig makes sense cause they are big animals but I wish we could have more cows per shed and then able to breed them.

But I can see the problem they faced as they couldn't have them breed because only one animal per she'd is allowed and I guess they only had one per she'd because the cows and lamas are more tied to the sheds than chickens.

The shed looks big enough to fit at least two cows. I also find it strange that the cow doesn't lie down in any of the pictures I've seen.

Yeah but the area they roam around could cause rooting issues if there was two cows roaming around that area. I'm not sure I will have to see again how big that area is compared to the size of the cow and lama.

The shed has a footprint of 10x9 and that includes also the roaming space. The cows in this instant don't route, they simply have a pre-set animation of where they move from here to there.

Yeah I will have to see how they "roam" but I don't think they do much roaming compared to chickens
_knike121499_
4 years ago
Awesome! I was wondering about this as well for the new pack.
Simburian
Seasoned Rookie
4 years ago
Would be nice if they could trade the cow for a llama as well.
yagwit
4 years ago
"kaiwrysims;c-17929053" wrote:
Btw I was watching DeeSims play and she traded 1 chicken for meat and got 7 pieces of wrapped white meat. I'm guessing cows will be more since they are bigger but I think that is a good amount.

How long do we have to wait for the delivery? So far I have traded four animals. I have no meat.