Thus I heard, chicken coop is coming back?

A ranch is for raising cattle but I think when people request farming they mostly want everything possible related to farming and that includes other farm animals, tractors and large swathes of land. In my country horses are mostly used by small farmers to pull carts around, but I am not sure most simmers would like that. It all depends on the budget EA has to develop packs, for full fledged horses with riding, showjumping, racing, etc, they might need a separate pack and could release them with a world based on England where horses are very popular for racing, riding or as pets but not necessarily as farm animals. They could release cows with a pack based on India, so cows could be milked but not butchered.