How to change animal and produce colours in The Sims 4: Cottage Livingįarm animals aren't exactly cheap, but there are actual material benefits to owning them. The animal you just bought will be magically transported to their new home, and pretty soon they'll wander into the yard to say hello. Interacting with these objects will then give you the option to purchase cows or llamas (from the Animal Shed) or chickens (from the Chicken Coop). In order to populate your Sims' barnyard, you need to buy either an Animal Shed or a Chicken Coop, both of which can be purchased in Build Mode. While they're still independent creatures you can befriend, they're not counted as family members in the same way that house-pets are - which also means that you can't create and customise them in Create-A-Sim, or adopt them from animal care services. The new animals introduced in Cottage Living work a little differently to pets from the Cats & Dogs expansion pack. How to buy animals in The Sims 4: Cottage Living