Animals

Animals are a central feature of Hay Day. There are three types of animals in the game: farm animals, which produce goods needed to make many other products; pets and wild animals, which give experience points and supplies; and finally, animals which give life to the game but do not have any other function.

Farm animals
Farm animals live on the farm and in the fishing lake. Farm animals are bought in the shop using coins and must be put into shelters while fishing lake animals must be caught.

Pets
Pets live on the farm. They can be bought in the shop using vouchers and must be put next to shelters. They can wander freely around the farm. Players can have two of each pet, although both animals may not be unlocked at the same level.

Sanctuary animals
Sanctuary animals live in the town. Each animal requires puzzle pieces to be unlocked and a shelter. Adults are unlocked before calves.

Decorative animals
Decorative animals populate all the playable areas.

Players can interact with most animals by tapping on them. Most make sounds and move when this happens. The raven can have its feathers flicked away when flying. Some decorations such as flowers, bird houses and ponds attract butterflies, birds and frogs. Foxes tend to hang around bushes. Seagulls appear when a fishing spot is in cooldown time. The neighborhood building has a mouse hole in its lower left corner. A mouse can be seen peering out from it at regular intervals.

Thematic changes
As themes change, some animals change as well (e.g. for Halloween, birds turn into bats).

Strategy tips

 * Every 6 hours you can reap about 7 to 10 supplies and 1,760 experience points if you have all the pets.
 * For a list of most of the prizes available when you feed pets, see this table by MindoPod: Pet Rewards.