Farmville Stallions explained

The Stallions have been creating a bit of confusion. Since being released on March 19, 2010 persons have been not quite sure how they work. Hopefully we can explain what is this works.

New Stallions can now be found wandering around FarmVille that will allow you to get Foals from your Horse Stable! When you opt to help a wandering stallion is is given shelter in the barn. To see what is happening, Zynga has added an enhancement. Click on the barn and select "look inside". At the top left hand corner you will now see and icon, indicating whether or not the wondering stallion is in or out. See screenshot below.

According to Zynga, the wandering stallions do not behave like how the Bulls behave. The wandering stallion is an event and not a permament fixture. This is very important to note as the stallion will not be counted as other horses inside the barn.

What happens

1. Wandering stallion has appeared on your farm.. when you share the feed, ten (10) of your neighours will be able to click on the feed and give shelter to the stallion

2. The stallion will be in the stable and you have a chance to receive a foal next time you collect 'horsehair".

3. When a foal is born, five(5) neighbours will have a chance to get a foal.

So be kind and take care of the wandering stallion and remember to share with your neighours.

Farmville Co op Problems being resolved

Farmville co-op got off to a problem-plagued start according to feedback from users. Zynga for their part as acknowledged the problems and asked users to patient.

The question on the virtual farmers lips in Farmville is how will this work? Apparently is working sites such as Farmvillefreak.com are reporting users completing their tasks but problems persist.

Complaints

It is interesting that many of the complaints from virtual is not only about this feature but Zynga's ability to fix the bugs, lost gifts. As it relates to the co-op, some users seem upset that the product could be rolled out with so many bugs while others call for patience given, that the product is free.

Are you still having problems? Let us know.

Farmville co-op Farming is here.

Farmville co-op Farming is here. This is a new feature we have been seeing promotions about. It will involve you working with your neighbours on specific tasks.

Farmville Co-op Tutorial (the how to)

The simple tutorial is summed up in four lines and attempts to outline how the co-op will work. The instructions are:

• Folks in Farmville(i.e your neighbours) will ask for help in completing farming jobs.
• Recruit friends to join your job and help you grow crops
• Grow enough crops before time expires
• The faster you finish the bigger your ulitmate rewards

Bascially the there is Job Board where you will be able to see and overview, details of the jobs and achievements.

• Jobs Completed vs Attempted

Medals

• Gold Medals
• Silver Medals
• Bronze Medals

Plus

• Job Completion streak
• Average co-op size
• Biggest co-op size

There are instersting prizes such found under the ribbons tab

Co-op Job Ribbon Achievements

• Employee of the Month
• Fabulous Foreman
• Best of the Rest

The co-op icon can be found where the delete tool was. The delete tool is now part of the under the multi-tool icon

How do you?

From the Zynga Famville forum, it appears the Jobs will be listed under the All Jobs and Active Jobs tab. You will then be able to

• Select a Job ( It appears when you do you will have to options to post it as a via a facebook feed for your neighbours and friends to see)
• Recruit Friends to help

So it appears we will have wait until the job pop unto the "Jobs To Do" Board.

However for more information visit the Zynga's Farmville Forum

Not All Chickens are not Equal on Farmville

It is not surprising that chickens can be found on Farmville, but what becomes clear is that all chickens not equal. So far I have come across four types of chickens:

1. White
2. Brown
3. Black
4. Golden

Here is the breakdown of coins on , harvest time and selling/harvest returns:

White Chicken

Harvest: 8 Coins

Harvest Time: 1 Day

Sell: 20 Coins

Brown Chicken

Harvest: 16 Coins

Harvest Time: 1 Day

Sell: 20 Coins

Black Chicken

Harvest: 32 Coins

Harvest Time: 1 Day

Sell: 20 Coins

Golden Chicken

Harvest: 64 Coins

Harvest Time: 1 Day

Sell: 20 Coins

Analysis

As can be seen the return from a golden chicken is 8 times that of a white chicken. The return on a black chicken is 4 times that of a white chicken but half that of a golden chicken.

The coup can be expanded to hold 60 chickens, so at the balance of chickens you have for maximum reward and least effort.

The other thing to note is the distribution of the chickens in Chicken Coop. Depending on the ratio of types of chickens, it will determine the probability of the type of mystery chickens you will probably find from the chicken coup to share.

Farmville Gold Rush Ends Today

The Farmville Gold rush ends today. The actual time is 9:00 p.m. PDT. Farmers therefore have the next few hours to complete. The Gold has allowed users to gain extra fuel, XP, among other gifts.

Farmville outage on Facebook

Virutal Farmers are having problems accessing their Farmville accounts via Facebook. A message on the Farmville fanpage on Facebook reads:

"If you are unable to load FarmVille from your Facebook page, you may try to launch from FarmVille.com."

Interestingly the problem seems to be affecting at least one other Zynga Games as Virtual Chefs are having similar problems access Cafeworld via Facebook.

Farmers can still access Farmville via FarmVille.com and this might not be a bad thing.

Farmville now has stallions

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In this week's round of releases, Zynga has released a Stallion that you can now add to your horse barn. This works similarly to how the Bull works in the Diary Farm with the Cows.

This is a interesting development as now you will need to find space on the farm for foals, as that will be natural result of the union of stallions and mares.

What you will need to do if you have your barn filled with horses(mares) is to remove one and add the Stallion as soon as you have found one wondering on your farm.

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