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Twins, and chimeric?
  • I saw some posts about twins, and I wasn't sure if it was a 1 in a million type of thing, or if it was done in premium lab benefits sorta one in a million chance like when implanting an embryo?

    Is it from live cover or can it be both?
    (I know all about twins and horses irl and how dangerous it is, ways to prevent it, however I'm trying to understand the game a little more and this is something I didn't know could happen here)

    Second situation is, what are the chances of chimeric?
    (Being from chimeric parents and non chimeric)
  • I’ve gotten twins a couple times, both from lab breeding and live cover. You are correct that it’s a rarity. Not sure about the second half of your question though :)
  • Twins are extremely rare and are slightly more likely to occur if the mare is chimeric (since there is a suspected genetic tendency to twinning and chimerism is a result of twin embryos fusing). I do not recall if the sire being chimeric has an impact.

    Very, very, very small. One user used to specialize in black chimera horses - in pastures full of chimeric mares, they were still only getting one or two chimera foals a season, if I recall correctly. They are definitely not published statistics, and I'm not sure if chimera foals are common enough for the chances/odds to be calculable from our end (versus the programming side).
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  • I use Pretzel Twists as Foundation horses in my Liver herd ; I get 1 or 2 chimera foals a season from 2 - 100 acre pastures :)
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  • Tysm everyone, this filled the void in my curiosity :-)
    Post edited by BarnRaised at 2022-09-21 15:43:21
  • at least twins in the game are never a problem and always a boon!
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  • Because the game's twin rate on 1 in 10,000. The same as the number of LIVE twin births in real life. We just skip the foaling deaths as that does not sound like a fun game to me.
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  • That's awesome news, Ammit

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