Domesticated
Thydian cattle generally stand as being almost shorter than the average Human, at the withers. Should a stampede be triggered, they can easily crush an encampment and leave the survivors in no shape to continue funcitoning as a military.
In year 36 3A, a group of cattleherders from Flachfeld had ended an occupation attempt by Capitolist troops with a stampede, though they had to spend the rest of the winter regathering the herds and moving into winter grazing lands.
Wild Cattle
The cattle out in the wild tend to be smaller than their domesticated cousins due to the domesticated breeds being bred up for size and generally in better health than the wild ones.
Economic Uses
Food
The steers - altered bulls - raised as food are generally of the larger breeds and raised specifically to grace the plates of the wealthy. They are often herded with care as to provide the meat as much fat development as possible while keeping their muscles soft. Most are butchered at two years of age. Older Bulls, cows, or work-steers tend to have toughened meat that is best served as ground meat.
Milk cows, however, are often found at least one to a farm and with her calf nearby.
Wool
The long shaggy hair has to be brushed or occasionally cut off in large groups before it could be cleaned, carded, and then spun into yarn or other similar craft products. The cattle raised for their wool production tend to be smaller in physical size as the breeds are more focused on the wool production.
This product tends to be used in making garments, cloth products, and MakeALongListOfWoolProductsHere.
Draft
Due to their size, Thydian cattle are strong and can pull wagons or perform other tasks of hard labor involving pulling. The cattle raised more for draft purposes are sheered periodically as to keep from overheating while working, though the quality of the wool produced is not nearly as fine as what is made of the wool-bred cattle.
Most draft-cattle are steers, due to their intact brothers tending to be more tempermental despite being larger.
Horns
The horns of the wooly dire cattle break off like a deer's antlers once the horns grow to be too long for the keratin to hold up, unlike the cattle found in other parts of Corive. These shed horns are used for NameStuffHere, and button-crafting.
Cavalry
A cattle cavalry is not a common tactic used in Thydian warfare, but it has occured. Generally, the cavalry is a herd with a few riders moving at a slow pace over a long period of time until a stampede is triggered.
So long as the individual bovine has been raised and is used to carrying a person on their back, they make for reasonable mounts.
You can do some cool CSS with the organization of those biproducts. If type it in like this:
Food
The steers - altered bulls - raised as food are generally of the larger breeds and raised specifically to grace the plates of the wealthy. They are often herded with care as to provide the meat as much fat development as possible while keeping their muscles soft. Most are butchered at two years of age. Older Bulls, cows, or work-steers tend to have toughened meat that is best served as ground meat. Milk cows, however, are often found at least one to a farm and with her calf nearby.Wool
The long shaggy hair has to be brushed or occasionally cut off in large groups before it could be cleaned, carded, and then spun into yarn or other similar craft products. The cattle raised for their wool production tend to be smaller in physical size as the breeds are more focused on the wool production. This product tends to be used in making garments, cloth products, and MakeALongListOfWoolProductsHere.Draft
Due to their size, Thydian cattle are strong and can pull wagons or perform other tasks of hard labor involving pulling. The cattle raised more for draft purposes are sheered periodically as to keep from overheating while working, though the quality of the wool produced is not nearly as fine as what is made of the wool-bred cattle. Most draft-cattle are steers, due to their intact brothers tending to be more temperamental despite being larger.Horns
The horns of the wooly dire cattle break off like a deer's antlers once the horns grow to be too long for the keratin to hold up, unlike the cattle found in other parts of Corive. These shed horns are used for NameStuffHere, and button-crafting.Cavalry
A cattle cavalry is not a common tactic used in Thydian warfare, but it has occured. Generally, the cavalry is a herd with a few riders moving at a slow pace over a long period of time until a stampede is triggered. So long as the individual cattle beast has be raised and is used to carrying a person on their back, they make for reasonable mounts.Ah, yes, that makes things easier as well, I was thinking of how to break them up into col3 or col for further organization. Thank you! (It's also not CSS but is instead BBCode)
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