10 Best Minecraft Animal Farm Design Ideas in 2024

Everyone needs animals in Minecraft close to their base. Whether you’re keeping them for a friendly face around your home or you’re breeding them so you’ve got a steady flow of food, you can rely on.

Whatever the reason, you should at the very least keep them on a nice and tidy farm – just out of respect.

And, it’ll make the surrounding area of your survival base look way more appealing, and that’s what really counts, right?

There’s no point in having an ugly build stuffed full of animals to ruin the aesthetic of your world!

You may also check out our ultimate guide on Building Ideas for Minecraft. We have added more than 100+ ideas in this guide.

Now, here are the 10 best Minecraft Animal Farm Ideas you can use to get started with:

Best Minecraft Animal Farm Ideas For Survival Mode

1. Simple Animal Farm

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This is the classic, tried, and true way to set up an animal farm in Minecraft. You’ve got a big, flat area where you can place all of your pens to store your animals.

And by its design, it can easily be extended if you decide you want to add extra animals in the future.

This is perfect for those who want a more hands-off approach to animal husbandry, as it’s easy to walk around and check/breed your animals all at once.

2. Compact Cow Farm

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If you’re short on space, or you just want a more efficient way to set up your farm, then the compact farm is perfect for you. This design uses less space overall and is perfect if you’re looking to get your hands on beef as soon as possible.

Whilst it isn’t the most animal-friendly design, it is one of the most efficient things I’ve personally seen in Minecraft.

And the best part? It will only take you a couple of minutes to set up!

3. The Indoor/Outdoor Barn

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This is the perfect solution for when you just want to keep your animals close to home.

With an indoor/outdoor barn, you can set up your animal pens so that they can wander in and out when they please. Just make sure you’ve got a good supply of torches to keep things lit inside!

The designer has used a range of wooden blocks to ensure that the barn still looks natural, so it can fit in with the surrounding biome.

4. Cow Pen

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If you’re looking to start breeding cows for milk and beef, then you’ll need to set up a cow pen.

This design is perfect for those who want to keep things simple, as it will only take you about 10-20 mins to build and farming materials will probably take you a lot less than that.

You might already have what’s needed laying around in the storage chests of your base.

5. Chicken Coop

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The above design is one of the most effective yet attractive Minecraft animal farm designs. The builder has used all sorts of wooden materials and varying different dirt blocks to create this attractive chicken coop.

Chickens are some of the easiest animals to take care of as they can fit into a one-block square, and they still provide you with useful items like chicken meat and feathers which can be used to make arrows.

A chicken farm is a perfect way to take advantage of their egg-laying abilities, and you can fit a surprising number of chickens into a small area.

6. Pig Farm

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If you’re looking to start breeding pigs, then you’ll need to set up a pig farm. This design is perfect for those who want to keep things simple, whilst still making sure they have an attractive building on their property.

And just like a couple of the other builds on this list, it features blocks that aren’t too hard to come by and it can easily be extended in case you decide to add other animals or even more pigs to the farm.

7. Colored Sheep Pen

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Sheep are another important source of food and materials, especially if you want wool for decorating your survival base with carpets.

A sheep farm like the above is the perfect way to take advantage of their wool-bearing abilities as you can separate each sheep into its own pen based on the color of its wool!

8. Automatic Hoglin Farm

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This is the most efficient way to set up a Hoglin animal farm, as it is completely automated. All you need to do is follow the guidelines in the tutorial and you’ll have yourself unlimited food!

The best part? You can even AFK while this design works its magic.

I’ve already featured an automatic animal farm on this list, but I wanted to bring you another one so you can quickly solve the food problem we all have when we start afresh Minecraft world.

9. Large Wooden Barn for all Animals

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A large wooden barn is a perfect solution for anyone who wants to house all their animals in one place. The barn is big enough to fit all kinds of Minecraft animals, from cows and pigs to chickens and sheep!

The best part? This barn is made out of wood, which is a material that is easy to find and build with.

Plus, it looks great with any kind of property!

10. Traditional Red Barn

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The ideal location to house all of your animals is a traditional red barn. The barn is big enough to accommodate a wide range of animals, including cows, pigs, chickens, and sheep!

If you want to finally house your animals is not only an effective way but one that is going to add some much-needed life to the surrounding area, then this is it.