Husbandry
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.16. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
Update on the future of my mods (sorry) -> TLDR: Can't find time anymore even though I would have loved to have finished my projects Anyone is free to…
⬇ Download on CurseForgeThe author built this one for Minecraft 1.16.5 on Forge. On other versions it may install and then do nothing.



Update on the future of my mods (sorry) -> https://twitter.com/joshiejack/status/1590487547289178112
TLDR: Can't find time anymore even though I would have loved to have finished my projects
Anyone is free to take over my mods if they so desire
Husbandry is the animal care element of Harvest Festival. It adds the requirement to look after your animals to make them happy. It gives animals a limited lifespan and has mammals be pregnant for several minecraft days. Also adds nests for chickens to lay their eggs and an incubator for you to hatch them. Pigs will "find" truffles randomly throughout their day. Treats will help level up animals so that they produce more products for you.
It does this by assigning traits to entities. If you wished you could assign the traits to other mobs. So you could add something like shearing skeletons gives you bones. See how to here. The mod also has KubeJS support so you can interact with it that way too.
This mod comes with an ingame book to explain some of the basic concepts. It is recommended to play this mod with Daydreamer as it will allow you to sleep in the daytime allowing you to level up your animals quicker (as their products etc. reset each minecraft day).
For more information on the mod and how to modify it see the wiki
https://harvestfestivalwiki.com/Husbandry
Datapacks for other mods support

Note: Harvest Festival is being split up in to it's separate components. This mod is the animal care element and requires Penguin-Lib. More information about this change and features of this mod can be found on https://harvestfestivalwiki.com/
Links
Discord: here
Twitter: here
Patreon: here
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.16.5
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as Husbandry-1.16.5-1.0.4.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 347 KB
- Download link checked 14 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.