Minecraft wiki entry for Animal_farming, associated text: To lead animals around, you need to wield the same food that you can breed them with or a lead if you have slimeballs. You can also obtain a lead from the wandering traders by trading with them or killing them. You may also take their llamas! Wandering trader llamas can only be bred in Java Edition. Wheat for cows, mooshrooms and sheep; carrots, beetroots, or potatoes for pigs; seeds of any type for chickens; and dandelions, carrots or golden carrots for rabbits. Once you've got them in the pen, start feeding them. They will then pair off and have babies. They will also produce experience orbs. You can breed the same two only once in five minutes. You get one young for each two adult animals that you feed in your herd. The babies will take about 20 minutes to grow up, so don't kill too many adults too fast. You can only breed adult animals if you feed two of them at about the same time. They will go over to each other and begin to look like they are kissing.