Version 1.0 of Minecraft added baby animals and breeding. So now I've begun animal husbandry, and I'm off to a good start, I'm just growing impatient with a few of them. Specifically, they won't grow up.
How long will it take my calves, chicks, and piglets to grow up into fully murder-able cows, chickens and pigs?
On a related note, how long do I have to wait after breeding a pair of animals before I can breed them again?
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From the wiki Breeding/Baby animals
5Baby animals grow into full sized animals after twenty minutes, one day in game time.
20 minutes, or one game day. So from dawn until the next dawn (unless you sleep though the night in which case it will be two full daytimes). You can breed an animal once per game day.
1Update as of release 1.8: Baby animals grow into full sized animals after twenty minutes (one game day, beds notwithstanding). Their growth can slowly be accelerated using the animal's breeding item, where each use takes 10% off the remaining time to grow up. There are a few variations:
Sheep can grow faster if they eat grass. For dogs (tamed wolves), the puppy does not gain its full health automatically (even when it grows to full size), but must be fed to increase its HP. Foals (baby horses) can be fed to speed their growth.
