FarmVille Mystery Game (03/27/11): Birds take flight as new prizes

This week's Mystery Game in FarmVille isn't technically labeled as coming with a standard English Countryside theme, as it instead introduces us to a set of six birds, ready to take flight right onto your farm. The game is called "English Wings," and it will offer you England-inspired birds as prizes.

Some of these birds are those we've given you a sneak peek of in the past, including the Sussex Chicken which we brought you news of just this morning. Here's a complete rundown of this week's prizes:

English Partridge
Gray Heron
King Fisher
Sussex Chicken
Tufted Duck
White Barn Owl

This week's Mystery Game strikes a balance between last week's price of 20 Farm Cash per dart and the normal price of 16 Farm Cash, as it will cost you 18 Farm Cash to play the game this week. Each dart offers you a chance at one of these feathered friends, but remember, you don't have a choice as to which prize you'll win.

If you'd like one of these birds, make sure to play the game within the next week, as next Sunday will see the game being updated with a new set of items, perhaps even in a new theme.

Check out the rest of our English Countryside coverage right here.

Which of these birds are you hoping to win this week?

FarmVille birds take flight back into the store for a limited time

To go along with tonight's release of the Aviary Habitat in FarmVille comes the re-release of several birds to the game's store. You can purchase one or all of these birds for Farm Cash, but they'll only be available for a limited time. Here's a look at what's available. Note: while these animals have been released with the likely purpose of placing them inside your Aviary, that isn't mandatory. If you'd like to keep your feathered friends out to show off to your neighbors, feel free to do just that.


    Eider Duck - 20 Farm Cash
    Snow Goose - 16 Farm Cash
    Royal Guard Duck - 16 Farm Cash
    Modern Game Hen - 20 Farm Cash
    Campbell Duck - 16 Farm Cash
    Crested Duck - 16 Farm Cash
    Marans Chicken - 20 Farm Cash
    Pelican - 18 Farm Cash



As you can see, none of these animals are exactly cheap, but if you're going for those exclusive animal mastery signs, this is an opportunity you'll really want to consider. Just remember, these animals will only be around for another week, so shop now while you have a chance.

Will you purchase any of these re-released birds, or do you already have them on your land?

FarmVille Mystery Game (09/11/11): Aviary animals take flight for one week only

You have to hand it to the FarmVille team at Zynga - when they release a new feature in FarmVille (in this case the Aviary), they are quick to release plenty of animals to fill it. That idea has been carried into this week's Mystery Game, as seven birds are available in the now regular setup of "win all six regular animals, and you'll win a free prize."

To be specific, the six available birds contain those that we gave you a sneak peek of earlier, along with a cute chubby yellow bird that is easily one of the cutest animals I've ever seen in the game. Here's a complete list of the available birds:

Blue Sumatra Rooster
Araucana Chicken
Dabbler Duck
Ancona Duck
Sebastopol Goose
Orpington Chicken

Each dart for this week's game costs 20 Farm Cash, and while you may end up having to pay more than 120 Farm Cash to earn all six of the above birds, if you can complete the collection, you'll receive the Black Necked Swan as a free gift. Actually, the word "free" doesn't really fit here, after all of the Farm Cash you've spent to earn the Swan, but I digress. She'll be there waiting for you, if you want to earn her, but only for one week, when the birds of this Mystery Game will take flight.

What do you think of the birds in this week's Mystery Game? Will you try to earn all of the birds so you can walk away with the Black Necked Swan? Let us know in the comments.