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Well my 3 young does, all first time Moms, went like this:Doe #1 built her nest outside of the nest box and had 3 babies. Since they wouldn't have survived anyways, I moved the whole nest and babies inside the box and put the box where she built the nest. They made it 6 days, thought they were doing great and then Mom didn't pull enough hair and they all died from exposure. Doe #2 did not produce a litter, never made a nest and generally acted like she had never been bred. Doe #3 built a nice nest in the box and has pulled good hair. I have not checked to see how many babies she had, but they are moving good every time I feed, so hopefully in about 5 days I'll be able to see how many she had.I'll re-breed at the end of Feb.
Quote from: Machias on November 20, 2017, 10:36:22 AMWell my 3 young does, all first time Moms, went like this:Doe #1 built her nest outside of the nest box and had 3 babies. Since they wouldn't have survived anyways, I moved the whole nest and babies inside the box and put the box where she built the nest. They made it 6 days, thought they were doing great and then Mom didn't pull enough hair and they all died from exposure. Doe #2 did not produce a litter, never made a nest and generally acted like she had never been bred. Doe #3 built a nice nest in the box and has pulled good hair. I have not checked to see how many babies she had, but they are moving good every time I feed, so hopefully in about 5 days I'll be able to see how many she had.I'll re-breed at the end of Feb.You're fine getting in there on day 1 to check on them and count if you want. Won't bother anyone at all. Good move moving the nest. Sometimes they don't take. Not a bad idea to breed them again right away, especially with the one with the dead babies. Watch for mastitis with that one. She could get milk bound with no babies to drink it.
Some of the meat breeds can be more docile than others. NZW aren't one of the docile meat breeds
I will be making new cages here shortly, the one I built isn't to user friendly.but it worked. I old a few butcher rabbits and put the rest in the freezer until get back. I'm out of state for another three weeks visiting family and getting in some deer hunting.I'll be making up a weaning pen something like a chicken tractor that can be moved around.
Shut your mouth right now that is a cute bunny!!!!!
Quote from: h20hunter on November 20, 2017, 01:31:48 PMShut your mouth right now that is a cute bunny!!!!!They'll be ready for your kid to take one home in 5 weeks!!