After all my grasshopper-like unconcern about winter, we just went from lows in the mid 40's to highs in the 20's, high wind advisory, and they are calling for 6 degrees the night my first time doe is due to kindle. :shock: THIS NEVER HAPPENS HERE! And never this early!!
The doe has a lovely nest built in a wooden nest box, so it isn't really her I am concerned about, it is the bucks. They are in a two hole hutch with an open front, I stuffed a couple of hay filled cardboard boxes in there but they are mostly jumping on top, flinging them around. I spread a good bit of hay on the bottom of the cage to give them some extra insulation, they can lay against one and other with wire between...
But the whole cage has air circulation around it. The way I built it there is a wire box in a metal box, and the whole thing comes apart to clean...should I cover the top and sides with more cardboard, do you think, to keep the wind chill down? The front too? They will spray it stinky, but I can just compost it when it thaws...
Or am I being a weenie? 6 degrees though, that is pretty cold anywhere, right?
The doe has a lovely nest built in a wooden nest box, so it isn't really her I am concerned about, it is the bucks. They are in a two hole hutch with an open front, I stuffed a couple of hay filled cardboard boxes in there but they are mostly jumping on top, flinging them around. I spread a good bit of hay on the bottom of the cage to give them some extra insulation, they can lay against one and other with wire between...
But the whole cage has air circulation around it. The way I built it there is a wire box in a metal box, and the whole thing comes apart to clean...should I cover the top and sides with more cardboard, do you think, to keep the wind chill down? The front too? They will spray it stinky, but I can just compost it when it thaws...
Or am I being a weenie? 6 degrees though, that is pretty cold anywhere, right?