CAn a doe miscarry and still give birth?

[mommaofmany]

I was given a doe, she has been in close quarters with a buck and the found out how to turn their double hutch into a single.

She was due the 15th, is it possible that her body expelled only some of the babies?

Like, the whole horned uterus thing, could her body reject the younger ones for the older ones? The formed babies I saw did not look like they were developed enough to be only a week away from birth.

 

[akane]

In very odd circumstances, generally with lots of stress, they can delay things and take a couple days delivering them all but once it starts everything comes out. Usually what doesn't come out right away comes out dead irregardless of development stage. Most of the time you don't get live kits after dead kits because something has gone wrong. Sometimes though you do get a small live litter after a stillborn or 2 if they come out quickly. More often in the large breeds with large litters than the small breeds.