Feeding a nursing doe

[guinnessguy]

HI
I have a Lionhead doe that had 6 kits. The kits are now 10 days old.
I read "Raising Rabbits the Modern Way" by Bob Bennett, and "Raising Rabbits" by Ann Kanable. Both books tell me that I should free-feed a nursing doe (or at least, that's what I understood, and have been doing. On the flip side, I think I may actually be feeding her too much. She used to eat 4 ounces of food each day (while preggers, and before), and now she cleans up 2 feedings of 6 ounces each; one in the morning, the other mid-afternoon.

Am I feeding her too much?

 

[Cohen Rabbitry]

No, she has 6 big healthy babies. She has to produce more milk for them, which means she has to take in more calories.

 

[ottersatin]

guinnessguy,
is the Dam maintaining condition, not becoming overly fat,
keeping the kits well fed?
If she is then maintain, you are doing the right thing.
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[MaggieJ]

I always free-feed nursing does. They need a lot of calories to produce that super-rich milk and very soon now the kits will begin to nibble on her food... You want to be giving enough for everyone.