tm_bunnyloft
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I had the does in floor pens with a bunch of pine shavings. So today I noticed something in on of the cages that the Jerseys were in. I looked closer and it was a dead kit. Now this doe was due clear back Dec 15th. She was in a wire bottom cage then and had no kits. Zero kits, None.... 
So December 21 I put her in the floor pen with shavings. The other doe had 5 babies which all died. I scoured the pens and made sure there were no more kits anywhere.
So where oh where did this kit come from? Did she have a kit and I missed it somehow at least on day 38?
Is that even possible? How crazy is this.
And as a side note, I have had a LOT of litters born this fall and winter in colony/floor pens, and have yet to have a litter make it in this set up. of the 15 litters I have had, the four that made it were born and raised in the house in cages with a wire floor. Just thought I would share that information. I still like colonies, just not for breeding. Our FG cross pets will live in a dog kennel in our back yard that is completely covered with fine hardware cloth to keep predators out. (including wire on the floor so they cant dig out.)
So December 21 I put her in the floor pen with shavings. The other doe had 5 babies which all died. I scoured the pens and made sure there were no more kits anywhere.So where oh where did this kit come from? Did she have a kit and I missed it somehow at least on day 38?
Is that even possible? How crazy is this.
And as a side note, I have had a LOT of litters born this fall and winter in colony/floor pens, and have yet to have a litter make it in this set up. of the 15 litters I have had, the four that made it were born and raised in the house in cages with a wire floor. Just thought I would share that information. I still like colonies, just not for breeding. Our FG cross pets will live in a dog kennel in our back yard that is completely covered with fine hardware cloth to keep predators out. (including wire on the floor so they cant dig out.)
