Mixing litters during free-roam

[Naelin]

Hello!

I currently have my two does in hutches in a small patio. Every day one gets out to free roam in the morning and night, and the other gets out in the afternoon.
They now have 4 and 6 kits respectively and they are getting to the size where the hutches are a bit crowded (5 weeks old). Would it be feasible to let the kits free roam the entire day so that the does get some private time in their hutches and we don't have to pick up all the babies each time, or is there a risk of the does attacking the foreign babies?
I intend to wean them at 8 weeks old (or when the does get too tired of them) to improve their growing rates.

 

[RabbitsOfTheCreek]

I start putting litters together when they grow in fur

 

[Naelin]

I start putting litters together when they grow in fur

Do your kits try to nurse from whichever doe is close or do they stick to their mothers? I tried releasing the doe with the smaller litter while the other kits were out (JUST fed) and a minute later she was panicking with a horde of furballs running behind her. I may need to wait until the next kindling to try this out lol