Oakville Shooter
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I bred five of my does a month ago and they are due to deliver yesterday, today, and tomorrow. I filled the nest boxes with hay and placed them in the cages on Tuesday.
This morning when I went out to feed them before work, I see that one doe has kindled. She is the Red NZ/Californian cross. But she pulled no fur and was sitting beside the nest box instead of in it. The kits were all dead due to exposure/getting too cold. This was her second litter.
This doe was a first time mom back in September and she pulled lots of fur. She made the prettiest nest of them all. This time, nothing. Just a burrowed out spot in the hay.
Also, for her first litter, she delivered 12 kits. Two were dead when I found them the first morning. She raised the other 10 to be very healthy, well fed kits.
I counted the dead this morning. She had 16 kits. No, that is not a typo, she really did have 16 babies.
The most disappointing part to me is that I had bred her to the Blue NZ male. I was really hoping to get some blue kits out of this litter.
This was the first litter that this buck has sired so at least I know that he is capable of producing kits. I guess that that is the only good thing to come out of this.
This morning when I went out to feed them before work, I see that one doe has kindled. She is the Red NZ/Californian cross. But she pulled no fur and was sitting beside the nest box instead of in it. The kits were all dead due to exposure/getting too cold. This was her second litter.
This doe was a first time mom back in September and she pulled lots of fur. She made the prettiest nest of them all. This time, nothing. Just a burrowed out spot in the hay.
Also, for her first litter, she delivered 12 kits. Two were dead when I found them the first morning. She raised the other 10 to be very healthy, well fed kits.
I counted the dead this morning. She had 16 kits. No, that is not a typo, she really did have 16 babies.
The most disappointing part to me is that I had bred her to the Blue NZ male. I was really hoping to get some blue kits out of this litter.
This was the first litter that this buck has sired so at least I know that he is capable of producing kits. I guess that that is the only good thing to come out of this.