The continued saga of Mean Doe

[Cottie]

Mean Doe now has a name - South. The buck I bred her to is East.

I didn't know if she was bred when I got her. It was a possibility, so I put the nesting box in a few days ago when I started to notice her girth increased in that gestating kind of way, just in case. It's now been 20 days since I bred her.

She's...building a nest? I can't tell. She sits in the nest box, is pulling some fur, but eats all the hay from it. Then she goes to the hayrack to get more to shove in the nest.

I don't want to remove the nesting box, in case she was bred. But I'm getting a little annoyed with her using it as her bed. Could it hurt anything?<br /><br />__________ Tue Jul 23, 2013 12:16 pm __________<br /><br />Oh, also, she and East (and West) are siblings. I'm a little confused on how inbreeding affects them.

Say I get a good doe from her. Can I hold it back to breed to East/West? Or should I continue on with my plan to get some SF or Champaigns to add new genetics?

 

[Frecs]

As long as she isn't pooping in the nestbox, and showing signs at all of nesting, I'd leave well enough alone and let her keep the box.

Linebreeding will accentuate the positive and negative genetics. If you do it, plan to cull heavy so you only keep the really good ones.

Of course, I think you should get another Silver Fox but then, that's my bias coming through. :-D

 

[Flemishstar]

Both of my NZ whites are crazy....one I havent been able to touch since I got her...shes hand shy.....the other lets me pet her ..then she bares her front paws every once in a while...They were both with a buck...so im thinking shes mean cause shes pregnant, they guy told me shes a nice doe...hey as long as I get kits I dont care...cause you know RJ how we take care of mean does lol...after

 

[coffeenutdesigns]

I had a doe driving me crazy for over a week making nests and then eating them. She went to day 36 and had me scrounging for more nesting material everyday because she kept eating it, despite having hay and pellets.