Thanks to all for these comments...I hadn't checked in a while.
In very short: definitely, no way the other doe is a 'buck'- for sure, it's obvious anatomically. Also, there is a plywood wall between them. They barely see each other. Just no way even if was a buck (and it isn't!).
Maybe she is...
Dear all -
I realize my credibility will be questioned at this point - but it's too interesting not to post:
The same rabbit as noted above in my original post (Golding is her name, shes one of my two does, a Californian; the other doe, Cascade is a brown/spotted Californian/Flemish cross -...
Hi All -
Thanks for those encouraging comments. I'm happy to have this litter.
As for the mystery: All I can say is that
a) they were not bred through the cage (the buck is a few feet away in a totally separate cage)
and b) the other doe doesn't look anything like the one with kits (one is...
Just found this online for anyone else out there curious about this (i see 28 people have viewed my post today):
"Miracle births"
Cases of "miracle births" have been observed. This takes place when a doe produces young when it is absolutely certain that she has not been to the buck. Some does...
Oh yeah - and obviously there's no nest box in with the delivered doe. I have a kind of lean to that's always in there and she created a hay nest (with fur too) to do the trick...
Should I put a nest box in and move the kindle in there? or just leave it...?
{{PLEASE note: I have updated this thread title on 8 FEB, because the story is still unfolding. Starting with this post below, where my Doe kindled at 6 weeks overdue, to the latest post, where she has now had several miracle births. She has now, on two separate occasions, been bred, delivered...