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I guess her milk has started coming in because I only had to feed 4 of the 9 kits tonight the other 5 were nice & plump... hopefully she'll feed them all in the next few days

Ok... I wasn't really excited about it but I held my doe down & my wife let the kits nurse that way... it seemed to work ok but it's gonna be a lot of work nursing them by hand

Is there anything I can do to encourage the my doe to take care of her babies? They're 1.5 days old & they're still very active but they don't have the lil fat round bellies yet

The kids are pretty used to critters dying... we occasionally lose a chicken, rabbit, baby chicks or something like that but it don't seem to make it much easier... they still love animals all the same

I've got a new litter of 9 cali/NZW cross babies & I seriously knelt down & prayed over those baby rabbits so if it's God's will these will survive... I'm tired of telln my kids the baby rabbits died, it hurts my heart to see them sad plus it's hard to see something you put time & energy into...

I re-bred the 2 does that lost their babies, fancy & elsa.... also bred thumpelina so I know I'll at least get 1 litter outa the 3... thump is a great momma, I think I'll keep a lil doe outa her to raise for a breeder

Thanks I'll definitely try that!!!

How long should I wait to breed the 2 does back?

I've lost both litters to the does using their nest boxes as litter boxes in the last couple days I even tried cleaning out the box & moving it incase I accidentally put it in the corner they use the bathroom in .... do you think they'll figure it out next time or should I try to replace them...

The red doe is fancy, Elsa still has most of her kits but it's not lookn good...they're both 1st time mommas

Well while I was gone today the red doe decided to use her nest box full of babies as a litter box & killed a 9 of them

Idk why they look that way in the picture but it does, all 7 are very close in size

Thumpelina & her 2wk old kits.... she has 7

Elsa with her 8 new babies

Yeah I remember you saying you keep a stash of fur in a previous post... the 2wk old kits are good as far as the fur goes I was just pointing out that they've made it this far without the assistance of fur in their nest

I'm not sure why they're not pulling fur I could see 1 doin it but the 3 of em makes me wonder if it's something I'm doin... or not doin? The oldest litter is 2wks old & doin good so maybe it's no big deal

I've had 3 does have litters in the last 2wks & none of them have pulled any fur at all... they're all NZW or nzxcali, I'm raising them indoors & I keep the room about 75° could that have anything to do with it?

Hopefully she'll pull some fur shortly & all will be good

Fancy done a good job she has 9 lil squirmy kits!!!

It wasn't too bad by the time it passed over us, just a lot of rain & some wind... I bet my chickens are wishn they were ducks lol