bred my dutchs :) due date st patricks day!

[ohiogoatgirl]

well today i bred the dutch doe to the dutch buck. cleaned out the cage as they went at it and let the kits pig out as they wished on some pellets and a carrot peice (which they only hate half of anyhow). i wanted to make sure that if anything went wrong i could get an opinion on what it was so i recorded it on my camera. he covered her five times while i recorded. and another four or five as i tidied up her cage.
i returned her to her cage (also note that today is the first time she let me touch her. i pet her a good bit now that she let me.) and she had about 15 minutes to herself while i weighed the kits. then i put the kits back in the cage with her.
so 31 days later will be march 17 (st patricks day).

the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XIs2vrLt14&context=C3789ac4ADOEgsToPDskITQTCHbhHTq0JEM4BUK2Mj

 

[AZ Rabbits]

I don't know if you realize it, but the first successful breeding took place at 51 seconds on the video. The second at 1.07 on the video, and so forth. At that point, you could have stopped. After the first 2 times, studies have shown they're out of bullets and it's overkill. There were a total of 6 mounts on the video. It won't hurt anything, but isn't necessary. Good job!

 

[brentr]

Those are some healthy breeding rabbits. Textbook example of how eager a buck should be to breed (getting the deed done almost before you get her out of the carrier, and how a receptive doe lifts to be bred. She raised right up for him! I wish a couple of my does were that receptive. Sigh...

Thanks for sharing.