Breeding age
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B&B Happy goats
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Are they NZ ? They can be fertile at eights weeks, so seperate after sexing...can be bred at 16 weeks, personally I wait till 18 weeks only becauses I want to be sure they have totally matured enough and are ready.
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B&B Happy goats
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Wait at least 6 months....
That is what I have read, I don't do small rabbits so ....@AmberLops. @Bunnylady
There is a bunch of rabbit information to read on BYH and on the internet, reading it may make you feel more confident about decision making , and your ability to identify problems with your rabbits and such....you can't learn everything, but it sure helps
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AmberLops
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For does...I breed my Holland Lops at 6 months.
Usually my Netherland Dwarfs breed at 4-5 months, the Angoras are usually 7-8 months and the lionheads usually breed at 5 months. It depends on the breed and when they're ready!
For bucks, they usually will breed at 3-4 months...but I have a Holland buck who doesn't even try to breed yet and he's close to 5 months old! I've had bucks breed as early as 10 weeks though
Usually my Netherland Dwarfs breed at 4-5 months, the Angoras are usually 7-8 months and the lionheads usually breed at 5 months. It depends on the breed and when they're ready!
For bucks, they usually will breed at 3-4 months...but I have a Holland buck who doesn't even try to breed yet and he's close to 5 months old! I've had bucks breed as early as 10 weeks though
AlleysChicks
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I wait until they are 7 or 8 months. For both the meat breeds and the dwarfs. My lionhead buck wouldn't breed until he was almost a year old
Also body size and weight factor in too. You don't want to breed a underweight doe and a overweight one can have trouble conceiving.
Also body size and weight factor in too. You don't want to breed a underweight doe and a overweight one can have trouble conceiving.
AmberLops
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That's a long time for a buck!I wait until they are 7 or 8 months. For both the meat breeds and the dwarfs. My lionhead buck wouldn't breed until he was almost a year old
Also body size and weight factor in too. You don't want to breed a underweight doe and a overweight one can have trouble conceiving.
AlleysChicks
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I thought that too. He would do nothing but hop over to them and lick/sniff their face. He's got it now though. He's the sire of the 10 new babies.That's a long time for a buck!
AmberLops
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Well he did good then! Proud daddy
I have an angora buck (English) who's over a year and he won't breed...he just sprays and then licks the pee off
But that's sort of normal for English angoras I've heard...they're kinda slow.
I have an angora buck (English) who's over a year and he won't breed...he just sprays and then licks the pee off
But that's sort of normal for English angoras I've heard...they're kinda slow.
promiseacres
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Usually 6 months on average. My Velveteens can be slower to mature.
