Well, that didn't last very long...

[Hens and Roos]

Looking good!

 

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My rexie doe had her kitties today, finally!
Yea, they seem very happy, doe lounges around, she knows food is always there. But the buck still digs, so he has a little bowl that holds about a cup of pellets, I refill it when it's empty, so far, he hasn't dumped that. So he's always springing up to his feet to greet me and then show me the bowl is empty.

 

[Hens and Roos]

My rexie doe had her kitties today, finally!
Yea, they seem very happy, doe lounges around, she knows food is always there. But the buck still digs, so he has a little bowl that holds about a cup of pellets, I refill it when it's empty, so far, he hasn't dumped that. So he's always springing up to his feet to greet me and then show me the bowl is empty.

you know they love you for the food congrats on the babies too!

 

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Counted 8 or 9 kits, all fed.

Making some cages from left over scraps I still have that weren't stolen. Need to buy floor wire for a 24x24 buck cage I made yesterday and add a door. Making a one hole 24x48in doe or grow out cage today before it started raining, half done. Have a 2x4ft I need to redo the walls of for another doe or grow out cage. Have a long and low pen that needs a floor and divider to be a 2hole grow out cage. How many grow out cages do I really need....hmm
Have a 3hole, 2hole, 1hole big cages for does. Then some mixed cages that are for bucks or split grow outs, too small for anything else. 13 cages in all? That's not enough.....
2 FG, 1 old rex, 2 Harli, 8 new rex. 5 bucks, 8 does. Will be mixing and matching to keep cross does. Yup, not enough! =0
Ugh, wouldn't have to buy/make anything if those others weren't taken. Haven't heard back from the two rex breeders, that's not good, hope I can still get them... =/
Gotta stuff the doe cages into the shed somehow, half is now for the 2 dogs, using the space above them, that gives me a little room for 3 cages. Stacker will fit in a corner. Gotta squeeze in 2 more cages for the last of the does...Bucks and growers will be fine outside, have been in the past.

 

[Baymule]

Kit pictures?

 

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Nest is seen here.
It's a plastic cat carrier/crate. I had to take it apart to get it into the cage. She seems to prefer a real tunnel for a nest than just an open box. I don't want to stress her out by taking the top of the nest off just to get pics of kits. The, now gone, blue SF is the sire, would be nice if this litter made it. Kind of paranoid that she'll abandon the kits if I bother too much.

I'll try taking out a couple kits to take a picture of if she's acting calm enough sometime this week/weekend. All are dark, can't tell if any are steel yet, but black and chestnut are most common in a self x agouti mix.

 

[Hens and Roos]

that's okay, you can post pictures when the babies are older . I agree with not stressing the doe out, we have 1 doe that we don't look or touch for at least 7 to 10 days after she has the kits.

 

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Well, see, the first time she had kits she made a nest and had milk and tried to feed them, but they were all doa. 2nd time she made a nest, pulled fur, had milk, 2 were doa and she ate most of those 2, a few were alive and she fed them. But they slowly started to die off before a week old, 2 made it to a week+, but then she suddenly refused to feed those and they died. =/
So yea, this time, again, she made a nice nest, tons of fur and milk like always, all kits perfect, normal numbers of them, warm and dry, fed. Her kits also stay together and don't wander like some do. Hoping if I just stay away and wish enough for it that these will actually make it to weaning. She's in the top cage of a 3hole stacker, 3 sides are covered, so nothing can really get to her and annoy or spook her. Been giving her extra grasses/weeds and she even has that bin to lay in. So hopefully being more of a spoiled pet will make her feel safe enough to keep feeding those tiny little jumping beans!

 

[Baymule]

hoping the third time is the charm!

 

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