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- Feb 28, 2024
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Yesterday I made my first attempt at breeding rabbits. I've got a 9-month old buck and two does, 10 and 11 months, all silver foxes. Yesterday was the first time any of them had been bred (maybe).
I did morning and evening sessions with both does and the buck mounted several times, and did a lot of jackhammering, but no fall-offs. None.
I don't know if the does were helping out by lifting their rumps. I'm not sure what that would look like but I didn't notice it happening.
Last evening I searched online and found that, yes, there are some abby-normal bucks that don't "fall off." And the only rabbit breeding mentor I've had told me to breed twice on Day 1 and then try again on Day 2. And if Day 1 was a success, the does will reject the buck on Day 2.
Well, today is Day 2 and neither doe rejected him. However, he did have fall-offs on some of his mounting attempts, so maybe he isn't abby-normal after all.
Anyway, all that to get to this. Is there any harm if I start counting from yesterday for my gestation calendar, just to be safe (which might make me a day early for palpation and kindling boxes, etc). Or should I take it for granted that yesterday's attempts were unsuccessful and start counting from today?
I did morning and evening sessions with both does and the buck mounted several times, and did a lot of jackhammering, but no fall-offs. None.
I don't know if the does were helping out by lifting their rumps. I'm not sure what that would look like but I didn't notice it happening.
Last evening I searched online and found that, yes, there are some abby-normal bucks that don't "fall off." And the only rabbit breeding mentor I've had told me to breed twice on Day 1 and then try again on Day 2. And if Day 1 was a success, the does will reject the buck on Day 2.
Well, today is Day 2 and neither doe rejected him. However, he did have fall-offs on some of his mounting attempts, so maybe he isn't abby-normal after all.
Anyway, all that to get to this. Is there any harm if I start counting from yesterday for my gestation calendar, just to be safe (which might make me a day early for palpation and kindling boxes, etc). Or should I take it for granted that yesterday's attempts were unsuccessful and start counting from today?
