Breeding Fawns???

I have a question about breeding fawns. I was wondering if it is possible to give them shot used in AI'ing in December if it would make them go into heat. My thought behind this is so if they get bred they will have early fawns so that it wouldn't mess up the next seasons breeding. Any thoughts or suggestions. I want to live breed them to a buck fawn. This is just an idea that I have been thinking about, so if there is a better way to breed fawns please let me know.

our rule of thumb is that they need to be 85-90 lbs to breed, then even with AI ( never lap AI'd any fawns) conception is around 30%. there is the idea that you cycle them once and not Ai, wait 28 days after pulling cidrs, cycle again and AI. This will put fawns on the ground mid july ..... usually a single, my suggestion wait and breed them at 1.5 years and get twins.....nature is usually right

Curtis, I agree with you. Think they are too young to breed. Sometimes we just get in too big of a hurry to get more on the ground

I'm totally against breeding fawns after this year. 3 out of my 5 bottle feds from last year bred. 1 is yet to fawn....about 3-4 weeks out yet. The other 2 had huge buck fawns and disowned them.



I had to pull the one out cuz she had given up pushing him out. He ended up dying cuz he was sucking off another doe and both fawns on that doe died. Just thank god she was tame enough to pull that fawn out. She may have ended up dead with a dead fawn in her if she wasn't tame.





The other doe had the biggest fawn that we had this year....10lbs 4oz. I ended up pulling him and bottle feeding. Both does were ripped up in the back and had infection. The one doe with the huge buck fawn stood with her back hunched up for 3-4 days in so much pain....



These 3 does were some of the best bloodlines that we have and if we would have lost them......



It's not worth it.....we will not be exposing any doe fawns this year.

I completely agree!! It is hard on your does when they breed that young. I had a doe fawn that was bred on Christmas day. I was expecting her to deliver somewhere around July 4. She delivered on July 2. The fawn was born dead, probably about a week premature. Anyways, physically the doe was fine, but mentally she was stressed alot. First by having a fawn and then by losing it. She is fine now, but I would have much rather her not to have been bred at that age.



It doesn't mess up their cycle weather they breed as a fawn or not. If they have a late fawn, they will still cycle at regular time and deliver within reason with the rest of the herd. I had a bottle baby that bred as a fawn. She delivered a buck fawn the end of August last year. Mom and fawn both did well. Mom then bred at regular time in Novemeber and was actually one of the first to deliver this past spring. Their heat cycle not only depends upon age, but by their status in the herd heirarchy.

wvdeerman said:

Their heat cycle not only depends upon age, but by their status in the herd heirarchy.

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I did not know that.....very interesting Jack!!!!

Just giving a shot of pmsg will not bring them into heat.

Apple Creek has not given PMSG shots to fawns to stimulate pasture breeding.

Yesterday a buck fawn was born Sudden Impact/High Roller on the bottom. On the top was Sudden Impact/Bucky. Both the yearling doe and this Double Impact buck fawn are doing well. We will be bottle feeding this buck fawn tonight for the first time.



Any idea how he will turn out at 3

richieoo33 - I would have to agree with the rest of the folks who have posted. we used cidrs in our larger 85-95 pound doe fawns and pmsg we also did this with our adult does with excellent succsess with 8 does giving us 24 fawns with that said. that will be the last time i will do that to my babies! one had triplets ,one died that day,one died the next morning right after i pulled it the last one got sick at three weeks old and spent a week in and out of the vets office ,tubing,Iv's shots, x-rays hours of pain for him and worring for my family! The next one had a HUGE single sundowner buck fawn that we pulled so we could keep an eye on it she tore very badly and we have been givinr her some shots and permethering her to keep the flies of her girl junk! So with that all said would i do it again ? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WAY!!!!!!!!!! I think to much of my girls to do that again. Though i'am thankful for my buck. I think i could have done my girl's better by waiting a year. A guy once told me a fawn out of a fawn cheats mother nature on her plan and she wil get revenge some where down the line! but that's just my opion and we all have one so good luck to you if you do decide to do it.

Let the fawns mature for one year before you go to breed them......heck they are still growing themselves so breed them and put more strain on them. think about it there only 6 months old and people want to breed them.......let them grow up first! these are my thoughts......

Last year we had a Maxbo fawn exposed to Rolls Royce. Today we had a cute, healthy buck fawn. Our family feed him colostrum today for the first time.

It happens in the wild all the time. We often see big bucks chasing and mounting fawns in late December and early January. I don't think I would artifically induce a fawn but if she comes in early enough we will have a buck cover her. Its only natural. Rick