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I'm wondering how long I could keep a fawn in a 4ft high enclosure before needing to move it into a high fenced area. Could you please help?
 
I found out last year the hard way. I had a 6 week jump one easy. So I would say move before then
 
I agree with richie move before 6 weeks. We had a month and half old fawn jump a five foot fence.
 
why not just build the fence with 8 foot wire then you could use it as a treatment pen for a sick deer in the future?
 
That's a great idea, Curtis, but we're only housing the fawn here for a short time before moving her on to the farm where she will stay.
 
I had one pen with wire from old corn cribs around it. The wire was 2 inches by 4 inches. I thought if I could keep the fawns in there and let the does out into another pen with better grassing it would be cool. So I built up the gate to thirty inches so the does could jump over and the fawns stay in.....day olds went right over the boards so I just took them down and let nature take it's course. I was afraid of losing fawns in the pens with high tensile wire with larger openings. Didn't lose any...... Jim
 
A cargo net securely fastened to the top of the fence and propped up in the middle with a pole (like a pup tent) gives you cheap insurance. The same thing can be accomplished with the shade cloth that is of open weave.
 
Scott Heinrich said:
A cargo net securely fastened to the top of the fence and propped up in the middle with a pole (like a pup tent) gives you cheap insurance. The same thing can be accomplished with the shade cloth that is of open weave.
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On the top of our fawn crates we used window screen with velcro. Try to post photos monday.



Scott
 
Thanks everyone, for your ideas! I'm looking forward to seeing some pics of that setup, Scott, to give me some idea of what that looks like!
 
We had a 2-1/2 week old fawn dive through the 3rd square from the top of the tensile fence because he didn't follow his mom through the gate into the next pen and he panicked. He hit the fence only with his back legs which caused him to angle down. He was fine but we had our mouths wide open and eyes bulged.
 


Hi Joe,



Hope this helps. Our crates have two adjustable floor levels. Air flow through the bottom to allow ammonia fumes to dissipate. Not only does the screen on top help keep the fawn in but it keeps flies out. Call any time if we can help 920-855-6713



Scott

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Joe,

The crates are 36" x 24" x 36". We typically move them outside when they are able to make their own bowel movements (usually 2 weeks). Moving them outside allows them to interact with the other fawns and get some exercise. Exposing them to sunlight also provides them with extra Vitamin D which helps absorb calcium in the gut. With the fawns being outside, there is less chance of exposing them to harmful bacteria or molds that may be growing inside.
 
Scott, What are your adjustable floors made out of? Does the urine flow through the floor to the ground? I know we change out alot of bedding in our boxes and I'm always interested in improvement to our methods. Rick
 
Rick



The adjustable floors are flat steel. We use wood shavings 1" thick. This lets fawn urine to fall through floor and run down the drain. We also have wheels on crates to move and clean floor with ease.



Scott



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Scott, Good idea. Do you have any trouble with a small fawn getting a toe stuck in the holes? Do you brace it through the middle with anything? Thanks Rick
 
Ok, so here's our situation. We are receiving a fawn from a friend's farm. We don't live on a farm, but we are bringing the fawn to our house for the first month or so of its life before moving it to the farm where it will be staying. We've received some great advice already (both on this forum and on the phone from several of you). We've got limited capabilities as far as land and equipment here at our house. We've pretty much settled on keeping the fawn inside the house with us for the first week or so, before moving it outside into an enclosure (we've wrestled with how big to make this enclosure for one fawn . . . 4x4, 8x8, 16x16). Would you please let us know what you would do in our situation . . . from start to finish, birth to weaning . . . when should it be pulled from mom, when should we bring it here, where should we keep it while inside . . . not too many questions, ey? (I threw that "ey" in their for all you Canadians) Thank you all so much for all of your help! God Bless!
 
Pa is close to the border but I it's "EH" not "ey'' (which is pronounced ..I) just letting you know just in case so if you find your self in Canada you wont get snickered at when your you finish your sentences with the slang for "yes" rather than " Don't you think so?" Unless your in Newfoundland than either is acceptable.
 
Curtis I am glad you straightened that out cause i'm going on a caribou hunt with my son this falll and i surely don't want to be snickered at should I start ending my sentences with "EH"! LOL
 
Dennis just remember not to use "Huh" after "eh'' and you could pass as a local ues the huh and for sure your a "merican"
 

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