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late breeding

Joined Sep 2012
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Hannibal, MO
I have a yearling doe I watched breed on 12/1/2012.

There was no other activity with her and my buck after a couple days.

Yesterday 2/16/2013 I watch my buck breed her again.

Is it common for a doe to go 70+ days before breeding again?

I was going to move my breeder buck out of the doe pin today.

Or should I leave him in there a couple more days?



Thanks for any help

Brent Thomure
 
anything bred after Feb 15 will give you fawns in September. That is about as late as I want them in the north. They do not do well when born late through the cold winter. Usually you may see them in heat a couple days. If they are bucks they are likely to be behind in growth at 1&2.
 
Had one of our does stand for the buck in march. She had fawns the first week in june so she was bred back in november.
 
Due to my buck jumping the fence into our main enclosure (10'), it took me three months to get him back into the breed pen. On September 15th of last year I was walking through the pen and almost stepped on a newborn fawn. one of my girls apparently missed in November, and when the buck came back, she was bred in March. She delivered twins and they are doing really well so far. Both have nice winter coats and seem to be doing nicely. The winter here has been brutal so far with 100" of snow already (NW lower Michigan). My big concern is if the mother cycled normally in November, or if she cycled late due to the late fawns. I guess I'll know this spring.
 
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I have a yearling doe I watched breed on 12/1/2012.

There was no other activity with her and my buck after a couple days.

Yesterday 2/16/2013 I watch my buck breed her again.

Is it common for a doe to go 70+ days before breeding again?

I was going to move my breeder buck out of the doe pin today.

Or should I leave him in there a couple more days?



No it's not common. Sounds like she may have absorbed her fetus( early embryonic death) and cycled(avg is 28 days) a few times until her uterus was ready to breed. They can "take" but will have a very late baby I which you will have to bottle raise the fawn. If you leave the fawn on the mother, she may not cycle that fall. Hope that helps some. God bless and good luck

Joe