Walking our larger breed pen yesterday, looking for a buck that I had just darted when I just about stepped on a fawn. Based on what I saw, it could have only been 2 maybe 3 days old. We have 2 yearlings in the pen now that would have been fawns last winter. Doing the math, puts conception around late February. We are located in Northern Michigan, and I am concerned if the fawn will even survive now that its already mid-September and getting colder. Also I am curious if the birth will effect the mothers breedability (?) come November. Any info or opionions would be appreciated.
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Hi Rowe Farms,
I have had fawns born this late from young does. As we are about on the same weather area I would say the fawns have a poor chance of surival if the weather is bad. When Montana hits 0 below for long periods of time they die. They just don't have the fat to take that tempature to warm themselves. If they do survive they will be small and runted and seem to always be behind. In most cases the doe took to breeding at the right time of year and fawned in late May.
I have had fawns born this late from young does. As we are about on the same weather area I would say the fawns have a poor chance of surival if the weather is bad. When Montana hits 0 below for long periods of time they die. They just don't have the fat to take that tempature to warm themselves. If they do survive they will be small and runted and seem to always be behind. In most cases the doe took to breeding at the right time of year and fawned in late May.
The second I didn't grab it, I knew I had made a mistake. It's a 15 acre pen with 10 acres of apple orchard and the rest mixed with hardwoods. It would be very difficult to try and find it again, due to the property being so thick.
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This mom will nurse for 85 days or more,you do the math and she won't come into heat until Jan. so she will have a late fawn next year unless you take the fawn away so she gets back to a regular heat cycle. When we had late fawns we always gave them away to someone farther south so they will survive. Good luck.
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Sheri, We are waiting for a up-date on your fawns with the broken leg.
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I had a fawn born Oct 1st a few years ago and he made the winter here in Wi and his mother AIed in Nov and fawned on time the following spring . I wouldn't have AIed her but she was the best genetic's I had and she took , so I may have been lucky. I know of another guy not far from me that had a buck fawn born in late Sept and that fawn too made it through the winter as well and his dam fawned in early June the following spring. May have been lucky , but luck goes a long way sometimes ! Just a thought .