BabyBlonde
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im excited! going to put my black and white broken mini with my harlequin tonight!!! will it be ok to breed him with 2 does in one day?
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BlueGiants
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How old is the buck now? He may not produce as large a litter with the second doe, if he's already been "used" today. Can you wait a day and give him time to "recharge"? I prefer to wait 3 days between breedings with the buck. And if I do 2 breedings in a week, I'll let him rest a week before he breeds again.
TinysMom
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I would wait a day and then use him again to give him time to rest.
You do know that depending upon what he carries for his recessive genes - you'll most likely wind up with blacks and broken blacks - right? You're not likely to get harlequins or broken harlequins (tris).
Peg
You do know that depending upon what he carries for his recessive genes - you'll most likely wind up with blacks and broken blacks - right? You're not likely to get harlequins or broken harlequins (tris).
Peg
BabyBlonde
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ok well ill breed with munchy first then flopsy
BlueGiants
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It's really better for your buck to give him at least 24 hours between breedings. It's really exhausting for them and you wouldn't want anything to happen to him. (And after using him twice like that, don't use him again for a while.)
pamnock
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Bucks can service quite a few does in one day. We used a buck on 4 different does in one day andall the doesgave birth to nice sized litters.
If you are breeding each doe more than once, breed again within one hour (European studies have shown this is the optimal time if breeding more than once).
Give the buck a couple hour break, then breed the second doe.
Pam
If you are breeding each doe more than once, breed again within one hour (European studies have shown this is the optimal time if breeding more than once).
Give the buck a couple hour break, then breed the second doe.
Pam
BlueGiants
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:shock: We haven't such luck with our boys! (I do breed back to the same doe after an hour, but won't use the same buck on another doe the same day... the couple times I tried,I got really small litters from the second doe... must be doing it wrong!)
edited to add:I'll give it a try with the next breedings... have a young buck that would probably be up to the challenge.
edited to add:I'll give it a try with the next breedings... have a young buck that would probably be up to the challenge.
RAL Rabbitry
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I never had problems breeding a buck twice in a day. My sable point buck
is 4 years old and he has two litters that are 4 weeks old. One litter is 9
and the other litter is 7. I just looked in my Evans and the litter of 9 was the
second litter bred.
Roger
is 4 years old and he has two litters that are 4 weeks old. One litter is 9
and the other litter is 7. I just looked in my Evans and the litter of 9 was the
second litter bred.
Roger
