FOR EXHIBITION AND MARKET 



About five days after the mating, try them again, and 

 if the doe refuses, it is a pretty sure sign that she 

 will kindle. In some cases the doe will accept the 

 buck up to within a few days of the time she is due 

 to kindle. 



If your doe repeatedly fails to breed, try another 

 buck. Repeat this a couple of times and if she still 

 fails, dispose of her. 



Three does a week is enough for bucks during the 

 heavy season and twice is enough to each doe. 



Some fanciers breed the same bucks to the same 

 does each time and never know what could be ac- 

 complished by a different breeding. Watch your stud 

 book and try a different doe to a different buck at each 

 breeding and in this way it will be very easy to see 

 which buck and doe produce the best stock. 



'kindling. 



Thirty days is the time for kindling, but it will 

 run over or under in some rases. 



A few days before the doe is due to kindle, clean 

 out her hutch and give her plenty of clean timothy hay 

 or straw on top of sawdust, then feed bread and milk 

 each day and also green foods. See that she has ev- 

 erything quiet, and is not handled during the last 

 week. Bucks should never be placed in hutches next 

 to does due to kindle, and nothing should worry the 

 doe in any way as they need to be kept quiet. 



The day she is due to kindle, see that she has an 



extra feed of green food and a nice cool fresh dish of 



water before her. 



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