Charliesangel
Warren Veteran
Before I found this forum, I used to go to another fourm that was mostly for piggies, but it did have a rabbit section. One of the posts I happened to ask while I was there was how many kits an average, first time nother, netherland dwarf had. I asked that question becuase all of the books i read, websites I visited, and people I talked to, said about 2-4 kits. Then, when our bun had 6 kits on her first pregnancy...I was shocked!!! :shock:
I only got one answer to the question I asked, and I cant make real sense of it. Here is what they told me:
It depends on your doe. If she is a dwarf doe 2-4 is normal. Usually only 1-2 viable kits though because of peanuts(kits with a double dwarf gene). If she is a BUD (which if she had 6 viable babies sounds like it) they dont have the dwarfing gene and will grow over the weight limit and have larger ears. They can have the larger litters without the risk of peanuts. They make nice brood does because of that. Congrats on the kits!
What I dont understand is what would make a female a BUD? and what are peanuts???
Some of that makes sense, but I still need some help. From what I did understand, this fits our situation completely. Aspen(the mommy bun) is rather large and to tell you the truth doesn't look much like a nethy. The daddy fits to the standards a bit more, biut not much. They weigh around 3 pounds and have large ears. Also, all six of our babies are very large and are way past the netherland dwarf standards. That goes for their ears too!!! Please, it someone knows more about this subject...help clear this up for me!! Thanks
I only got one answer to the question I asked, and I cant make real sense of it. Here is what they told me:
It depends on your doe. If she is a dwarf doe 2-4 is normal. Usually only 1-2 viable kits though because of peanuts(kits with a double dwarf gene). If she is a BUD (which if she had 6 viable babies sounds like it) they dont have the dwarfing gene and will grow over the weight limit and have larger ears. They can have the larger litters without the risk of peanuts. They make nice brood does because of that. Congrats on the kits!
What I dont understand is what would make a female a BUD? and what are peanuts???
Some of that makes sense, but I still need some help. From what I did understand, this fits our situation completely. Aspen(the mommy bun) is rather large and to tell you the truth doesn't look much like a nethy. The daddy fits to the standards a bit more, biut not much. They weigh around 3 pounds and have large ears. Also, all six of our babies are very large and are way past the netherland dwarf standards. That goes for their ears too!!! Please, it someone knows more about this subject...help clear this up for me!! Thanks