April 2021: dam - Meraki Jade (UK american cinnamon)
sire - Zephyr Floy Joy (american mink)

litter 2021-JAD : A foundation litter for double mink.
Expecting agouti, and possibly also black.
Jade
Floy
details: 20th March - mated, kittens due 12th April
9th April - moved into the nursery cage a day earlier than normal due to looking huge, despite only having gained 45g
12th April - 11 kittens born in the morning
26th May - sadly doe 7 has died, she was not growing like her siblings and must have had some sort of physiological problem
1 black buck (tail marked blue)

doe 1 - black (tail marked red purple)
doe 2 - black (tail marked red green)
doe 3 - black (tail marked red purple green)
doe 4 - black (tail marked red green purple)
doe 5 - black (tail marked red purple red)
doe 6 - agouti (tail marked red purple)
doe 7 - agouti (tail marked red green)
doe 8 - agouti (tail marked red purple green)
doe 9 - agouti (tail marked red green purple)
doe 10 - agouti (tail marked red purple red)
Click here for the family tree.

10/04/21: settled in the maternity cage

12/04/21: a few hours old

14/04/21: two days old

16/04/21: 4 days old
the black kittens
the agouti kittens

18/04/21: 6 days old
the black kittens
the agouti kittens

21/04/21: 9 days old

23/04/21: 11 days old, the litter palette: black, agouti

25/04/21: 13 days old, some eyes already opening

27/04/21: 15 days old
the buck
the black does
the agouti does

02/05/21: 20 days old
the buck
the black does
the agouti does

07/05/21: 25 days old

13/05/21: 31 days old, individual pictures
the buck:
doe 1:
doe 2:
doe 3:
doe 4:
doe 5:
doe 6:
doe 7:
doe 8:
doe 9:
doe 10:

22/05/21: 40 days old
the buck, now living with Kayleigh's boys:
the does, now living with Kayleigh's girl:

27/05/21: 45 days old, individual pictures
the buck:
doe 1:
doe 2:
doe 3:
doe 4:
doe 5:
doe 6:
doe 8:
doe 9:
doe 10:

03/06/21: 51 days old
the buck:
the black does:
the agouti does:


I will be keeping the buck (Jack Shit George) and a black doe, probably doe 1 (Ada) from this litter