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dam - Zephyr California Blue (british blue)
sire - Zephyr Tom Tom Turnaround (black)
litter 2023-CAL: A litter for the quicksilver line.
Expecting black, british blue, american mink, quicksilver.
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11th October - mated, litter due 3rd November
1st November - moved into the maternity cage having gained 135g
2nd November - litter of 14 born a day early at lunchtime
22nd December - very sadly, we have lost doe 8 to what appears to be a freak accident in the cage
buck 1 - british blue (tail marked blue plus red)
buck 2 - black
buck 3 - black (tail marked blue)
buck 4 - black (tail marked blue blue)
buck 5 - black (tail marked blue green)
doe 1 - quicksilver
doe 2 - quicksilver (tail marked red)
doe 3 - quicksilver (tail marked red red)
doe 4 - british blue
doe 5 - american mink
doe 6 - american mink (tail marked red)
doe 7 - black (tail marked red)
doe 8 - black (tail marked red red)
doe 9 - black (tail marked red green)
Click here for the family tree.
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01/11/23: settling into the maternity cage
02/11/23: a few hours old
03/11/23: one day old
05/11/23: three days old
the bucks:
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the american mink based does:
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the black eyed does:
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08/11/23: 6 days old
the bucks:
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the does:
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10/11/23: 8 days old
13/11/23: 11 days old, the litter palette: black, american mink, british blue, quicksilver
17/11/23: 15 days old, eyes are now opening
22/11/23: 20 days old, a free range toddle with mum
29/11/23: 27 days old
04/12/23: 32 days old, individual pictures
buck 1:
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buck 2:
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buck 3:
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buck 4:
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buck 5:
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doe 1:
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doe 2:
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doe 3:
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doe 4:
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doe 5:
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doe 6:
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doe 7:
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doe 8:
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doe 9:
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11/12/23: 39 days old, the bucks have moved out to a bachelor group
the bucks:
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the does:
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18/12/23: 46 days old, individual pictures
buck 1:
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buck 2:
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buck 3:
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buck 4:
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buck 5:
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doe 1:
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doe 2:
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doe 3:
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doe 4:
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doe 5:
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doe 6:
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doe 7:
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doe 8:
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doe 9:
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23/12/23: 51 days old - just the girls' playtime, the lighting was too bad for the boys' unfortunately
29/12/23: 57 days old, individual pictures (buck 1 and buck 2 have already left)
buck 3:
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buck 4:
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buck 5:
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doe 1:
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doe 2:
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doe 3:
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doe 4:
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doe 5:
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doe 6:
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doe 7:
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doe 9:
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I will be keeping doe 5 (Sweet Pea) and doe 6 (Suzie Q), and one of does 1, 2, and 3 (Spooky), the other two will go to Rebel Rattery in Swansea
