[Homestead] deer
Akka Homestead
akkabhomestead at yahoo.com
Fri Sep 5 23:31:53 EDT 2008
Has anyone noticed that the deer seem to cycling later and later in the year? Normally, I think they would go into estrus in November, but some around here have gone back in repeatedly because I am seeing very young fawns-still wobbly- less than a few weeks old- this late in the season. Gestation is about 6.5 months(200 days). If the fawns I am seeing were born in mid August, then the doe would have conceived in early February. That is more than 5 cycles!! I read that herd condition can play a part in this, so I am guessing that overcrowding is leading to malnourishment, which is leading to poor conception or inability to mate or lack of estrus? Has anyone else noticed any of this in your area?
Akka
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