First "orange" litter

Well I am just about as tickled as can be! Just got my first litter from my Orange doe, Cloverleaf's Fe. I had bred her to my Broken Orange buck, Orange Crush. First timer she may be but she handled it like a seasoned pro! Well, maybe slightly over zealous, after she kindled she continued to pull fur and fill the nest to the brim, so I pulled some out to save for winter litters. She started really focusing on fixing up the nest box in the morning, and I was lucky enough to peek at her at nearly 11 pm and see she was in labor. The first kit was breech which worried me but she got him/her out OK and he/she seems to be doing great. The others followed quickly and she spent her time cleaning each one and then stayed in the box about 10 minutes so they could nurse.

Anyways we have 3 darling little squigley kits, I can't tell exactly what their colors will be yet but I am very excited to see how they mature. and on that note in this post I will probably update and post pictures of their progress so I can have it for my breeding records at a later time too. That way in their future litters I can compare and see how their lines mature and when little ones should "pop" so to speak.

Here's some pictures of the kits, the entire litter just after birth and then each one individually the next day:












And then here's photos of the kits on Day 2: