how common are triplet fawns?
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Twins are the norm in most populations, but as many as 15 to 20 percent of does will bear triplets when deer numbers are in balance with high-quality habitat. This is why the average doe in a healthy population can produce more fawns than the average doe in an unhealthy population.
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Sunny came to us a while back for rehab after being abandoned by his mom and although some fawns are born with blue eyes, they almost always change color to the dark brown usually seen in older deer ?
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The breeding season, called rut, occurs from October to January, with a peak in November. Gestation takes from 195 - 212 days, and one or two young are born in May or June. Fawns weigh 2.5 - 4 kg (5.5 - 8.8 lbs) at birth.
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Fawns can be weaned at 10 weeks of age (70 days). You can observe fawns nursing after this time, but I believe it is more of a bonding exercise than a nutritional requirement.
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These figures indicate that, in a group of 1000 babies with Down syndrome, some 14 or 15 babies will be a twin or a triplet, with their other twins/triplets unaffected, and 2 or 4 babies will be identical twin pairs, both with Down syndrome.
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These birds generally turn out to be regular Whites from a Fawn background. True Albino Zebras have been reported, but apparently they are quite rare for I have never seen a photo, or birds offered for sale. Most written accounts of Albino Zebras indicate that the mutation is sex-linked and that they are very rare.
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Spring and summer is the time of year deer give birth to their young. A deer may have between one and three babies, two being most common. Fawns are born from April though June. They are born with their eyes open and fully furred.
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“They can be either fraternal, resulting from fertilisation of 4 eggs with 4 sperm, or identical, resulting from a fertilisd egg that splits into 2 or more embryos, or a combination of these,” she says. “In the case of fraternal quadruplets the babies can be of any sex, and they will not be identical.
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Fawns can be completely weaned and survive without milk by 10 weeks of age (2½ months), but does often wean them at 12 to 16 weeks (3 to 4 months). It's not uncommon for hunters to see a May or June born fawn still nursing, or attempting to, in October (20-plus weeks).
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Fawn is one of the two accepted coat colors under American Kennel Club registration guidelines. Fawn is characterized by a light tan or cream-colored coat and darker brown or black hairs around the face. When fawn puppies are born, their coats may range anywhere from tan to brown and will lighten as the pups grow up.
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Does give birth to a single fawn after a gestation period of 31 – 32 weeks (around 8 months). The Fallow doe usually leaves the herd to search for a private hiding place to give birth. After the fawn is born, usually in May or June, it remains in its hiding place (in bushes or undergrowth).
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Once mating has occurred, the female will typically give birth to two or three young in late spring or early summer the following year. Known as kids or fawns, the young are born with a spotted coat to provide camouflage from predators.
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They feed on a variety of insects – ants, beetles, crickets and other spiders. They can vary in color from fawn to pinkish brown or chocolate brown. Females are about 25 mm in body length, males about 22 mm. They are not dangerous to humans.
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The most common variety of quadruplets is formed when four separate eggs are fertilised by four separate sperm. ... One fertilised egg splits into three identical embryos and another separate egg is fertilised by a separate sperm. This means there are identical triplets plus one.
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The peak of breeding in Kentucky is November 11 to November 21. About 10 percent of the does are fawns, and they come into heat and are bred during the late rut, which occurs in late December into January.
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Females give birth to one, two or even possibly three spotted young, known as fawns in mid to late spring, generally in May or June. Fawns lose their spots during the first summer and will weigh from 44 to 77 pounds (20 to 35 kg) by the first winter.
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White-tailed deer fawns are born in late may or early June.