delirium said:
If you've got another doe who kindled in the last few days, you can take one or two of the babies off and foster them on the other doe (assuming she has fewer babies). I've always heard to cull down to 8 at a maximum, since they can't nurse more than 8 at a time =(
It's for this reason that I always breed my does in pairs.
Good luck!
Annie
It's a good practice to breed does two or more at a time so that fostering is a possibility, but a healthy doe should have no problem with 9. I've had does raise as many as a dozen, however there were two runts in that litter. They all survived and grew up fine, but the runts took longer to reach butchering weight.
If you have another doe kindling now that has, perhaps, fewer than 7 kits, then you could foster one or two to her to even the litters, but if not I would not worry. Just be sure your doe has plenty of good food and water and a place to cool off.
Remove some of the fur in the nest if it is going to be very hot. Make sure it is very dry and then store it in a zip-lock baggie. Sooner or later you will have a doe that does not pull enough fur and then it will come in handy.