Breeding Instructions Pretty Please?

[daver676]

I picked up some mice for my bp (6 to be exact), and I think I have 3 males and 3 females. I've been doing some searching and the common opinion is 3 females per male. Well this is more of a curiousity thing for me then anything else, so I don't want 3 pregnant females. One litter for the learning experience would be great. I am currently keeping all the mice together in a large blue rubbermaid container with a piece of pegboard covering it. They are on pine and newspaper, with a few little hide boxes. I'm feeding them a mixed seed food, and some Nutriblock. Can anyone offer some advice on what the right mix is for breeding/housing in order to get a female or two to reproduce. What type of enclosure would you recommend for breeding...etc. Thank you very much.