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Old 04/27/14, 09:07 AM
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Question Do these weights sound okay?

I just dosed everyone with toltrazuril this morning (we're behind by a week on the triplets, due to the shipping issue), so of course we had to weigh them. I'm wondering if these are healthy weights. After the fiasco we had with coccidia and, as a result, tiny goats last year, I'm a bit paranoid.

4-week-old Nupine kids:
Buckling - 19.5
Doeling 1 - 16.5
Doeling 2 - 14.5

3-week-old NuMancha bucklings:
Buckling 1 - 14.5
Buckling 2 - 13.5

3-week-old Nubian (50%)/Alpine/LM/Boer(?) doeling - 14.5

I realize that all kids grow at different rates, and all of mine appear and act extremely healthy. I'm just looking for some feedback from those of you with more experience
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Old 04/27/14, 09:18 AM
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For a reference, full size kids should grow about 10lbs per month. A kid born 8lbs should be 18lbs at 4 weeks, 28lbs at 8 weeks etc. If animals are dam raised, your triplets generally don't grow as fast as your twins or singles because they're sharing milk with more competition. They also generally have lower birthweights, or at least variation between the triplets in birhtweight. Creep feeding can keep those more even. I'd say the weights seem pretty normal.
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Old 04/27/14, 01:32 PM
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I think those are fine.
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