I have 2 Cali/NZ does who have been awesome mothers. The does are about 12 pounds each at maturity, were excellent first time mothers with large litters. One had 11 kits with 9 surviving, the other had 9 kits with 8 surviving as first litters. Prolific milk producers. I bred them with a NZ buck and the offspring have grown at a satisfactory rate for meat production. The colors are fun - first litter had all white kits and one solid black! The white ones developed light gray color points. The other doe has a real variety, about half the kits are white, then some black and one that is red with black/gray tips to the pelt (buck was red).