Here are two little New Zealand bucks from our most recent litter. At 9 weeks and 5.4 lbs, they are our very fastest growing kits so far! They came from a small litter of only 3 (plus one foster, so 4 of them milking), but even after weaning, they have continued to grow at a really nice rate. They also both have really nice, wide-set, parallel back feet, which we have been somewhat lacking in our herd. Looking at keeping at least one of them to replace our original buck, who barely weighs 9 pounds (for reference, NZ bucks should be between 9-11 pounds, so he just barely makes the standard). These guys' dad is the offspring of that little buck, but he is weighing in around 10.7 pounds at 8 months old! Bred back to his mom and we got these little ones. It was his first litter, and he was still a little young when we bred them, so we're hoping that might have caused the small litter size. She is due in 6 days with another litter from the same buck, so we'll see soon enough!
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