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Weights Measures Conversions
Weight charts for Pygmy Bucks and Does
By Maxine Kinne
Oct 31, 2002, 2:53pm

http://kinne.net/weights.htm

Pygmy Bucks
&Wethers

Pygmy Does

Both Sexes
(relates to age only)

Age

Heart Girth
(inches)

Weight
(pounds)

Heart Girth
(inches)

Weight
(pounds)

Age

Weight Range
(pounds)

Birth

-

3.4

-

3

Birth

2.2 - 5

1 mo.

-

10.5

-

9.5

1 mo.

6.5 - 13.5

2 mo.

-

18.2

-

15

2 mo.

13 - 21

3 mo.

-

26

19.7

20

3 mo.

16.5 - 32

4 mo.

-

29

21

24.5

4 mo.

19 - 35

5 mo.

22

32

22

28.3

5 mo.

22 - 43

6 mo.

23

34

23

32.3

6 mo.

23 - 45

8 mo.

24.2

42

23.5

38

8 mo.

26 - 50

10 mo.

25.5

46

26

43

10 mo.

34 - 55

12 mo.

26.5

50

27.5

49

12 mo.

37 - 58

-

27.5

57

28

55

15 mo.

43 - 65

-

28

60

28.5

58

18 mo.

50 - 72

-

28.7

63

29

62

24 mo.

52 - 95

-

30

71

30

68

 24 mo. +

50 - 100 +

-

31

76

31

72

-

32

80

32

77

33

80

Weight does not correlate well with age.
These gender guidelines are approximate averages.

Heart girth always correlates with weight,
regardless of age at measurement.

   Does mature at 24 months.

Bucks and wethers mature
at 30 months, but wethers
continue to grow slowly.

 

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