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[Nanno]

Here's an inches to lbs. conversion chart: https://fiascofarm.com/goats/weight-chart.htm

It's not totally accurate--Cuzco is 45" around and weighs 200 lbs., but it's a decent ballpark estimate. Make sure to pull the tape good and tight for an accurate reading.

At only 33" tall, Pete is not a very big goat. If Sam is not quite one year, I expect him to grow considerably larger than Pete by the time he's three. I've noticed with my boys that they grow a LOT from birth to six months. Then they grow fairly slowly until they are around 18 months or a little more, then suddenly their growth takes off again for about the next 6 months or so. They stop growing by around three. They'll fill out some after that and their muscling will change, but nothing significant.

The growth pattern I've observed may be different for other folks and for other breeds. I've noticed that my boys seem to take longer to grow than a lot of the other goats their ages. I worried about this with Pac-Man because he was so small for so long. Then suddenly he got enormous and I learned that Nubians are typically a later-maturing breed than others. Looking back at my old photographs I realized that Cuzco was the same way. So now I'm not worried about whether my boys will "catch up." They will.