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3# fawns are not that uncommon in multiple births.
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2.5 lb triplet doe fawn last year. She is doing great.
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Here is my smallest fawn ever, born last year, weighed 2.1#, she is pictured beside a normal size five day old fawn. At birth her legs were so thin they were only the thickness of a pencil, it was a week and a half before she took her first steps.
She is alive and well today, she is the sweetest bottle baby I ever raised, she loves people.
She is alive and well today, she is the sweetest bottle baby I ever raised, she loves people.
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Here are the same does in February of this past winter, the little one (eating out of my hand) caught up nicely.
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Never weighed him but had a small early born last year could not have been over 3lb, he is a yearling buck now doing great just a bit smaller body size than the other's his age but best antler growth so far.
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Well our smallest fawn is doing very good, he started out at 3#10oz. and is close to 15# now.
He is just over a month old now, we are bottlefeeding him and he is nearly the same size as our other bottlefed babies.
All four legs on him have some white patches and the hooves also have some markings. See the pics. Curious if the white markings on his legs and hooves means he carries pied? does anybody know? Thanks for your input.
He is just over a month old now, we are bottlefeeding him and he is nearly the same size as our other bottlefed babies.
All four legs on him have some white patches and the hooves also have some markings. See the pics. Curious if the white markings on his legs and hooves means he carries pied? does anybody know? Thanks for your input.
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The markings are typical and do not indicate pied genetic traits.
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IowaMike, Scott is correct. The white marking are a genetics trait carried by many deer. Most wild deer here in WV actually carry that trait. Actually it is abnormal for us to kill a wild deer with brown hair all the way to the hoof, most if not all our local deer have white between the toes and often trimming the hoof.
If your wanting some piebalds I can set you up very easily!!
If your wanting some piebalds I can set you up very easily!!
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All my whitetail fawns have those same markings Mike...I see no abnormal markings on the photos that you supplied.........you can be sure they are pure typical brown whitetail.......hope this helps!
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Some of our fawns have the same markings and even their hooves are white, but it's been something that has gone away over time.