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Old 05-19-2011, 07:03 PM
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He's 138 lbs, is that a good size for a TB? Not exactly my area of expertise. I googled and found some link that said 50kg is average, but 138 lbs = 62.6 kg so that makes it sound like a massive foal, unless 50 kg is just wrong.
Yes, that's a perfectly-normal-good-sized baby Your calculation to kgs is right on. Another way to estimate is neonatal birthweight roughly 10% of mothers weight.
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