Goat won't grow

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So the white one is only 2 months and the black one is 4 months?
He is tiny.
Do you know how many were in the litter?
Sometimes triplets or quads or even quints will be smaller than singles or twins.

yes he's only 2 months and the other is 4, and from what i know he was a twin, so maybe that's why he's so small
 

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How much does he weigh and how much are you feeding him? What are you feeding him? Hay, grain, minerals?

The best thing to do is have a his fecal checked for parasites and cocci.
quoting my post as you didn't answer/ may have missed it.
He looks abnormally small in the pic.
Do you know approximately how much he weighed at birth?
Being a twin shouldn't have much to do with it. Its different when they are from a larger litter such as quad and quints, and sometimes triplets, but I don't see this happen with twins.

2 of my 11 1/2 week old Nigerian Dwarf kids weighed 22.4 & 26.2 pounds. There grew a little faster then most, but this gives you an idea.

I have 2 other doelings that were from a set of quints, I need to go back and check my records to see how much they weighed.

Any luck finding a vet?
 
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