Venus having that cute little oopsie baby has me concerned. I had in my records that I hadn’t seen her in heat when I put her in to be bred for June babies.
I also have Purl and Margarita as not coming into heat even though I thought they should. That means I just did some udder checks. Margarita is definitely not kidding earlier than June. I’m not sure she’s even having kids in June. She might just have the year off, and I’m fine with that.
Purl is clearly making an udder. I guessed her due date as June 6th based on the last time I saw her in heat; however, if she got bred (through the fence) on the last time I saw her come into heat, she would be due on May 17th. I’m not sure because she’s got quite the little udder going on.
Just for comparison, I checked Caroline. I know she was in with Xerxes twice–Making her due May 4th or May 9th. Her udder is just barely starting. I mean, she’s not that far away, so I’m almost a bit concerned with her.
It’s to the point that I’m almost happy that I know when Tansy broke in with the buck and she’s making a nice udder and I expect her to have her babies just like I expect.
I’m not a fan of the whole randomness we’ve had this year. And hopefully, it will be warm enough to not put them in the garage by the time we get to the first week of May.