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Lamb or no lamb what's up Mrs. Sheep?

 What's Up?

Well, its been a few days and we have had a couple of odd ones. We are running out of time for this pregnancy to actually be a pregnancy. Goats gestational period is 145 days, give or take and she is taking as many as possible. I went to Blackies Suffolk and Veggies site† to use their gestational calculator and found out this:
Breeding Date: Since we didn't know exactly when, I used the last possible day it could have happened, the day before we picked her up which was September 6th
The calculator spit these out:
Due date- 08/30/2021
As early as-08/26/2021
As late as - 09/11/2021

So there is only 5 possible days left until she either is a fattie sheep and I have been over feeding her and it's my fault she is a tubby sheep, not a pregnant sheep OR she is just taking her time and enjoying the ride. As I stated in earlier blog posts, she has had days of what I would call Braxton-Hicks like contractions where it looked like she was in what I have been described as active labor but then it passes and she gets up and walks away. Maybe these are dry runs, or she had a bad alfalfa pellet, gas, or, but as a newbie to raising breeding sheep instead of market lambs, I am in uncharted territory here.

She does seem to pace, (she is in a 10x10 space for lambing)
She does seem to kick and bite at her belly (flies and the hairy left over coat may itch)
She does seem restless (perhaps I am reading her face incorrectly) And 
She doesn't seem to show the back end changes- full udder, wet vulva and twitchy tail
But again, this is new and I am not entirely sure what I am looking for. 
Farming is hard.


Next: Hopeful but not Expectant






†https://www.blackies.ca/lambing-calculator/

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