Cedar Shade’s 2021 Kidding Thread

Here are all our girls due to kid in 2021. It’s so exciting! I love following along with all the other Kidding threads! Wishing everybody lots of doelings!

Rarebird Farm Diamond x Top Hat Farm LX Purple Rain
Estimated Due Date: 1/25/2021
Her ligaments are getting softer and udder is just beginning to fill!


EOTL B Escada x EOTL G Jumpin Jack Flash
Estimated Due Date: 2/16/2021


(Possibly bred)
EOTL B Shady Grace x Dreahook Dei Gruyere
Estimated Due Date: 3/28/2021

 

Thank you all! Diamond was teasing us with small contractions and a little mucous this morning but nothing else as the day went on. I’m thinking she might go this weekend.

 

Diamond has been messing with us the past few days but I think she is in labor now! Her udder isn't really tight but there is some milk in it. I think she only has one (maybe two) so I'm not expecting her udder to be too full. We couldn't feel her ligaments last night and the birth mucus seems to be starting.

 

I'm so happy, I can't believe it! Diamond had a little doeling and a buckling! She kidded very easily and just waited for us to leave for a couple minutes and had her little doeling! In just a few minutes later she had her buckling! It was just what we wanted, doeling for our herd and a buckling for a stud for the rest of our herd. And bonus, I think both are polled!

 

Thank you!

 

So far so good with Diamond's kids, and Escada (aka Squeaks) is next up! Not seeing any discharge from her, but last year she didn't really show many pre-labor signs other than an udder and waddling a lot. I'll be doing her kidding clip soon. Her udder is just starting to develop. Last year she was due 2/15, and kidded 2/16, so I'm expecting her to go pretty close to her due date. Just hoping she continues to forget about the Doe Code.