Ewes are due...T-1

Well, I think we have more than a week to go, but that's usually how this seems to work. I'm still hopeful that Clover will lamb on the 4th, but I'm not sure how many lambs we'll have before then. I'm guessing that we'll be pretty busy between Easter and my April vacation, and by the looks of things they'll all lamb close to one another and primarily have twins.

They're all getting quite a bit larger around the middle, but I've yet to see an impressive udder; maybe they're waiting until the end to bag up. These last few HOT days they've been doing a lot of grunting and groaning and plain old cud chewing. They've also been very vocal about getting a bit of grain each night, which never seems like it's enough to please them.

Poa was the only one too lazy to get up for a back-end photo. She, just like last year, insists on hoarding a flake of hay to herself and then sun bathing off in a remote corner.

Poa looks so happy. She really is getting wide and a small udder. I think she'd prefer it if I left her alone.

Maggie has really become a barrel the last few days. Her udder's still small, but she's looking like she might twin. A typical first-timer, she seems the most uncomfortable and confused about her growing sides.

Wynona may just be the first to go, or the first to grow an udder. She's finally let me sneak up from behind to get a few photos, and she's looking like she's got more than one lamb in those sides.
Kira still has a very small udder, but those lambs are certainly growing. Last year she was not much larger than this when she twinned. Somehow she seems to hide her pregnancy well.
Last year Crystal had a HUGE udder weeks before lambing. This year her sides are so large I hope she doesn't wait until her udder gets huge before she lambs.
Mocha and Crystal each twinned within two days of one another last year. Both had ENORMOUS udders and were about as wide as they are today when they lambed. Neither ewe has an impressive udder yet, so I'm wondering just how many lambs each is carrying. Mocha's udder is so small that it looks like it did a full three weeks from lambing last year. I really hope she doesn't have quite that far to go or she'll never push out those lambs.
Clover is most definitely having twins. Last year she singled a very large ram lamb and was much smaller than she is now at lambing. Two years ago she was quite wide, much like she is today. In the last week I haven't been able to step foot inside the paddock without a forceful snuggle from Clover. She insists on getting scratches, and if I stop for one moment I become a scratching post. She's even put her head on my shoulder and tried climbing into my lap! What a BIG baby.

So, there it is. Your guess is as good as mine. We will have lambs in April, but I'm not sure we'll see any in March. Next week I'll start locking them in the barn at night as a precautionary measure, but I really doubt that there will be lambs before the first. If all goes as planned there will be one more "udder shot" post before lambs.