2024- Lucky was pen bred to PNP-Legacy Ralph Lauren in fall of 2023. We noted a breeding date, but she remained in the pen with him for several more weeks while we waited to confirm breeding action between Ralph and some other does. An additional, later breeding date occured during this time period that we were unaware of. Due to a hectic schedule around her “due date” (the one we had noted), we opted to induce Lucky’s labor so she would kid two days early at a time when we would for certain be home. Unfortunately, this two days early was actually closer to 23 days early and her single buckling was quite premature, unable to survive. Freshening with a single, and being induced well-before a natural partuition would have occured, caused Lucky to not come fully into milk. She did come into milk, lightly, but gave us less than half a gallon of milk daily through her entire lactation. Her udder never filled to capacity but did appear to function normally. We bred her back for an early March kidding and dried her off with 60 days to go. Hopefully, we see a lactation representative of her genetics the next time around.