One of my girls is due quite soon. The first 6 days of her cycle sounds exactly the same as your girl's. When I saw a drop of blood I counted from then. I was always taught many years back to count Day 1 as the first day you see any red blood. So I did with her although I didn't see red again for several days.

She wound up bred days 22 through 25 when in the past days 11& 14 and days 11 & 12. Both were good size, healthy litters gratefully. So she was different this time, not the first time it's happened in 1 of my girls over the years. I've had enough litters to not panic and kept testing.

I also have a bitch who was bred on day 25 for the first and sometimes only breeding done. Each cycle with her has been almost identical. She has had larger litters. The 1st time I had 9 progesterone levels done when the cost was lower. Now being $98 to $150, depending on where I go, it hurts financially to do alot of testing. I don't test at home but ultimately, it's worth it & a part of the many costs of breeding.

I gave you 2 examples of my girls, 1 similar to yours. I've found it can go either way, the same or totally different with each cycle.

I hope your home testing is accurate. Do you use that premate test that some do for home testing?

Bleeding color has nothing to do with ovulation from my experiences. Most of my girls over the years are still bleeding at least light red, red-brown if not deep red when bred even at day 25. Years back, some breeders claimed the discharge should be straw colored. Not the case ever with all of my girls but I know others that do see that.

Continue testing, especially being cheaper with your home testing. Maybe you should do 1 Antech test to be sure you're getting accurate results.

She'll ovulate when it's the right time for her. I would be surprised if she didn't. Our girls do keep us on our toes.