April Danley & Colin Smith (23305)
New Jersey Garden Aires – President and Vice President
Greetings to all our members of this wonderful life we get to experience together as we travel in our Beautiful Newmar Coach’s and 5th Wheels!
It’s that time of the year that Colin & I are in the middle of our lambing season. First off, they always pick the worst time to have their lamb’s, the first one decided to pick the night that it was snowing and 10 degrees outside. Don’t worry we have all our Ewe’s in the barn, still cold though! Ok, so first one born, it’s a nice size girl, second one another nice size girl. At this point she should be done. Nope! Here comes number three, a boy same size, ok is she done? Nope, now number four smaller girl, but fine. Get them all dried off and put on little blankets to help keep them warm. They’re all nursing good. So off to bed at 3:00 am get up at 7:00 am and check on them. All good, now here comes day four the last one is not getting enough milk, so now it’s time to bottle feed. No problem she likes not getting pushed off! Then in a few day’s now we are bottle feeding another one. A couple more days it’s a third one. The boy is the only one she is feeding full-time as the male is always stronger and pushes the female’s off. So, it’s three bottles at a time. Try holding three all at once. It’s so much fun to see them grow! They are doing fine and getting ready to go on the bucket of milk which has six nipples on it and will be much easier for us but have to train them to it! Another job… A week later the second Ewe goes into labor twins this time. That’s the perfect number for her to feed. Another Ewe had Twin’s as well, and the last had a single. Nine babies out of four Ewe’s that is amazing!
Getting ready to start our traveling soon with our rallies coming up. Can’t wait for camping and warm weather along with making new friends along the way!
Don’t forget our Chapter Rally is September 26-29, Thursday to Sunday at the Ocean City Campground and Beach Cabin in Ocean View, New Jersey. Information is on the Kountry Klub website under Klub Calendar just scroll down to New Jersey Garden Aires Chapter Rally and fill out the form and follow the directions. Chef Marc has again decided to make our delicious meals for us! What a treat! We only have a few sites left so make your reservations soon.
See You Down the Road, we can be reached at email: danleyfarm@gmail.com.