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[Henrietta23]

I have no clue about microscopes....I was fortunate enough to find an older professional lab-quality one on CL for about $100. A fecal test at the local vet offices is $20, so it is already paid for....a long time ago! Then I got a case of slides for...um.....not much, can't remember, but another CL find when someone was cleaning out a warehouse they bought. I use the Fias Co Farm instructions. I printed out the pictures and keep them with my microscope stuff.

I don't withdraw the milk when I use the herbal formula, and I do withdraw it from household consumption on the rare occasion that I use Ivomec. The label doesn't say to, but my dog won't drink it for three days and I believe him! He is a miniature poodle after all, and uber-smart!

Thanks for the help! I'll have DH ask at school if there's anything they are getting rid of. You never know and it's that time of year.

 

[Henrietta23]

So if you were shopping for a student model microscope would it make a difference if it were electric or battery operated?

Most microscopes are not electrical at all! They have a mirror at the bottom to direct the needed light up through the slide and the optics to the eye piece. Sun power is usually hard to beat but if you work inside just about any reasonably strong light source works.

Thanks, the student models I was looking at online were either battery operated, had rechargable packs or were plug in models. I'm pretty sure the one I used at the vet clinic was electrical too.

 

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Smooching baby goats again!

 

[Henrietta23]

Yay for helpful DH's! After a night and morning of doing all chores solo I'm really appreciating mine today! Even if..... well that's a story for my own thread...
Glad it's all working out for your girls! I still catch Daisy sniffing Donki's teats as if remembering. Donki doesn't bonk her away anymore and she doesn't do more than sniff. Maybe she's trying to figure it all out for when she's the mama. She loves to get up on the milking stand and today let me pet her underside and handle her teats.

 

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Yay Daisy! Willow was completely wild when we got her and it took two years to tame her. I didn't work at it too hard, as we'd just bought the property and I had more important things on my mind at the time. Willow was an adult, too, and had lived with my jerk of a neighbor (since moved away, yay!)

Te'a is one to sniff udders, and I suspect she would nurse if given the chance. She is my chowhound and the goat most likely to figure out how to get to any food source. She is also possibly my oldest goat...I suspect she is around eight years old. She was VERY interested in the bandaids.

 

[Henrietta23]

They are silly animals!

 

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Ginger lost a baby tooth!

 

[noobiechickenlady]

I had just read that over on BYH. That must have been a slight shocker!

15 months and growing in grown up teeth. Wow, I didn't know it took that long! Something to keep in mind for my baby next year.

 

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Well, I did it.

 

[big brown horse]

Yea!! I can't wait for pictures of the little guy. Are you going to keep him past breeding season?