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milking went pretty good this morning....

Coco- 14.5 oz of milk- she is still nursing her doeling
Melaine-FF-1 lb 5/8 oz- she did very well on the stand
Obie-1 lb 1/4 oz-her single buckling nursed heavy on one side so her udder didn't fill much on that side
Maggie- still nursing her 2 doelings so we haven't milked her yet
 

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In the past, we have been using a friends tattoo kit to tattoo our rabbits and goats- the letters are only 1/4" in size so it's hard to read them.

What size/brand does others use....looking for recommendations but we want to get just 1 kit that we can use for both rabbits and goats.
 

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I use a pen on the French Lops. They have large ears so it's much easier for me and I am content in the fact they can't tear their ears with it. I will most likely keep using the Pen with the goats... We will see.

(Rosco is not Tattooed even though he is registered and I don't believe Scarlet is either? I opted to get Rebel without a tattoo as We wont be showing and I doubt we will be selling them since we will only have a couple goats. The kids we sell I will tattoo for records and new owners.)
 

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This is what we used on the ND's -http://www.jefferspet.com/products/small-tattoo-set

We need to get a few more sets. These work good, but I'd probably get a better brand like Stone. The Jeffers brand are a more lightweight and would be better for small jobs.

I don't use the black ink, I prefer the green as it tends to be easier to see.

Get the ear release! Pulling the ear off the needles is nasty LOL :sick
Love having the ear release :D

Don't know if these would work for rabbits or not. Glad you are getting your own. Using someone else's set is a risk of bringing CAE in your herd.
 

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This is what we used on the ND's -http://www.jefferspet.com/products/small-tattoo-set

We need to get a few more sets. These work good, but I'd probably get a better brand like Stone. The Jeffers brand are a more lightweight and would be better for small jobs.

I don't use the black ink, I prefer the green as it tends to be easier to see.

Get the ear release! Pulling the ear off the needles is nasty LOL :sick
Love having the ear release :D

Don't know if these would work for rabbits or not. Glad you are getting your own. Using someone else's set is a risk of bringing CAE in your herd.

the one we borrow is only used on rabbits but it will be much easier to have our own!
 

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Working on processing milk today- have 2 gallons to do, 1 gallon is just from Melanie- kept her milk separate so we could taste it and see how we like it. Now working on the second gallon now- can only do 1/2 gallon at a time as I use the stove with my double boiler.

The hand milker DH ordered showed up today :weeeso now we will see how that works!!

Our doe Obie- single buckling this year- is only filling on one half, not sure why- the side that isn't filling was the side that her buckling nursed off of.....
 
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