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OneFineAcre
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Glad the fair is over so we can get back to our routine. We started the process of drying off the does during the fair by skipping the milkings.
Every body dropped way off in output, but we are still getting a fair amount from Zamia, Ginger, and Taffy. Will milk a few just once per day now until they are about 2 months into gestation.
Forgot to mention, a veterinarian who is a PhD candidate at NC State contacted us and asked us if we would participate in a research project. We always like to help with these things, so she came out and took some milk samples, and swabbed inside noses before we went to the fair. She swabbed inside Maurine's nose and her hands too. I know she is looking for staphylococcus aureus, but I'm not 100% sure what her hypothesis is. I think she is looking for asymptomatic carriers. Benefit to us is we get a complete analysis on our milk including somatic cell count.. When we get the results I'll let you know what she found.
And the really big news. We have accepted an offer on our old house. Got what we were looking for it too.
I really thought I would still be making that payment until the spring. When we get that deal closed it will really allow us to do some other things at the new place that we need to do.
Every body dropped way off in output, but we are still getting a fair amount from Zamia, Ginger, and Taffy. Will milk a few just once per day now until they are about 2 months into gestation.
Forgot to mention, a veterinarian who is a PhD candidate at NC State contacted us and asked us if we would participate in a research project. We always like to help with these things, so she came out and took some milk samples, and swabbed inside noses before we went to the fair. She swabbed inside Maurine's nose and her hands too. I know she is looking for staphylococcus aureus, but I'm not 100% sure what her hypothesis is. I think she is looking for asymptomatic carriers. Benefit to us is we get a complete analysis on our milk including somatic cell count.. When we get the results I'll let you know what she found.
And the really big news. We have accepted an offer on our old house. Got what we were looking for it too.
I really thought I would still be making that payment until the spring. When we get that deal closed it will really allow us to do some other things at the new place that we need to do.
Wonderful to see all the news about the fair too - congrats on your wins. I don't show my NDs (more a time issue than anything else), but I'm always interested to see how other people do in the show scene. Thanks for sharing! 
, they give off quite the pungent aroma when you cook them, that's why we cook them in a crock pot in the garage.
