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#11 01/12/2009 3:13 pm
- Bec
- THE Delaware Blue Hen
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Re: I am sooo grossed out right now! Eyelash Mites? Normal?
I didn't see anything on mine???? I am going to try another..taking one for the team here 
Nothing There! My guess is that my microscope isn't powerful enough!
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#12 01/12/2009 5:04 pm
- JennsPeeps
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Re: I am sooo grossed out right now! Eyelash Mites? Normal?
Because I'm evil, here's a pic...
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2 cats, 10 urban chickens: RIR, BSL, Banty cochin, BO, BAx2, Blue cochin, BR, 2 polish.
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#13 01/12/2009 5:05 pm
- JennsPeeps
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Re: I am sooo grossed out right now! Eyelash Mites? Normal?
Oh, and here's what lives in your bed (dust mites): 
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"It is better to be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt." -Source unclear (but attributed to Lincoln, Twain & others)
2 cats, 10 urban chickens: RIR, BSL, Banty cochin, BO, BAx2, Blue cochin, BR, 2 polish.
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#14 01/12/2009 5:09 pm
- HorseFeathers
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Re: I am sooo grossed out right now! Eyelash Mites? Normal?
I just don't think about it. If I can't see it because its too small and it won't hurt me, I'm OK with it. 
JennsPeeps you can't scare me I have worse pics in my science textbook 
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#15 01/12/2009 5:12 pm
Re: I am sooo grossed out right now! Eyelash Mites? Normal?
JennsPeeps wrote:
Because I'm evil, here's a pic...
http://www.worsleyschool.net/science/files/eyelash/pic1.JPG
Jenn, you are FIRED!! When I wake up screaming in the night, I'm going to be blaming you!
I am a figment of your imagination as a result of your overtaxed intellect. Tell your doctor.
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#16 01/12/2009 5:38 pm
- Bec
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Re: I am sooo grossed out right now! Eyelash Mites? Normal?
Thank you for that kind reminder of just how Creepy they look! 
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#17 01/12/2009 5:40 pm
- debiraymond
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Re: I am sooo grossed out right now! Eyelash Mites? Normal?
Jenn you are rotten to the core.
Walks into fences.
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Ham and eggs...A day's work for a chicken, a lifetime commitment for a pig.
Out of my mind - back in five minutes.
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#18 01/12/2009 5:41 pm
- redhen
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Re: I am sooo grossed out right now! Eyelash Mites? Normal?
~Living on a Funny Farm~ 2 Saint Bernards(Daisy Mae & Duke),1 English Mastiff(Major Paine)~5 cats~3 Pot Bellied pigs(Hammie & Dyson & Olivia)~1 Flemish Bunny(Granite)~1 lonely duck~2 Sebastopol geese (April & Averil)~14 hens & 3 bad roosters~ And SO thankful for my awesome husband that cleans up after them all!
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#19 01/12/2009 5:44 pm
- jacyjones
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Re: I am sooo grossed out right now! Eyelash Mites? Normal?
Mum of 2 beautiful teenage girls, wife, custodian of 3 springer spaniels - Gem, Jac and Ruby, 9 black rocks, 1 warren and 2 khaki and 1 white Khaki Campbell and 2 young chickens
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#20 01/12/2009 5:46 pm
Re: I am sooo grossed out right now! Eyelash Mites? Normal?
redhen I love your chicken...
Jenn you ARE evil...now I have to go change my sheets wash my bedding a vac my mattress and buy new pillows LOL gross
Its not how many times you are knocked down, Its how many times you get up.
Pam wife to the love of my life David...mom to PFC Andrew Owen Tyler, & Jef, Robin, Dawn, Kevin, Myk, Beth, David, Keith...grammy to too many to name here...owned by lab/rotty mix 10 year old and Chow/lab mix 9 year old pups... Momma Minny and her chicks Wednesday Smoke and Hedgewig...
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