NABC Bands

February 19, 2010

 I was late in renewing my North American Border Club membership this year and the bands that I ordered have just arrived in the mail, phew!  I was nervous that I wouldn't get the bands in time but now that they are here I still have plenty of time before the first chicks hatch.

The North American Border Club Bands are turquoise blue this year.

I am trying out the soybean/cauliflower/broccoli mix this year to condition the borders.  After talking to Donald Saunders of South Africa, I took his advice and started the cocks on the soybean veggie mix and vitamin E three weeks ahead of the hens instead of 2 weeks.  Linda Hogan was the person who came up with the original soybean veggie mix to improve border vent development and Donald added cauliflower to the mix.  Here is an article about the mix on her site http://canarytales.blogspot.com/2009/02/tuesdays-tipster-border-veggies.html. We will see in a few weeks if I have prepared my borders properly this season *fingers crossed*.