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Post by aalvinn36 on Aug 27, 2007 21:55:04 GMT -5
looking for best place to obtain leg bands for my cochin bantams
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Post by Birdyspot on Aug 30, 2007 21:37:14 GMT -5
I too have been researching leg bands lately, because the local feed stores just never have the size, color and numbers I want in one set of bands. Some poultry shows have vendors come who sell the bands, and that's one good way to get them--but even then sometimes the selection is lacking. The U.S.'s main supplier of the popular colored plastic numbered "bandettes" (National Band) had a big fire in their manufacturing plant last year, so those bands have been in high demand and short supply the past year! I hear National Band is back in the business of making them though, which is good news. Poultry and gamebird suppliers like Stromberg's, etc. carry various kinds of bands. You can sometimes find poultry/gamebird supplier catalogs in the Poultry Press. They usually advertise in Poultry Press too, so you can request catalogs from them. The ABA (American Bantam Association) issues closed metal bands in all bantam sizes to ABA members. These can be ordered online. www.bantamclub.com/legbands.htmlHere's National Band's page containing all their bird band styles: www.nationalband.com/leg.htm The thing is if you order directly from them, they're in bulk numbers. Here's a couple more places I've found bands for order online: www.cutlersupply.com/store/page.legbands.htmlwww.homestead.com/shilala/tags.htmlwww.poultrysupplies.com/index_files/page0014.htm
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Post by csbantams on Aug 14, 2008 23:18:40 GMT -5
I have found that the cheapest place to buy plastic numbered leg bands is online at First State Vet Supply, www.firststatevetsupply.com/ They are cheaper than any feed store around my parts and have bought about 200 band from them so far. Check them out.
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