Properly
prepared ABBA Soak. The mixture has been soaked in cold water at room
temperature for 8
hours, then drained, and kept moist in a
glass jar for an additional 18 hours, at this point the ABBA Soak is
washed thoroughly under running water and stored in the refrigerator. As
needed, it is blended with 50%
ABBA Green 92 or ABBA Red 93 and fed to
the birds in a small amount at a time fresh everyday, and especially
when the parent birds are feeding their youngsters.
Ingredients:
Thistle seed, Rape Seed, Canary grass Seed, Wheat, Buckwheat, , Millet
Seed, Safflower Seed, red milo,
yellow milo, Non-Viable Hemp Seed, Mung
Beans, Lettuce, Seed, Salt, Potassium Iodide, Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc
Oxide, Manganous Oxide, Ferrous Carbonate, Mineral Oil, Iron Oxide,
Copper Oxide, Calcium Periodate,
Cobalt Carbonate, Calcium Propionate.
PREPARING
& FEEDING INSTRUCTIONS Place the desired amount of ABBA Soak
mixture in a glass jar, Cover it with water, soak in the water at room
temperature for 6 . Then drain the
water, DO NOT RINSE. Let stay in same
jar for additional 18 hours. Than wash the seed in a large coffee
strainer under running water. Wash thoroughly, shake off excess water
and feed in a small dish a small amount
per day (according to the size of the
bird) to the canaries and other seed eating birds such as European
goldfinch, linnet, Siskin, chaffinches, Venezuelan Black Hooded Red
Siskin, etc. ABBA SOAK may be mixed
with ABBA Green 92, ABBA Red 93, ABBA
92a with seed half and half. Feed enough of this moist mixture that the
birds will consume in a couple of hours. Store remaining soak seed in
the refrigerator. Rinse
thoroughly before using. The mixture is
invaluable for feeding parents and fledging young. After soaking ABBA
SOAK in water and it begins to spout, the protein content will increase
considerably the valuable
vitamins contained in it which are all
beneficial to the health of the birds insuring good vigor, good
productivity and vitality.
CAUTION: Do not allow ABBA SOAK to go
sour. In other words, do not feed a large
quantity of it to the birds. Feed
enough that the birds will consume in a few hours. More caution should
be exercised during the warm, muggy weather.