leg bands

I know lots of people have used zip ties to keep track of age etc. but has anyone used the zip ties that have the flags on them to write numbers on? I found small ones ( pic makes them look huge! :lau ) but didn’t know if it would be bothersome to the chickens? For those that have used zip ties...

I banded my six hens and one cockerel Sept 12th at 20 weeks old. On all the birds, I used the 3/4" diameter (B) of the Aluminum leg bands for chickens from Pinnon Hatch. They are all Partridge Plymouth Rocks, too give an idea of sizing. The bands on the hens are doing well, but I'm concerned...

While my birds already have wing bands (zip style), I want to put leg bands on them as well. Even at 7 weeks, those wing bands are getting hard to read with all the feathers getting in the way. Right now, I'm looking at the colored aluminum leg bands from Pinnon Hatch or National Band & Tag. I...

I have a new flock of 6 hens. They're 3 months old right now and only one chicken will let me pick her up. The rest run away squawking. I need to be able to handle them for a couple of reasons, but right now my concern is that we're going on vacation in September and I'll be bringing my chickens...

My goal is to let the 2 wild mallard ducklings go free when they can fly.......but I would love to see if they come back. I have been searching for the best leg band for them. I have the plastic spiral type band for my other ducks.......but that doesn't last forever. Any suggestions on where...

Hi Guys!! I am hatching out chicks and would like some ideas for banding their legs for identification purposes as well as if someone buys one I can band it for pick up. I need something that is easy on / easy off. I checked amazon, but there are mixed reviews and I don't know what the best...

Just wondering since this is going to be my first time putting on leg bands. I have 6 Light Brahma pullets(3 weeks old) that I cant tell apart so I’m getting them leg bands. Do leg bands cause any problems to their legs? I feel like leg bands would squeeze too tight on their legs. Just asking...

Leg bands #6 and #7 to mark the little ducklings

I have 3 6-week old black silkie chicks who just went out into their coop full time. Two of them are almost identical, and the small one 'Peanut' is catching up quickly. For our other grown sexlink and Orpington hens we use leg bands, but I'm afraid by using them on the silkies they will get...

I'm planning on using numbered bandetts on my hens and roosters because my girlfriend and I are a little OCD on record keeping sometimes and also we have a few that look alike so. We are waiting to put on the adult size instead of changing them as they grow though. My question is at what age...

I purchased some new babies, but two of them came with plastic leg bands on them. Chicks grow rapidly, so these are going to need to come off. They appear to be solid bands, not the spiral kind. Please help advise :) I was thinking of nail clippers because I didn't want to hurt the chicks legs...

I am wondering if someone has suggestions for quail leg bands to track Coturnix quail for breeding purposes. I tried the plastic bands with numbers on them and they fall off really easy. Like slide off over the foot. They have only stayed on a few of the birds. I have also used some of the...

Last weekend was another hatch for us. On the second day, we had some assisted hatched. 3 were sticky and had thick umbilical cord issues. Usually along with that comes leg splay etc. The 3 did have splayed legs. 2 were minor but the last was bad. We did our trusty chick handcuff method and 2...

Thanks to my broody girls, my duck flock is about to more than double in size. And with two adult female Cayugas, two teenage Cayuga-Golden Cascade crosses, and four little newly hatched Cayuga ducklings, I'm going to be having an interesting time telling the Cayugas apart. Besides colored zip...