Hi all, I'm about to invest in a bunch of numbered bandettes for the first time, maybe some spiral bands as well.
How snugly should they fit on the leg? How much "jiggle room" should there be for a bandette on the leg of a full grown bird?
Sizing would be easy, if chickens had perfectly round legs with a fixed diameter. However, the leg shanks I have looked at all have a rectangular cross section.
For example, one rooster has legs that are roughly 3/4 "x 1/2" , side x front.
Should he take a size 12 bandette (inside diameter 3/4")? Or what size would you suggest?
What sort of fit are we aiming for?
Not this I assume: (WAY too tight)
How flexible is the bandette: is it good at changing shape to wrap around the chicken's leg? like this: (stretched)
Or does it stay in a circular shape no matter what,
(tight)
(snug)
(some wiggle room)
(loose) ... or should it be even looser?
OK, now your opinion: which of the above pictures best shows how a bandette should fit on an adult bird?
How about on a young bird?
Do they sort of expand as a young bird grows, and if so, which picture shows a point when you ought to move to a larger size bandette?
For spiral bands (flexible like bandettes), and regular leg bands (fixed size), are the rules different?
Thank you legband and bandette gurus.
How snugly should they fit on the leg? How much "jiggle room" should there be for a bandette on the leg of a full grown bird?
Sizing would be easy, if chickens had perfectly round legs with a fixed diameter. However, the leg shanks I have looked at all have a rectangular cross section.
For example, one rooster has legs that are roughly 3/4 "x 1/2" , side x front.
Should he take a size 12 bandette (inside diameter 3/4")? Or what size would you suggest?
What sort of fit are we aiming for?
Not this I assume: (WAY too tight)
How flexible is the bandette: is it good at changing shape to wrap around the chicken's leg? like this: (stretched)
Or does it stay in a circular shape no matter what,
(tight)
(snug)
(some wiggle room)
(loose) ... or should it be even looser?
OK, now your opinion: which of the above pictures best shows how a bandette should fit on an adult bird?
How about on a young bird?
Do they sort of expand as a young bird grows, and if so, which picture shows a point when you ought to move to a larger size bandette?
For spiral bands (flexible like bandettes), and regular leg bands (fixed size), are the rules different?
Thank you legband and bandette gurus.
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