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Toe web marking has 16 different combinations or different marks and toe punch marks can be read without picking up the bird. I have a hard time however understanding why someone would go to that trouble unless they handled their birds from time to time just to see how well or how badly they...

How to foot web mark a baby chick If done right both of these marking methods are permanent. The wing band method permanently marks each chick and identifies that chick as an unique individual. The toe web punch method only reliably marks or identifies the chicks' general family or perhaps...

I must disagree. I bought some hens from another breeder about 30 years ago and two of them had plastic spiral leg bands that were cutting into the flesh on their feet. One was already lame.

I agree about the "Proper Management" part of your post but so few of us have the time or the energy to do proper management over and over and over again, and before long you have enough birds on your place that you can no longer keep in your head which chick came out of which mating in what...

Just be prepared for your hens to loose a leg or three. This is especially true when putting Zip ties on feather footed breeds. I recommend Jiffy Wing bands. You can put them on day old chicks and forget about it.