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I don’t have experience with the other types of wing bands. I chose the jiffy wing bands because they seem to be the easiest to apply. The zip style wing bands require you to poke them through the wing web before application which would be harder to do on an adult chicken.

@pkarkos there are 3 types of wing bands that I know of; the jiffy style, zip style, & a style in between.

Just finished wing banding all 8 of my birds with the help of my sisters. It’s pretty nerve wracking and I was nervous doing it, but thank God it went well. All birds are acting as if they were never banded to begin with. Below is the video: Sorry about the pixelated video for some reason...

My wing bands and applicator arrived today! They are smaller than I was envisioning. I will be banding some birds this evening so I will do my best to have someone video it.

So my wing bands and applicator have been delayed. Hopefully they arrive today. :fl

My wing bands should be arriving this Friday. I will video the wing banding of the adult chickens for anyone interested.

Found this while trying to find a video of a jiffy wing band being applied to an adult bird.

I will wait until you are able to get pictures or even a video. I definitely don’t want to screw this up.

@centrarchid would you be able to take pictures when you wing band the adult birds so that I have a reference to work with?

Also should a gap be left like in the diagram below? I believe that gap is left to allow for the wing growth, but since I will be banding adult birds is a gap necessary?

Does it matter if the wing band is applied over the feathers? Will the feathers eventually cover the wing band?

I have decided to switch from zip ties to wing bands as a form of identification for my flock. The 2 Araucana pullets I have came wing banded. I have found a few videos online for wing banding baby chicks, but I have yet to find a single video of a person wing banding an adult chicken. Is it the...