For naming birds, today I'm ordering yellow bandettes in sizes 7, 9 and 11, numbered 1-100 for all the birds that hatch this year.
I color code the legbands the same way queen honeybees are coded by year.
Years ending in 2 or 7 get yellow.
It helps me tell at a distance how old a bird is.
All...
SPREADSHEETS! Not named chickens. I once had a rooster I referred to as 'crook toe'.
I've never really named a chicken - or any other livestock for that matter. Except what is required for registered Angus. I didn't call the cattle by name though.
When I got chickens again years ago, I knew I...
I have a spreadsheet too but it only works with numbers for calculations.
I don't know how to make it do anything of value with Koki and Speedy.
I am old with a good memory but I always have to describe a person we used to work with and my buddy will remember their name.