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Band Your Birds! I would be sick if I lost my birds. So, as I'm heading out to the coop to replace the band on my male(he came in for a storm tonight), I'm re-posting this to remind people all the ways of banding your peas, before you lose them! The ones I mention here are very nice, but not...

Re-posting, Before you Free Range your birds for the first time- think about banding them. Its that time of year when they want to go looking for love. Banding , just takes some of the worry out.

They are'nt plastic- but I use brass name plates I get made up at the saddlery store- Affordable if you only have a few birds. I have them print my tel # in the largest font possible (assuming someone may be trying to read them with binoculars or something)- I have posted instructions and...

Speaking of bands for Peafowl...Kathy. What are those little wire things on your chicks legs, and where do you get them?

Oh No! I am not listening to you any more! Fingers in ears.... singing la..la ...la... I am a small time pet, peacock owner. I am not keeping all the babies...cute fuzzy babies, little baby peachicks,... no, not keeping them....no,...help....

Man, you guys are great! Is there anything you don't know?! I love this place.

Thanks for the info. I'm sure lots of peafowl owners will appreciate it. I looked every where for bands, but didn't know you could personalize them. You obviously have a lot more birds than I do. I'm thinking though, that those might be overkill for the small-time pet, peafowl- keeper such...

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Yoda, Where do you get the ones you mention?

Since I'm squeezing these on by hand, I do the best I can at closing them so they touch. However, its also an issue of not wanting to make them to tight. The band on the Hen's leg doesn't close as much as the males, since its a shorter wider band, so it actualy has a small gap between the...

Okay- as it turns out, photographing a peafowl's leg is a lot harder than it sounds! But her is what I could get. The Band size for the male leg is 2.5" long. You want a little room, so it can slide around. The band for my hens leg is 2" long. I didn't get it squeezed shut all the way, so it...

Peafowl tend to roam from time to time. I have had great luck in always getting mine home, but there are some amazing stories, sheer miracles and alot of sweat and tears involved. I always felt there should be a way of banding them that was possible for the small backyard breeder. I looked and...