EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[BantyChooks]

I did the same thing, but mine are all the same color; cheaper that way

How do you use that to ID them? Number tags on the bands?

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Have about 10 different colours of legbands, and make each colour correspond to a number. Put multiple bands on the birds to make multiple digit numbers. I'm thinking of a band on the left leg to ID clan number, and then 1--3 bands on the right to show individual number.

 

[BantyChooks]

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Those numbers wear off too easy.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

To make it easier on my old brain, I made the numbers line up with the colours of the rainbow---one is red, two is orange, three is yellow, and so on and so forth. Easy, right?

I like that...makes sense. I was using zip ties. The numbered bands from Amazon won't be much different in price for me.

 

[BantyChooks]

https://www.amazon.ca/Nylon-Mountin...496797697&sr=8-9&keywords=coloured+cable+ties

I got these.
The two colours of yellow were too close, so I threw in some clear ones I already had... No squinting at the muddy bands trying to figger out what shade it is, eh

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Those numbers wear off too easy.

I'll tell the chickens to settle it down.

 

[kwhites634]

How do you use that to ID them? Number tags on the bands?

I don't; just messing with you.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

https://www.amazon.ca/Nylon-Mountin...496797697&sr=8-9&keywords=coloured+cable+ties

I got these.
The two colours of yellow were too close, so I threw in some clear ones I already had... No squinting at the muddy bands trying to figger out what shade it is, eh

I just saw these looking for the bands...

 

[BantyChooks]

I like that...makes sense. I was using zip ties. The numbered bands from Amazon won't be much different in price for me.

We're using zip/cable ties too, sowwy for the confusion.

See? Two different coloured bands... Dark blue is 6, light blue is 7, making this one number 67.

 

[BantyChooks]

I don't; just messing with you.

I was wondering how on earth that helped....

Touche.