Holes between toes...toe tags?

[NYREDS]

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You can assign your own meaning to any combination of toe punches. Generally this practice is used to identify mating of origin. An example would be: no punches = pen one; punc h hole in the outside web of the left foot = pen two; punch hole in both webs of left foot = pen three; etc.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

Interesting. I had always wondered. I prefer my wing bands as it gives me individual birds records instead of lineage.

Is there ever an issue of infection with the toe punch method?

 

[sjarvis00]

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Everyone has thier owm methods, You can use to identify different varieties that hatch looking the same or to identify different breed pens of the same breed and variety.
Here is an example of pen ID that is commonly used.
Outter Left=1,
inner left=2,
Both left=3,
Inner right=4,
inner right outer left=5,
inner right inner right=6,
outer right=7

and so on, each toe punch is assigned a numeric value 1, 2, 4, 7, and are additive which will support up to 16 pens of one breed and variety.
This is a very good method of tracking breedings by pen toe punching when pulled from the hatcher allows you to identify the bird from hatch through adulthood. Bands can be added later.
This allows you to note individual growth characteristics, chick mortality, and anything else you would like to track based on that breed pen.

 

[sjarvis00]

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We toe punch everything and have never had a problem with infection. I like this method as it allows the use of bands only on the birds we decide to keep. and toe punches do not fall off, or get lost, or grow into the bird.

 

[chickendales]

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so breeding pen one would have a punch in left web of left foot
breeding pen 2 would have right web punched on left foot
breedig pen 3 would have both webs punched on left foot and so on ans so forth

 

[sjarvis00]

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so breeding pen one would have a punch in left web of left foot
breeding pen 2 would have right web punched on left foot
breedig pen 3 would have both webs punched on left foot and so on ans so forth

That is how we do it, some use no punch for pen 1, then outter left as 2. Everyone has thier own method.

 

[Debbi]

Here is a toe punch chart I got off of some thread on BYC. My main problem with doing this, is you would have to catch and pick up the bird to actually see it. But, when bands fall off, it would be very valuable to know who the bird is via the toe punch.

 

[saladin]

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You can assign whatever meaning you want to the toe punch. My toe punches give individual birds records and lineage. There are 16 possibilities of toe punch combinations multiplied by variety and by breed. As was stated banding comes later with those that make the cut without wasting any bands.

 

[AinaWGSD]

Debbi, thanks for the awesome chart! So, the picture in the top left corner would depict a bird with a punch in the number 1 position? And the lower right (above the unpunched toes) would be a bird with a punch in positions 2, 4, and 7 right?

No, wait. I can see I got it wrong already:

Here is an example of pen ID that is commonly used.
Outter Left=1,
inner left=2,
Both left=3,
Inner right=4,
inner right outer left=5,
inner right inner right=6,
outer right=7

So with this pen ID system, the top left would be number 1 and the lower right would be number...2+6(?), so number 8?​

 

[sjarvis00]

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So with this pen ID system, the top left would be number 1 and the lower right would be number...2+6(?), so number 8?

based on common toe punch usage that would be 2+4+7= 13