Keeping track of specific hens

[aart]

I actually had to look this up. I’ve never heard of this before. I guess it’s similar to ear tagging bigger livestock.

Toe punching is more like notching ears on hogs.
Ear tags are more like leg bands on chickens.

 

[BoPeep75]

Thank you all! I will definitely get some of these.

 

[BoPeep75]

I got a pack of the spiral leg bands, as I have several pullets that look alike. I put one on the first girl, and she reached down w her beak and easily yanked it right off!

. That is actually what I was concerned about at first. I had thought about getting the open kind because I’m always wary of putting things on legs in case something gets caught or too tight. But then I wondered if they would easily get pulled off. Or possibly picked at by the other hens. I hadn’t even thought about the zip ties.

 

[Mrs. K]

There is a toe punch system too.

 

[BoPeep75]

There is a toe punch system too.

I actually had to look this up. I’ve never heard of this before. I guess it’s similar to ear tagging bigger livestock.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I actually had to look this up. I’ve never heard of this before. I guess it’s similar to ear tagging bigger livestock.

Yep, those and wing bands are basically piercings for identifying

 

[Nero70002]

And if they aren’t fully grown, you have to be careful about putting it on too tight because it will be really hard to take them off.