leg bands

[Snakeoil]

I did when I showed my chickens, but not for free range birds.

 

[brooster]

i use them on my NH Bantams, i can keep records of where i got birds and their offspring. I use chick bands and every size in between until i get to size 7. I got first state vet at the ohio national and from cuttler supply.

 

[moduckman]

I don't band all my birds. I have around 100 right now. Most of my birds have a numbered band on their right leg. These plastic expandable bands will sometimes break off and I'll wait till showtime to put another on. I try to color-code the birds with the age. This years cockerels have yellow bands, last year's had red numbered bands. Should a bird do particularily well in a show, I have colored rings that I place on their left leg, sort of like a letterman's jacket.

 

[apukanski]

I banded the 10 white leghorns I have so we could tell them apart. The kids gave them names.

 

[cmom]

I bought my leg bands from
http://shilala.homestead.com/tags.html
"The Easy Chicken Poultry and Supply"

Kelly Chewning
1602 Salem Road
DuBois, PA 15801
(814)-583-5374
Email: [email protected]

Guideline Chart for Bird Leg Band Sizes
Band Size # Physical Size Fits
2 1/8" Canaries, day old Quail
3 5/32" Parakeet, 1-4 week old Quail, Doves, Cockatiels, Guinea keets
4 1/4" Baby Chicken, Coturnix Quail, small Pigeon, adult Bobwhite Quail
5 5/16" Pheasant hen, Tumblers, medium Pigeon, Homers, Wood Duck
6 3/8" Pheasant cocks, month old Chickens, large Pigeons, Chukar Partridge
7 7/16" Ringneck Pheasants, Mallards, Wild Ducks, Bantams, Feather Leg and Runt Pigeons
9 9/16" Wild Ducks, Pheasants, Leghorn hens, Ancona, Silkie, Gamebirds
10 5/8" Wild Turkey, Minorcas, Cross breeds, adult Guineas
11 11/16" Rock hens, Wyandottes, Rhode Island Red hens, Leghorn cocks, medium Ducks: Runners, Swedish, Harlequin
12 3/4" Wild Geese, Rocks, Turkey hens, Geese, Jersey Giants, Orpingtons, larger Ducks: Pekins, Rouens, Muscovy
14 7/8" Canada Geese, Turkeys, Honkers, Jersey Giant Cocks

 

[CovenantCreek]

What's the easiest type to remove from growing chicks?

 

[Opa]

Quote:
Bandettes- Very easy to install and they expand as the leg grows. I've never banded any of chicks until I am ready to integrate them with other birds. I get mine from CutlerSupply

 

[lilchickenhawk]

If your banding them really young I wouldn't use the cable ties, incase one gets too tight, they can be a hassle to cut, especially if its tight around the leg. I like to wait until their older so that the leg band fits over the foot snuggly so it won't fall off. But then again I use the sealed ones.

For my show chickens this year I am thinking about using leg bands.

blackbird, how old should a bird be to know that thay will not grow out of them and need to be removed. My birds are 12 weeks?

 

[No L]

If you plan on showing and for identification purposes, what type of band would you use and when do you apply them.
I have Orpingtons and I looked at several charts that point to a size 11. Please some one let me know what you use and where to order.
When I raised pigeons, I banded early at two weeks or earlier.
Thanks

 

[FarmGirl01]

I use colored zip ties for chicks.