marking chicks?

[warhorse]

I am hatching out some Ameraucana and some Araucana chicks within a few days of each other soon. Of course, I can tell the difference between the two of them, but I would like to mark the chicks as they hatch as to which ones came from the nicer colored eggs. Are there any suggestions on how to keep track of that? I was going to brood them all together. The broody hen is sitting on the bluest ones and the not so blue ones are in the incubator... a total of 12 under the hen and I think 12 in the incubator.

 

[gpamela3499]

I think there are bands that go around the legs for chicks.

 

[warhorse]

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Really? I thought with them growing so fast that might not be the easiest way. I thought I had heard someone using nail polish or marker?

 

[texas_is_home]

They've got a bunch of different sizes that come in one package so you can change em out as they grow. Here's the link. http://www.flemingoutdoors.com/kuhl-plastic-leg-band-8.html

 

[NewHopePoultry]

Some people use permement markers & nail polish, others use zip ties(they have to be changed as the chick grows)

 

[meme9726]

You can use marker on the head, just don't use red. It does not last very long but it does the job on light colored chicks. I use the small rubber bands the orthodontists use they come in different colors, you just have to cut them off thier leg in a few weeks.

 

[aberfitch]

I tried using a marker. doesnt last for more than 4 days. I now use the little colored bands. They will last untill birds get bigger and then you gotta change them.

 

[HenNewbie]

I used the markers on 2. I did not use red. The other chicks started pecking the heads of the 2 which were marked.

 

[sara]

Toe punch the ones from the bluest eggs.

 

[warhorse]

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Yay! That sounds awesome! Thank you so much! Is there any special procedure for that?