marking serama chicks?

[DARKCLOUD]

hi
how do you permanently mark serama chicks?
they are too small to toe punch,so how do you do it,to keep up with parentage and ancestry ?
thanks

 

[PineBurrowPeeps]

Leg bands?

How about instead of toe punching, toe tattooing?

 

[BluegrassSeramas]

We use dye dots on the head, then bands sizes 4-6. You have to keep changing them as they grow. I really like bandettes, but hard to find in the smaller sizes.

Sometimes if we have to use something on hand, zip-ties.

 

[SeramaLife]

I use permanent marker.

 

[BluegrassSeramas]

I use marker too, if its on hand!

Recently had 2 eggs hatching from different breeding pairs. One of the pairs I use green to mark. I was worried that the chicks would hatch while I was gone, and I wouldn't know who was who for my records. So when one pipped, I took a syringe, and peeled back a little bit of shell and dropped in some food coloring away from the chicks face.
This is what I got when I got home.

 

[promiselandfarm5]

Dying the chicks....pretty good idea

 

[cmom]

I have heard of someone using some nail polish on their toenails. I like the food coloring idea.

 

[BluegrassSeramas]

This worked well, I definitely know who's chick that is! I was just lucky enough to be there when they were pipping.

 

[DARKCLOUD]

thanks for the replys
neat dying job jessi,you made easter chicks
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