My friend and I were thinking about getting some spiral leg bands from Cutler supply. We were going to split an order of multiple colors to track generations of chickens (we have small flocks, so we won't have to track from chicks to adults, just "this year's chicks" vs. "last year's chicks").
We wanted to get the spirals for ease of use, and re-usability.
Problem - some of my hens of the SAME BREED have very different sized legs. I was thinking we could just get the larger ones, Size 12, which is 3/4" circumference. These are supposed to be good for Orpingtons and RIR's, which are the larger hens out of our flocks. But these would be loose on the smaller chickens (we have some Easter Eggers, too).
Any problem with having the spiral leg band somewhat loose, and sort of sitting on top of their foot like a bangle bracelet?
Any help/advice you could give me would be appreciated,
THANKS,
Julie
We wanted to get the spirals for ease of use, and re-usability.
Problem - some of my hens of the SAME BREED have very different sized legs. I was thinking we could just get the larger ones, Size 12, which is 3/4" circumference. These are supposed to be good for Orpingtons and RIR's, which are the larger hens out of our flocks. But these would be loose on the smaller chickens (we have some Easter Eggers, too).
Any problem with having the spiral leg band somewhat loose, and sort of sitting on top of their foot like a bangle bracelet?
Any help/advice you could give me would be appreciated,
THANKS,
Julie