whats so important about leg bands

[chickachickawhat]

is it important to put leg bands on your own flock. i thought you only did that with wild animals not or own pets.

 

[Katy]

I put them on so I can tell which chick came from which breeder and which hatch they came from.

 

[chickachickawhat]

oo and how many do you have katy

 

[Vamp-A-Billy Princess]

They are just to help you tell them apart. I have 3 BR chicks that I cant tell apart. I think they are gonna get bands. Not a requirement...

 

[chickachickawhat]

ok

 

[Wolf-Kim]

If you're a hardcore breeder and try to keep breeding records(or health records) you need some form of telling the birds apart. There is usually one breed to a pen, you ever look into a pen of 30+ Cuckoo Marans? They start to look very similar. LOL

It's just for identification and record keeping.

-Kim

 

[Katy]

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Somewhere between 75 and 100 I think....haven't counted lately.

 

[Tutter]

Please be careful, though. I know someone who put plastic bands on their young hens, which were supposed to expand, but they only did with some of the birds. If that happens, the leg will grow over it; not pretty.

I don't know how quickly the leg grows into a band, since mine don't have bands, but I'd assume that regular checking as they grow would avoid the problem. Or maybe using another type of band? Perhaps someone knows the answer to that question.