Why do breeders do this?

[WildNectarine]

I got him as a chick. Its always been missing. The person I got it from stated he did it to 'mark' it.

Well, that’s awful. Definitely not standard practice.

 

[LaFleche]

I got him as a chick. Its always been missing. The person I got it from stated he did it to 'mark' it.

I have never heard of marking chicks like this before, very strange.
I certainly don't mark chicks like this and I don't know of any fellow breeders that do.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Yes it's to mark them to know which pen or pair or whatever they came from.
Idk much about exactly how they're marked or how many different ways they can be.
I do the toe web marking which gives you 16 different ways. A game breeder told me he did both and I forgot how many that would make.
I know it's a thing but not sure if it's a very popular thing.

 

[WildNectarine]

Yes it's to mark them to know which pen or pair or whatever they came from.
Idk much about exactly how they're marked or how many different ways they can be.
I do the toe web marking which gives you 16 different ways. A game breeder told me he did both and I forgot how many that would make.
I know it's a thing but not sure if it's a very popular thing.

What ever happened to leg bands?

 

[The Moonshiner]

What ever happened to leg bands?

They cost money and usually you're marking chicks from hatch to adulthood. That means keeping an eye on them so they're not getting tight and changing them as they grow.
There's also a chance they'll come off depending what type.

 

[WildNectarine]

They cost money and usually you're marking chicks from hatch to adulthood. That means keeping an eye on them so they're not getting tight and changing them as they grow.
There's also a chance they'll come off depending what type.

Now you’re making me want to invent a new type of leg band that can size itself!

 

[The Moonshiner]

Now you’re making me want to invent a new type of leg band that can size itself!

When you do you can call them Moony Bands and I'll endorse them for ya.

 

[Sc_chickengirl]

WTH never heard of marking them that way. Some breeders punch a while in a toe but whatever is going on there…I seriously question the breeder.

 

[berlyannpotter]

Yes it's to mark them to know which pen or pair or whatever they came from.
Idk much about exactly how they're marked or how many different ways they can be.
I do the toe web marking which gives you 16 different ways. A game breeder told me he did both and I forgot how many that would make.
I know it's a thing but not sure if it's a very popular thing.

His toe webbing is also clipped on his right foot.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

His toe webbing is also clipped on his right foot.

That's probably what they meant when they said they did it to mark them. I really don't see anything besides a rub mark on the beak