Bird Bands how to read them?

lovemyfinch · Post by **lovemyfinch** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 5:03 pm

So I now know that when I bought my gouldians I was ripped off. I am not bringing them back, but I will also never buy another bird from this gentlemen.

On the hen's band we have sideways AAC then A188 then sideways 05.

I am assuming that this means that my hen is going to be 4 years old this year. Does anyone know where, as in what country she comes from.

By the way, I was told she was a year old. NOT

That being said Please Please tell me that she is not too old to be bred. I can't find this info anywhere.

DVBourassa · Post by **DVBourassa** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 5:13 pm

It sounds like you have a band from Avicultural Advancement Council of Canada and your bird is 4 this year.

https://www.islandnet.com/~aacc/trace.htm

lovemyfinch · Post by **lovemyfinch** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 5:28 pm

Thanks Dianna.

Do you have any idea until what age we can breed gouldians. I sure hope that she's not too old.

L in Ontario · Post by **L in Ontario** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 6:34 pm

Those bands are indeed from the AACC (Avian Advancement Council of Canada) and are from the year 2005. You can contact them to get the breeder information. I found a breeder through them quite quickly. Just Google them for their website. They are a friendly bunch and I now get all my closed bands from them.

I believe Gouldians can be bred until they are 5 years old but I'm not sure about going beyond that.

The current year closed bands can be used anytime from November the previous year until December the current year. For example I ordered my 2009 bands from them in October and received and started using them in November 2008. I can use them until December 2009.

Makes me wonder if he was the breeder or if he just sold them to you as 'his'. I'm sorry you had to find out afterwards.

lovemyfinch · Post by **lovemyfinch** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 7:27 pm

Anyway, he will never be getting any business from me again.

At this point even my guarantee is void, because I've fallen in love with them.

Well anyway, maybe I'll be able to get a few clutches out of them anyway.

Checked his band, he is also banded AAC, not the same breeder but 05 as well.

Oh well, c'est la vie, live and learn.

I was planning on buying another pair, after I sell the shaftail's. Not to replace but to further the species.

Zebras I will be trading for seed and worms.

I was also thinking, after checking out their website, to become a member and maybe start sanding my babies as well. At least that way I own't be buying back any of my own.

CandoAviary · Post by **CandoAviary** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 7:46 pm

Janine....

I would not sand your finches

I have had hens breed as older hens (mostly canaries and zebras). Usually there are a few factors to consider. Eggbinding is a higher risk unless the finch has been in a large aviary and kept fit. Also they have smaller clutches like 2 instead of 4 to 6 like a younger bird. This is why most breeders sell them off. Not cost effecient to feed an old hen and get a few when you could feed a young hen and get many. Sad, but that is what people do that are in it for the money.

You won't know if they are still fertile or able unless you breed. I had 3 pair of gouldians paired up last year. Both males were almost 8 years old and the hens were a little over 1 year. All had clutches. 1 old male died right as his clutch was to fledge. The other 2 had 2 clutches each and are still alive. They get another chance this year. The one that died I replaced with yet a 4th brother of the sane age and they produced a clutch also. The clutches were on the average 3

The 3 older males and I female(she never bred) and the male that passed are all babies from my original pair. (still have their mother but lost Dad last year too. I have kept them all these years as just pets and only last year did I breed the males. So it also was their first clutches ever.............. so who's to say.

lovemyfinch · Post by **lovemyfinch** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 7:54 pm

Ok, I guess maybe sanding them would be a bad idea.

Here I am sitting in front of the computer, trying to figure out how someone who worked for years as a secretary managed to hit s instead of b.

I mean they're not even close together, heck not even on the same row.

Sooo, I've been thinking of maybe banding my babies instead. See I could find that b.

Maybe this is why she only laid one egg,

but still I kinda doubt it.

Just noticed I made full clutch, Maybe this is what my hen was waiting for.

nixity · Post by **nixity** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 10:47 pm

I have a dear friend who has a pair of 7-8 year old goulds that just produced their 2nd (or 3rd, I forget) successful clutch this year

Don't always discount them based on age, but at the same token I am told sometimes they can be difficult to get to breed at all after about 4.

Always check the bands when someone is claiming birds to be of a certain age

But - I would give it a shot, you never know!

Post by **Sally** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 10:54 pm

I'm surprised someone had the nerve to say the birds were one year old when they were wearing bands that definitely say otherwise--maybe he didn't know what the bands meant!

CandoAviary · Post by **CandoAviary** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 12:11 am

As Sally said maybe the guy didn't know what they meant. I always like to give the benefit of the doubt. I would call him and inform him of what you found and remind him that he told you they were only a year. If it was an hoinest mistake and he did not intentionally pass them off then that gives him the chance to give maybe a discount, refund or super good bargain on others

You may actually be able to teach him how to read a band. If he has a crappy attitude...well then you know.

dfcauley · Post by **dfcauley** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 9:06 am

okay here I go showing my ignorance..... but I like to learn at least one new thing each day....

What is "sanding"?

L in Ontario · Post by **L in Ontario** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:11 am

dfcauley wrote:okay here I go showing my ignorance..... but I like to learn at least one new thing each day....

What is "sanding"?

Sanding is what you do to a rough piece of wood to get it smooth or a very small faux paux on the keyboard when you mean to say "banding".

CandoAviary · Post by **CandoAviary** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:31 am

Boy, we will have fun with anything

lovemyfinch · Post by **lovemyfinch** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 11:03 am

L in Ontario wrote:
dfcauley wrote:okay here I go showing my ignorance..... but I like to learn at least one new thing each day....

What is "sanding"?
Sanding is what you do to a rough piece of wood to get it smooth or a very small faux paux on the keyboard when you mean to say "banding".

I just got back from buying more mealies and read this one, I choked on my own spit.

Ya'll got me good.

dfcauley · Post by **dfcauley** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 11:04 am

CandoAviary wrote:Boy, we will have fun with anything

okay... we had our laugh today.

Now I have to work on learning something else new today.....

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