new birds + a banding mess up

[cindy]

Deborah,
I get my bands from Red Bird.
By year bands, I follow the NFSS color scheme;
2010 = black,
2011 = light blue,
2012 = purple.

My bands are numbered.
Then on the right leg, I use a band color that corresponds to the last digit on the band, example 7 = purple. That way I don't have to try to read the band to know which bird I am dealing with. I just look at the band color on the right leg.

Thank you Gary....I want to get ones with dates but not brave enough to close band!!

Nice birds...love the OB!!!!!! Got a spare one??????

[ac12]

@Katie
I could set them up as a MF fostering pair, but I prefer to have same sex fosters, so I don't have to deal with fertile society eggs or society chicks in the nest. I also don't want to deal with trying to match the societies egg laying schedule with the potential donor.

Ah well, I guess I can see how a MF pairing will work out.

@Cindy
The breeder had several, and I was thinking about getting a couple, and I probably should have. They were only $10 each. But I don't have the room. I'm going to be playing musical cages when this one comes out of quarantine.
Once I get mine setup and breeding, I can mail you some of their eggs.

[DanteD716]

10 each!? Cijdy, if you get eggs from Gary I can try sending you some ob eggs to pair up amd Gary I might be able to get you some too!

[cindy]

Thank you Gary....I can send you BC CFW eggs, BC eggs and FF and FS if you like

Dante, we will ust have eggs going across country and up and down the east coast!!!

[DanteD716]

[ac12]

Mailing zebra eggs would be the same as when Tiffany and I mailed gouldian eggs to each other. We did learned a few things, some the hard way.

#1 plan the day you ship. The mail stops on the weekend, and on a cross country shipment, that could be enough to cut into the window of viability before the eggs have to be incubated. Although in reality you can't do too much as you can't control when the birds lay their eggs.
#2 pack VERY well, as the post office will break the eggs if they can. I think 2 of my 3 shipment to Tiffany were totally or partially damaged. Tiffany wrote up good instructions on packing eggs.
#3 weather. If the mail get stopped or your receiving office is closed (like if it it sent to the work office) then the eggs could sit in a COLD post office and die. One of my package to Tiffany got stuck in the Washington DC snowstorm that closed down the city and many offices.
#4 your home mail box. If the eggs sit in the mail box in the HOT sun all day, it will probably be cooked. If the box fits into my mail box, my mailman won't take the box to my front door.