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by ac12 » Sat Jul 23, 2011 1:44 pm
I originally was going to do family color banding, then I did a paper exercise and realized that at a certain point (I think the 3rd generation) putting all the color bands on the legs to indicate what the family lineage is was impractical.
That was when I realized that using the numbered bands, and keeping all the family info on paper was more practical. You had to look it up in your records, rather than just looking at the color band. But I could keep more data on the bird using paper records. In my case I use an EXCEL spreadsheet.
On the right leg I put a colored band corresponding to the last digit of the numbered band. example band #201, #1=brown, so a brown band is on the right leg. This way I can ID the bird w/o having to read the number on the band. I did try using a 2 digit scheme with 2 bands on the right leg, but there was barely enough room for the 2nd band. And when one of my birds got gunk stuck under the band, I realized that I have to use only ONE band.
There are many different schemes to using bands. So surf the forum for other ideas.
I think Candace puts the numbered band on one leg for hatching Jan to June, and on the other leg for hatching July to Dec.
Gary
gouldians (GB,YB,BB), blackbelly firefinches (trying to breed), societies (foster parents).
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