Leg Ring Etiquette
- Boma
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Are there conventional rules around which leg the different sexes should be banded? For example Males are right leg and Hens are left leg? I just bought some finches that were banded that way.
- finchbreeder
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Nope you ring them how you like. Just that some people do it that way for quick identification and some people do alternative batches on opposite legs.
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- arthur
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If the birds are dimorphic (visually sexible) it doesn't really matter
If they are monomorphic (not v.s.) and you have had them DNA'd prior to ringing, it would probably be better to have a consistent approach for your own convenience
The 'right for males' convention is used by many; but if you are close-banding unsexed birds in the nest, before DNA, it is a lucky-dip situation anyway
Some aviculturists of the female persuasion believe that males should never be 'right'
Present company excepted, of course
If they are monomorphic (not v.s.) and you have had them DNA'd prior to ringing, it would probably be better to have a consistent approach for your own convenience
The 'right for males' convention is used by many; but if you are close-banding unsexed birds in the nest, before DNA, it is a lucky-dip situation anyway
Some aviculturists of the female persuasion believe that males should never be 'right'
Present company excepted, of course