leg rings

16 Dec 2012, 08:53

The July 2010 issue of the newsletter describes the method of banding and record keeping mentioned on exotic finches.com
viewtopic.php?f=184&t=6382
Also link to free record keeping site
viewtopic.php?f=39&t=3765&p=20176&hilit=+Marcotrigiano#p20176

Thanks for directing me to the right place Di..

16 Dec 2012, 13:08

There is lots of reasons for ringing birds, the main one for me is to tell the parents from the young, I have seen a few setups were people don't ring any, then when it comes to selling time they sell what ever they catch & could break up lots of breeding pairs.
Also I often run more than one pair of the same finches so I like to see who is paired together, that way if a pair is no good for any reason I can remove that pair, also I can keep an eye on there age & cull once they get a bit older.
I have had a couple problems with rings, I found one bird hanging upside down with a stick sticking up through the ring, damned if I know how its possible to get a stick through a ring.
I also used trees with monkey vine in it, but one day I found a finch caught with a broken leg, some how there was a gap in the ring big enough for the vine to get through, needless to say I stopped using the Vine & made sure no gaps in rings since.
To me rings are essential, so I will always use them.

29 Dec 2012, 01:43

Can anyone tell me what the 2013 leg ring colour in Aus is?

29 Dec 2012, 06:03

Green.

2005 - Purple (7 years old now)
2006 - Gold
2007 - Green
2008 - Black
2009 - Red
2010 - Blue
2011 - Purple
2012 - Gold
2013 - Green
2014 - Black
2015 - Red
2016 - Blue
2017 - Purple
2018 - Gold

29 Dec 2012, 09:42

Cheers Gomer.

21 Jan 2013, 18:58

very interesting, when i bought my gouldians from a breeder, only one of the males had a red leg ring. i was pretty curious about that

22 Jan 2013, 03:37

Daniela I will only ring young birds that I expect to be keeping as adults birds unless I need to individually identify the young eg for parentage tracking or if DNA sexing. That would be so for many breeders, especially in a colony situation where you can't be sure of parentage anyway.

22 Jan 2013, 03:44

I ring each hatching with the same ring to make sure buyers know that they are not getting siblings, or that they are if they are wanting a particular type to put into their line but not together.
LML

22 Jan 2013, 10:01

daniela wrote:very interesting, when i bought my gouldians from a breeder, only one of the males had a red leg ring. i was pretty curious about that

daniela the red ring on the bird you bought may not mean its a 2009 bird.Only if the breeder uses the same system. The breeder may use ramdom colours each year,another system or no particular system at all. The age of the bird is a question you ask when you purchase it.

28 Jan 2013, 21:56

gomer wrote:
daniela wrote:very interesting, when i bought my gouldians from a breeder, only one of the males had a red leg ring. i was pretty curious about that
daniela the red ring on the bird you bought may not mean its a 2009 bird.Only if the breeder uses the same system. The breeder may use ramdom colours each year,another system or no particular system at all. The age of the bird is a question you ask when you purchase it.

Agreed. I use my own system, depeding on what colours (and what quantities) I have available, and I'm sure a lot of others would as well. I band mine with certain colours so I know which breeders I got them from, then band the young according to parental colours. If I don't know who the parents are, I band them by assigning a colour to a certain nestbox, then by year.