Larkwell Valley (2023)

[Painted Calls]

Okay, I guess that's fair

Because they grow. The bands already seem a bit tight that they came with

So you make them loose and then they last longer.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

So you make them loose and then they last longer.

But won't they fall off then?

 

[Painted Calls]

But won't they fall off then?

Their foot is a LOT bigger than their leg circumference. How do you think seamless bands work?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Their foot is a LOT bigger than their leg circumference. How do you think seamless bands work?

By waiting until the bird is pretty much an adult.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Okay, looks like I have an extra, so 14 total

 

[JacinLarkwell]

2 pekins
4 Rouen (yay!)
4 khaki Campbell
1 Buff
3 Blue Swedish (supposed to be a trio, I'm not seeing my boy, so I'll have to look closer, I'm seeing 3, but they all look like they're banded on the girl's side)

Buff and khaki won't be staying, and some Rouen will go later on as well.

I think I may take bands off everyone but the boy Swedish (when I find him) and the Buff. Everyone else I can tell apart breedwise

 

[JacinLarkwell]

It's a boy! I found him!

 

[troyer]

It's a boy! I found him!

 

[WallyG74]

By waiting until the bird is pretty much an adult.

Ducks should be much easier because of the shape of the foot. Even with my chicks, I can get a couple weeks out of a zip tie before changing it.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Ducks should be much easier because of the shape of the foot. Even with my chicks, I can get a couple weeks out of a zip tie before changing it.

Yeah, I just banded the two I wanted and I tightened them a lot more than I needed to. So guess who's gonna change them again soon and hopefully then not for a while, haha.

On the bright side, I found out the bands already on them are elastic and not hard plastic like I thought it was, so I'll be saving the bands (apart from one I damaged) and I'll probably use them for my own chicks.