|
|
Post by tonyo on Mar 30, 2005 12:37:02 GMT 10
Hello,
Can anyone explain to me what the numbers on my corellas leg band mean? I was hoping it could give me a little history or is it just a random number. The number-WCA 23036. Id really love to know.
Thank you
Anthony
|
|
|
|
Post by kjjl on Mar 30, 2005 13:27:09 GMT 10
i used to believe (until now) that the leg band would give you an idea of the age of the bird by showing the year it was born...now you have me stumped LOL there's no date at all in that number :S
|
|
|
|
Post by hillcresttiels on Mar 30, 2005 16:57:50 GMT 10
Hi Tonyo WCA indicates the Organisation and 23036 indicates the breeder who purchased the rings Cheers
Frank
|
|
kim
Newbie
Posts: 0
|
Post by kim on Apr 1, 2005 20:25:03 GMT 10
I've been trying to find blank leg bands but i don't seem to be able to. My tiel doesn't have clipped wings so if he does ever escape (god forbid)i 'd like him to have a band with nothing other than my phone # on it.
If you buy the leg bands & put them on your birds what are their purposes??? What I mean is they have numbers when bought but if they fly away how does the person who catches the bird identify it with the band??? If I found a stray bird with such a band the only thing I would know is that it belonged to someone. I wouldn't know if the number meant anything & the only thing I could really do is give the bird to my closest vet & hope that the bird lives close by.
I want a band for my tiel but I also would like to think that if he escaped & were caught he'd be easily identied by the band.
|
|
|
|
Post by hillcresttiels on Apr 1, 2005 21:59:04 GMT 10
Thats the purpose of the Leg ring to follow on my leg rings come from Ancs if a bird was lost and found by someone then if they were honest and contacted any organisation it highly likely the organisation would recognize the initials and the organisation the initials belong too then follow up on the number and you find the breeder.As a breeder i can sometimes breed up to 60-70 birds per year and my only means of id is the leg ring combined with my Breeding Records! leg rings are all closed band but you can purchase split rings which i dont like as they can be fatal cheers! Frank
|
|
kim
Newbie
Posts: 0
|
Post by kim on Apr 1, 2005 23:03:30 GMT 10
I'm sorry I don't quite understand what you mean by this. The bands I saw in a pet shop were marked with single numbers - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, etc...one number on each ring. How does this identify the bird?
|
|
|
|
Post by lovemytiels on Apr 2, 2005 4:31:22 GMT 10
Hi Kim, the ones you buy from the pet shops are really for your own personal records, they are not asssociated with bird clubs. So really if a bird had a leg ring that you bought from a pet shop & it escaped there really is no way of anyone knowing who the bird belongs to. Hope this helps. Anna
|
|
|
|
Post by hillcresttiels on Apr 2, 2005 8:38:54 GMT 10
Hi Kim my posts revolve around Leg Rings that belong to Bird Societies and are registered to the clubs! As Anna mentined the Pet shop type are only for personal use!  Frank |
|
|
|
Post by AussieBirds on Apr 2, 2005 20:27:00 GMT 10
leg rings are all closed band but you can purchase split rings which i dont like as they can be fatal cheers! Frank Frank you say that split rings are fatal, can you expand on that and tell us why they are bad and you don't use them. John |
|
|
|
Post by hillcresttiels on Apr 2, 2005 20:44:01 GMT 10
Hi John the split rings and plastic wrap around types seem to be more prone to get hooked up on aviary wire especially the thin gauge stuff that comes in 12mm x 12mm I have had the unfortunate experience of seeing tiels hanging upside side flapping on broken limbs and some that have been fatal due to the same reason. Also the removal of these rings is quite easy on a lost and found birds making it difficult to have proof of identity. Frank |
|
|
|
Post by AussieBirds on Apr 2, 2005 20:50:40 GMT 10
Thanks for the info Frank, I have never used the plastic rings but I have used the split rings in the past.
John
|
|
