records

[sal]

Hi All,
i have just been reading info in the small parrots section on what everyone is doing regarding leg bands and records.
Most people i have spoken to are not leg banding their bigger cockatoos(Gangs anyway!) Personally i would prefer mine banded. I have my birds in a very large avairy and when the babies grow up may have trouble telling who is who. The birds were not banded when i got them. Is it to late to do them now? I would really like to band any offspring so i can keep all the records straight. Is there a reason that most people are not banding or is it just a money/time factor?
I have also been shopping around for a program to keep all my records, (my husband insists i keep a track of the money spent...oh dear!! ) So far i have had a look at avairy manager3, zooeasy and another one whos name escapes me at the mo. Does anyone use these? I thought the zooeasy one was the best as you can calculate inbreeding coefficients etc as well + give a family tree, put in photos etc.
Cheers,
sal.

[hillcresttiels]

Hi Sal you can use plastic wrap-on type bands for your mature birds maybe even color coded per family tree and yes i would highly recommend leg rings to young if you are going to breed a few different lines.Also record keeping doesn't have to be expensive i used microsoft word to make mine up and ther was a link on one of the posts where you can dowm load formatted files and the genetic calculator on the links page will calculate breeding results good luck Frank

[fischer]

Hi Sal, I was trying to find a record program called mybirds3, but cant seem to find it again, I stumbled on to this site in the search, it might interest you ,
Cheers...Tony

www.parrotpages.com/links/birdsoftware.shtml

[fischer]

Sorry Sal , the link didn't work for some reason, just type www. parrotpages into google, and you will find it. Tony

[hillcresttiels]

Link has been repaired Tony,cheers Frank

[fischer]

Thanks Frank, left out the COM, again , its a big site with plenty of links, well worth a look. Cheers Tony