Re: foot tags

From: Jill (news_at_REMOVETHISkintaline.co.uk)
Date: 07/09/04 

Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 13:46:08 +0100

Krys Francis wrote:

>>
>> spiral leg rings - the ones that are several spirals not just a flat
>> band are much better as they stay on longer?
>> We have some here if you want some - different colours?
>> email jill at kintaline dot co dot uk
>
> We only ever use flat band, have you never had problems with the
> spirals made from hard plastic, as many are, being pulled at by bird
> & getting stuck into the leg? Having said that there are some nice
> soft plastic spirals. Is that what you have?

Yes - quite squishy with no sharp edges - the old ones used to have a really
sharp leading edge didn't they?
We have never had a problem with them getting stuck in birds but the flat
band ones our birds ping off in no time.
I remember one batch of 100 black rocks we merged with an flock a year
older. All the 6 month old birds were ringed with blue flat bands - over the
following week it looked like the field was covered in blue confetti and by
the end of a fortnight only about 20 birds still had a ring on !!!
All our breeding birds have tamperproof numbered identification rings on. 

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Jill Bowis
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Herbaceous; Herb and Alpine nursery
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