Leg band question..

[angie]

Hey all!
Was wondering if any of ya's know how I can trace my new B&G's leg band numbers.
I got him a few months ago and the women told me he just turned 4 y/o but his legband says CONVFF 2003 and he was born in New Hampshire.
The women doesnt seem like a liar at all,I just dont understand why 2003 would be on his legband.

Thanks

[Franciscus]

Sound to me like she made a mistake. I think your bird would be hatched in '02. I imagine the band to be a closed band (as opposed top an openm band which has a break in it). You could call some vets or pet shops in the area to find out who the breeder is.

[The Outlaw]

Angie:

Check out L&M Legbands. Do a Google search. They are probably the number one manufacturer of legbands in the country. They can do a number search for $5. Not all breeders participate, but many do. That's how I traced the Fabulous Margaritas breeder in Florida.

[The Outlaw]

Here ya go:


http://home.earthlink.net/~lmbird/

[angie]

Thank you .....

[Casa Amazona]

Originally Posted by The Outlaw

Angie:

Check out L&M Legbands. Do a Google search. They are probably the number one manufacturer of legbands in the country. They can do a number search for $5. Not all breeders participate, but many do. That's how I traced the Fabulous Margaritas breeder in Florida.

I didn't know that The Fabulous Margarita was a Floridian. That explains her stellar personality.

[Mr Five]

Hello Angie,

Understanding the way leg band are stamped out is kinda tough. Looking at how you've stated the letter and number are I don't think that you have looked at it correctly no offense. We have a few birds that we have bought that are banded too and this is how it has been explained to me.

ACS 41X 91 13 is a band that is on one of the cockatiel's that we have.
ACS is American Cockatiel Society
41X is the breeder
91 is the year that it was hatched
13 would be the number that had hatched for that year so far

L&M WA 97 30 is a band that is on Ripely the Senegal
L&M is the manufacture of the band
WA is the state
97 for the year hatched
30 would be the number that had hatched for that year so far

TPS OR 03 16 is a band that is on a Lovebird
TPS is the breeder
OR is the state
03 is the year
16 would be the number that has hatched so far that year

WA 02 319 is on another lovebird. Now this is a tough one.
WA could either be the state or the breeders code
02 would be the year
319 is the number hatched for that year so far.

I hope that you can see the pattern and maybe relook at the band. Normally they do not put the full year on the band. You see how it is 91, 97, 03 and 02? I'm thinking that your bird hatched in 03 and it is the 20th bird hatched to that breeder for that year so far. Normally how the bands are stamped out is
Group (American Love Bird Society, American Cockatiel Society, Because they normally use group legbands)
Breeder
State
year
number hatched

This is another site that you can search on without paying
http://buddysfriends.com/registry.html
We have been able to locate some bands for other people but never for ourselves. Once again the breeder has to have given them the information. Hope that might be of some help.
Another site is http://www.afabirds.org/index.shtml but there again the breeder needs to have given them the information. You can always send an email to the region that you think the bird was hatched in to see if they are willing to do a search for you.

[Freedomoflight]

What the difference between an open band and closed band? I know that a closed band has to be put on when the bird is young, an open badn can be put on at any time- I just dunno what they look like. None of my birds have bands, except for this zon I am fostering, and it looks like it has a break in it, but he will not let me get close enough to see.

[Mr Five]

Open and Closed band will have the same information on them. The Open bands can be placed on a bird at any age. The Closed bands will be placed on a chick within 7 days of hatching. Breeders that put on open bands normally do this when they have run out of closed bands and are waiting on more to arrive. Looking at a closed band you will see a line going from top to bottom somewhere on the band. It will look like a crease. All closed band you do not see this line.

There are dangers to this and that is that the birds will chew on them and get them open or somewhat open. I've seen pictures of a bird that had an open band and then got it caught on a cage. The bird ripped it's foot off because had gotten caught. I would recommend that anyone having a bird with and open band take it to their vet to have the band removed.

[Freedomoflight]

I still cant tell what kind of badn he has, wont let me get play with his feet to look at his band close, but his band says 222, and then either NJ or NH.