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Thank you for this. I really appreciate it. I have pondered on all this quite a bit. I now have a situation where I had blue Plymouth rocks growing out with a group of black blue splash Andalusians and now I can't visually tell which five were the BPR's . Those are hybrids, not the full...

Also- I want to band male female because I am interested to know whether I have sexed them correctly and I can only do that by marking who I sex as male and then wait and see. I'm not dealing with small numbers. Right now I have over a hundred chicks in my brooders. I believe the number is...

Sorry for all these replys (#3) but you also asked about numbers. My flock (s) stay at least 75 birds and I have had upwards of 200 birds at times. When you have less then twenty years it's easy to keep track of everyone. When it's more then that and several hatches in the same year it becomes...

Also, have you used the snap on numbered bracelets? Would I just be better off finding numbered zip ties? I am not finding them very easily. Was thinking maybe the bracelet would be easier to get on and off but was also worried they might get lost

Yes, I can visually tell who is who most of the time. But I also have chicks right now that look very similar. And I have chicks that I ordered that have guarantees attached to them. Example I have pullet in three different breeds, if I band them as female and the grow up to be a rooster, I know...

*EDITED TO ADD THIS- Really I would love to hear from other on what organization system they use, how it functions, how many birds, lines, and generations they keep, and what they are tracking and how. I think hearing how more experience d people* I have never banded any of my chicks or...