Ringing a birds leg

Hi
I've never kept pigeons before
I've just purchased 4 adult birds and they don't have rings
I want to get rings for them but I do t know what I need to put on the rings or where to get them from
I've been told I can only ring a bird if its under 8 days old is this correct
Thank you
Jessica
Also would you be able to tell me the breed of them?

Yep thats true has the knuckle on the legs grows to big ; But you can get a plastic clip ring ;some are Coloured & some are Numbered from most pet shops ;that fold or clip around there legs that will do the job on Older Birds ;you could use pink on the girls & Blue on the Boys ;to keep it simple ; Best of luck in your new venture ; cheers

young pigeons are usually rung around 6 - 7 days old....sometimes it is possible to get the ring onto a yb a couple of days later, but you would have to use a lubricant such as washing up liquid etc.

welcome to the site.....

Thank you for your help

David wrote:

young pigeons are usually rung around 6 - 7 days old....sometimes it is possible to get the ring onto a yb a couple of days later, but you would have to use a lubricant such as washing up liquid etc.

welcome to the site.....

lube lol david letting the secrets out now pmsl   

sj lofts wrote:

David wrote:

young pigeons are usually rung around 6 - 7 days old....sometimes it is possible to get the ring onto a yb a couple of days later, but you would have to use a lubricant such as washing up liquid etc.

welcome to the site.....

lube lol david letting the secrets out now pmsl   

whats that jelly stuff you use ste, is it ky or something like that.........     

ya cant beat Vaseline   

David wrote:

sj lofts wrote:

David wrote:

young pigeons are usually rung around 6 - 7 days old....sometimes it is possible to get the ring onto a yb a couple of days later, but you would have to use a lubricant such as washing up liquid etc.

welcome to the site.....

lube lol david letting the secrets out now pmsl   

whats that jelly stuff you use ste, is it ky or something like that.........     

sounds like you use it david don't know why ur askin me pmsl ur a dark horse david lol

best way to make sure ya ring yer ybs at the correct time is to number yer nest boxes and write down on a calendar when they due to be rung ..especialy if ya got a lot of pairs

J355ica92 wrote:

Hi
I've never kept pigeons before
I've just purchased 4 adult birds and they don't have rings
I want to get rings for them but I do t know what I need to put on the rings or where to get them from
I've been told I can only ring a bird if its under 8 days old is this correct
Thank you
Jessica
Also would you be able to tell me the breed of them?

Welcome to the hobby/sport of pigeons Jessica    One can only wish !!!!! you over time get the pleasure out of your birds that many of us here do, type of thing. "Please remember thou" we are here to help a novice such as your self & no query/question which you may have (Even silly ones) cannot be answered here. As long!!!!!!!       as your prepared to put up with a few funny faces etc in some of your reply's here.   
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Jessica when you come to ring your young pigeons, first you have to join a club, or you can get them from the RPRA, after 6 or 7 days when you come to put he rings on you have to put the ring over the three front toes the slide the ring over them when you have the ring back enough to see the back toe you have to get it out from inside the dont worry too much about hurting the bird the legs at this age it is very supple, if you can get the ring over the four toes it is too early and you will have to leave it another day, this is all done by not pulling to hard, and if the bird is rung to early the ring will come off and the old birbs will thruogh it out of the nest, I have tried to make as clear as I can for you I hope this helps, buy the way as one of the lads have said you cannot put a closed metal ring on a old bird you can only put plastic clip rings on