Rings too small

Today I was going through the youngsters in the nest just checking all ok, when I noticed a youngster 2 weeks old just feathered had really big feet, when I looked at the ring it was tight already, I could only just turn it surely the rings must be getting smaller I can never remember a bird this young having problems.. who knows what will happen if it survives racing and gets older it will have to come off. I bet it turns out a good racer?

they do seem thinner than old rings hope ring doesnt have to come off

hi steve..cant understand it this bird is still 10 days off weaning, never seen that before ever.

rings going to be tight still growing

rudderfett wrote:

Today I was going through the youngsters in the nest just checking all ok, when I noticed a youngster 2 weeks old just feathered had really big feet, when I looked at the ring it was tight already, I could only just turn it surely the rings must be getting smaller I can never remember a bird this young having problems.. who knows what will happen if it survives racing and gets older it will have to come off. I bet it turns out a good racer?

has the bird not got swelled joint is its feet really hot

noticed some of mine looked a bit tight, just thought ybs had thick legs.........

well i looked at it again tonight and it does look slightly swollen, but has no damage I think its got big feet, but lets face it why cant they be a few thou bigger. We cant cheat theres no way if it was 1 mm bigger you could get it on an adult bird so lets have them a bit biger for bigger birds. I havent got big pigeons either the parents are average size, but the cock has got big feet too.

hi martyn, im sure ive read somewhere the new combi rings are slightly bigger, but they dont look it to me......i know as far as im concerned they seemed more awkward to put on the ybs.

Yes I bet they are more difficult. I have rings for our club here as Im secretary and sometimes you get a ring on the end string with no plastic coating on it just the alloy. It looks a bit like the old rings just aluminium I have lots of old rings, so I put this blank against a whu 1980 ring and its diameter inside is smaller, so our rings are smaller than in the past.

what are your rings martyn ? are they the gb rings with ets lugs.....?

No david Whu.

ah right, i dont like these combis but as they have been passed to remove the lugs i dont think ill bother at the moment,

i havent took lugs off mine yet

steve1952 wrote:

i havent took lugs off mine yet

just experrimented with one of mine and nipped the lugs off with nail clippers, still left a rough bit stuck up so ill give it a file with maybe sand paper (wet and dry etc) but by what ive seen altho i dont like the combi i think ill leave them alone for now as it only needs a member to complain over how they have been removed and say they dont think the ring is valid, then the bird could be disqualified........