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jeeperspeepers-r4us:
I got the colored rubber bands that Sharon recomended and I love them. Easy to put on and take off. The small size is good for day olds for a couple weeks then I swithched to the next size. Non came off by themself. Down side, If left on to long they could cut off circulation.
Gets the chicks old enough for bands or quick ties.

OldChurchEggery:
Colored rubber bands- now that\'s a good idea. I\'ll have to try that along with toe-punching on my batch that is due to hatch this weekend. I have some LF silvers from Russ that came as shipped eggs. They must have benefited from gentle handling through the Post Office because so far they\'ve all showed development. Of course, I must resist the temptation to count them before they hatch :-)

Sharon Yorks:
Here is a link to where to find the rubber bands on Ebay. That is the only place I was able to find them. I start the new born chicks with the size 4, then change sizes every 10 days. You could probably push that to 2 weeks, but I would keep an eye on it to make sure it doesn\'t get too tight. The bands are very good about not coming off, but I did have one go flying off of a 2 day old chick a few days ago. I didn\'t see what the chick was doing (probably scratching its face or something) but it did come off. I\'ve only had 2 ever come off and both times it was soon after I first put them on newborns when they are the most loose. Each size comes in a pack of 100 and are $7. (free fast shipping) I really like them and they\'re reusable. I bought the 4, 5, & 6. That will get you through the first month which gives me plenty of time to decide which ones I want to keep or sell.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/100-LEG-BANDS-CHICK-POULTRY-BIRD-QUAIL-EGG-SMALL-SIZE-4-/220978088346?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item337352099a

Beth C:
National Band also sells coil bands in sizes 2-5 in 8 colors. They are exactly like bandettes only w/o numbers. http://www.nationalband.com/leg.htm#992

But they are twice the price of the rubber bands, and shipping is anything but fast.

Personally, I\'ve become very frustrated with leg bands either coming off or needing changed every few weeks and have gone to wing bands. So far so good - we\'ll see if I still like them this time next year...

Birdcrazy:
On the bands Sharon shows in this post, I have been using them for 3 years. They are really easy to put on and take off. Every once and a while I shoot one across the room when putting them on.  I use size 3 on day old bantam and 4 on LF. The only problem I encountered the first year I used them was when I put the chicks in outside runs and it was time to change band size, the UV rays had changed the color of the bands. I was trying to decide was that a blue or green and also was that a purple or pink? After using them a while, I could tell the blue turns a turquoise green and the purple turns almost a flesh color.
One other note as the size of the bands get larger and the birds get larger and more active the larger bands seem to be not as durable as the smaller size.  I would find a few that had slipped their bands. So I usually go to a spiral band which is more durable and change to number bands at adolescent age. By that time I have culled most, so you are not using near as many bands as what you started with.

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