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Blacks carrying lavender gene

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dixieland:
Would using a toe punch, removing the tag and then using a quick healing styptic powder or wonder dust help to maintain the punches?

I am going to be hatching a bunch in the next month ( Lord willing) and was hoping to start employing this method for marking chicks...

I have fallen back into an old habit from puppy raising days of painting toes and toe nails with different colors to mark the different picks from each hatch.. That is not very practical for Poultry!

Beth C:

--- Quote from: dixieland ---I have fallen back into an old habit from puppy raising days of painting toes and toe nails with different colors to mark the different picks from each hatch.. That is not very practical for Poultry!
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Lol, I do that, too - and I\'m hearing Jeff Foxworthy in my head as I\'m doing it: if you\'ve ever put nail polish on a chicken... :p

dak:

--- Quote from: dixieland ---Would using a toe punch, removing the tag and then using a quick healing styptic powder or wonder dust help to maintain the punches?

I am going to be hatching a bunch in the next month ( Lord willing) and was hoping to start employing this method for marking chicks...

I have fallen back into an old habit from puppy raising days of painting toes and toe nails with different colors to mark the different picks from each hatch.. That is not very practical for Poultry!
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Haha!  I used blobs of nail polish on heads a couple years ago, then had to leave town for a family emergency for several weeks.  Needless to say feathers emerged and one Black Cochin looks like another at that age.

I toe punch now and go back at day 4 or 5 and used a small pair of hemostats to open the hole up and stretch it a bit.  This has worked for me so far.

greeneggsandham:

--- Quote from: dixieland ---Would using a toe punch, removing the tag and then using a quick healing styptic powder or wonder dust help to maintain the punches?

I am going to be hatching a bunch in the next month ( Lord willing) and was hoping to start employing this method for marking chicks...

I have fallen back into an old habit from puppy raising days of painting toes and toe nails with different colors to mark the different picks from each hatch.. That is not very practical for Poultry!
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I thought I was the only one with toe nail colored chicks!   :p

I do that til they are old enough for the colored zip ties.  It\'s a pain painting toes every few days.

jerryse:
I now use a ear notcher for livestock.Much better results.I was always losing that little toe punch anyway.You can remove the whole web or as little as you like.

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