Hi my name is teresa I am a bird rescue and I just want to say thanks for letting me join..I have recently ran into a situation where i just took in a bird that has a band and its not a band I have ever seen before and was wondering if anyone could help me out it has fx9428 on it and I am trying to learn what this means
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Welcome to the forums Teresa, thanks for joining! I have no first-hand experience reading or researching bird bands. It may be necessary to conduct a lengthy internet search for clues; any idea where the bird was hatched?
LordTriggs
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Hello there!
Unfortunately from what I have been told by a couple breeders there's no universal method of identifying the band, though this is based off only a handful of breeders I've spoken to and of course this is only based around my homeland so it could be different in other places. Some people use initials of the breeder then the birthdate or in the case of the breeder my conure came from she used her initials, the clutch number he came from and then the year of birth. If possible it might be worth checking with the previous owner and seeing if you can find a trail back to the breeder but this could potentially be a fruitless endeavour
Unfortunately from what I have been told by a couple breeders there's no universal method of identifying the band, though this is based off only a handful of breeders I've spoken to and of course this is only based around my homeland so it could be different in other places. Some people use initials of the breeder then the birthdate or in the case of the breeder my conure came from she used her initials, the clutch number he came from and then the year of birth. If possible it might be worth checking with the previous owner and seeing if you can find a trail back to the breeder but this could potentially be a fruitless endeavour
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I agree with the above. I tracked the Rb's band becaue the breeder was a member of a parrot club. It took me a while, but I knew he was from somewhee in New Mexico. You might try canvassing clubs from the area in which the bird was bred, if you know, or care to guess.
Oh, and hi, and welcome!
Oh, and hi, and welcome!
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As stated above, there is no universal band code structure. It’s pretty common to include the state or the year, but it doesn’t look like your band has either so your band is probably just the breeder code and the baby number.
I would start by searching every possible aviary name you can think of with the initials “Fx” such as Feather X-perience or feather experience, etc. if you are lucky you may find the breeder that way. For example my aviary is Silver Sage Aviaries and my bands say SSA. But a friend of mine has Emerald Tree Aviary-Farm, but her bands say AMJ which are her initials. Sometimes having those initials doesn’t actually help to find the breeder.
What can you tell us about the bird? For example if it is a Half-Moon Conure, there are only a few breeders of those in the USA. In fact, which country do you live in? I guess that’s actually the first question!
Do you know anything about the history of the bird? If it is a common species like a cockatiel, you could go to your local big box pet stores and see if they sell birds with an FX band. For example a lot of Conures sold in pet stores have a band that says ALOHA; those birds come from Hawaii Parrot Co. in Hawaii and the store manager should be able to at least tell you what state their birds originated in if they are selling birds with the same breeder code. From there a call to the DLNR (department of land and natural resources) or Department of Agriculture in that state may be able to tell you about any USDA licensed breeders are in the state (they have to be licensed in order to sell into big stores like petsmart, etc) and potentially give you contact info or some other method of finding them.
You can also join and reach out to Facebook groups, especially species-specific groups to see if anyone else has a bird with that breeder code and add their info to what you already have as far as Origen.
You could also call leg band companies and see if they can tell you if they have a customer who uses that code and if so is there any info they can give you. In most cases they won’t be able to help but some breeders allow the company to share that sort of info.
Unfortunately the fact of the matter is that the band is practically useless and likely only applied for internal record keeping within the aviary or else for governmental compliance. This is frustrating and it’s why I include as much info as I can on my bands; the year, state, breeder code, and baby number.
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I would start by searching every possible aviary name you can think of with the initials “Fx” such as Feather X-perience or feather experience, etc. if you are lucky you may find the breeder that way. For example my aviary is Silver Sage Aviaries and my bands say SSA. But a friend of mine has Emerald Tree Aviary-Farm, but her bands say AMJ which are her initials. Sometimes having those initials doesn’t actually help to find the breeder.
What can you tell us about the bird? For example if it is a Half-Moon Conure, there are only a few breeders of those in the USA. In fact, which country do you live in? I guess that’s actually the first question!
Do you know anything about the history of the bird? If it is a common species like a cockatiel, you could go to your local big box pet stores and see if they sell birds with an FX band. For example a lot of Conures sold in pet stores have a band that says ALOHA; those birds come from Hawaii Parrot Co. in Hawaii and the store manager should be able to at least tell you what state their birds originated in if they are selling birds with the same breeder code. From there a call to the DLNR (department of land and natural resources) or Department of Agriculture in that state may be able to tell you about any USDA licensed breeders are in the state (they have to be licensed in order to sell into big stores like petsmart, etc) and potentially give you contact info or some other method of finding them.
You can also join and reach out to Facebook groups, especially species-specific groups to see if anyone else has a bird with that breeder code and add their info to what you already have as far as Origen.
You could also call leg band companies and see if they can tell you if they have a customer who uses that code and if so is there any info they can give you. In most cases they won’t be able to help but some breeders allow the company to share that sort of info.
Unfortunately the fact of the matter is that the band is practically useless and likely only applied for internal record keeping within the aviary or else for governmental compliance. This is frustrating and it’s why I include as much info as I can on my bands; the year, state, breeder code, and baby number.
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Welcome to you!
What kind of parrot, and where are you located?
smbrds
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No idea about bands. Guess you'd have to conduct some searches on that. Welcome to the forum!
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