Posted October 16, 200618 yr An Extract from the Format and Rules for the Australian National Budgerigar Council Annual Championship Shows. No Variation in the base colour of the year ring is acceptible. Colour Sequence is: 2005 Purple 2006 Gold 2007 Green 2008 Black 2009 Red 2010 Blue Now I don't know the colour before 2005 but i'll try to find out. Edited October 16, 200618 yr by daz
October 16, 200618 yr I thought the colour went around in a circle. I got Pie in 03 and his ring is red.
October 17, 200618 yr Author I had a quick look at my birds. LG-4 002 is 2004 and is blue PR-3 297 is 2003 and is red If thats the case it would be 2000 - Gold 2001 - Green 2002 - Black 2003 - Red 2004 - Blue 2005 - Purple 2006 - Gold 2007 - Green 2008 - Black 2009 - Red 2010 - Blue My Oldest BIrd is Jet (SWB C&B -3 437) 2003 bird
October 17, 200618 yr OMG!!! Daz I think you may be psychic!!! I was going to ask what a purple band meant and I read your post first!!! You see Maverick has a purple one. Please see the genetics section.
October 17, 200618 yr Kree has a purple band. Oh Jangles has a black band too and I remember seeing the year 02 marked on it now.
October 17, 200618 yr Here's something straight out of my lecture notes. Determination of age by reading leg rings For budgies Format and rules for Australian Championship shows sets the colour of each season's ring over a 6 year cycle. 2000 gold 2001 green 2002 black 2003 red 2004 blue 2005 purple 2006 gold NB imported birds' ring colours do not match with the above. Not all rings have hatch dates on them (eg plain coloured plastic ones). The ring issue date is from 1st January each year. The National Secretary notifies the ring manufacturer before September each year of the nominated symbol to be etched onto the ring. For example, the year 2001 may be displayed as 1# and 2002 as 2*. The reason for the symbol in lieu of the full year (it used to be that way, eg 1999 was 99 and 2000 was 00) is that it has been alleged that some fanciers were getting rings manufacted overseas in advance of the year, thus possibly having an advantage on the show bench. Other markings - BCV = Budgerigar Council of Victoria Other letters and numbers identify the individual breeder and the bird's identification number. Edited October 17, 200618 yr by Chrysocome
October 17, 200618 yr Author Yes that is correct about the symbols. I have some with triangles and some with dashes for different years.
October 17, 200618 yr Yeah I have a triangle one as well, can't remember which bird it was now. Just looked back and you have a red one like me dad so it might be Pie's ring. ( and Tootie but I don't see hers as well.)
October 17, 200618 yr thats interesting. my most recent bird is purple, but was from this year. i have yet to find a standard of rings in the US though. each breeder seems to use what every they want to according to their own records. it really makes things hard!
October 17, 200618 yr I'm not sure about the US, but we get our bands through our bird club. They in turn get the rings through the Avicultural Advancement Council of Canada. See here for the explanation - http://www.aacc.ca/rings.htm The club does not hand them out until very late December so people can start banding in early January. Our colours are: 1981 Red 1982 Blue 1983 Orange 1984 Black 1985 Yellow 1986 Green 1987 Purple 1988 Red 1989 Blue 1990 Orange 1991 Red 1992 Blue 1993 Silver 1994 Orange 1995 Purple 1996 Green 1997 Red 1998 Light Blue 1999 Silver 2000 Orange 2001 Purple 2002 Green 2003 Red 2004 - Blue (Dark with white letters) 2005 -Silver 2006 - Orange 2007 - Purple 2008 - Green (dark) 2009 - Red 2010 - Blue (dark) etc.
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