Australian Ring Colours.

 

Breeders rings in Australia have a 6 year cycle.

 

2001 - Green

2002 - Black

2003 - Red

2004 - Blue

2005 - Purple

2006 - Gold

2007 - Green

2008 - Black

 

Got some questions regarding the Australian ring colours:

 

So, the ring colour in 2009 was red.....birds with red rings hatched from September 2008 to August 2009?

 

Is the Australian ring colour for 2009/2010 BLUE?

So, did a bird with a blue ring hatch in September 2009 or later?

 

Thanks for your help.

Edited January 26, 201015 yr by lealotta

Australian Ring Colours.

 

Breeders rings in Australia have a 6 year cycle.

 

2001 - Green

2002 - Black

2003 - Red

2004 - Blue

2005 - Purple

2006 - Gold

2007 - Green

2008 - Black

 

Got some questions regarding the Australian ring colours:

 

So, the ring colour in 2009 was red.....birds with red rings hatched from September 2008 to August 2009?

 

Is the Australian ring colour for 2009/2010 BLUE?

So, did a bird with a blue ring hatch in September 2009 or later?

 

Thanks for your help.

Ring colour for 2010 is BLUE and rings were issued early September 2009. Not everyone who got blue rings would use them in 2009 as there were differing schools of thought as to when people used them based on how many red ringers they had bred and if they were aiming for the Nationals.

Edited January 26, 201015 yr by KAZ

Australian Ring Colours.

 

Breeders rings in Australia have a 6 year cycle.

 

2001 - Green

2002 - Black

2003 - Red

2004 - Blue

2005 - Purple

2006 - Gold

2007 - Green

2008 - Black

 

Got some questions regarding the Australian ring colours:

 

So, the ring colour in 2009 was red.....birds with red rings hatched from September 2008 to August 2009?

 

Is the Australian ring colour for 2009/2010 BLUE?

So, did a bird with a blue ring hatch in September 2009 or later?

 

Thanks for your help.

Ring colour for 2010 is BLUE and rings were issued early September 2009. Not everyone who got blue rings would use them in 2009 as there were differing schools of thought as to when people used them based on how many red ringers they had bred and if they were aiming for the Nationals.

 

Thank you KAZ. Got a hen here with a red ring and wanted to find out how old she is. So she is a 2009 bird. Bought her from someone who got her from a breeder....will contact the seller to find out whether the hen hatched early 2009...would like to let her breed soon, but want to make sure she is at least 12 months old.

Thank you KAZ. Got a hen here with a red ring and wanted to find out how old she is. So she is a 2009 bird. Bought her from someone who got her from a breeder....will contact the seller to find out whether the hen hatched early 2009...would like to let her breed soon, but want to make sure she is at least 12 months old.

Most breeders do not breed through summer, but that depends on their setup...........she may well be anywhere from March/April to September. See what you can find out.

If you can tell the ring code and find out who the breeder is they might have records of her actual hatch date.

If you can tell the ring code and find out who the breeder is they might have records of her actual hatch date.

Will try to contact the seller first. She only had a handfull of budgies and i think the breeder was a friend of hers....so shouldn't be to hard to find out....but if i can't find out i will check the ring code. Thanks for your help.

Australian Ring Colours.

 

Breeders rings in Australia have a 6 year cycle.

 

2001 - Green

2002 - Black

2003 - Red

2004 - Blue

2005 - Purple

2006 - Gold

2007 - Green

2008 - Black

 

Got some questions regarding the Australian ring colours:

 

So, the ring colour in 2009 was red.....birds with red rings hatched from September 2008 to August 2009?

 

Is the Australian ring colour for 2009/2010 BLUE?

So, did a bird with a blue ring hatch in September 2009 or later?

 

Thanks for your help.

 

2010 rings (blue) were issued on 1st September 2009, 2011 rings (purple) will be issued on the 1st september 2010, and the pattern continues. Prior to this year ring were issued on 1st Jan. 2009 breeding season was shorten by 4 months to allow for the changeover to 1st September. Hope that answers your question

A bird of mine had a ring that was balck with the numbers 98 on them. Does hat mean the bird was born in 1998?

A bird of mine had a ring that was balck with the numbers 98 on them. Does hat mean the bird was born in 1998?

 

NO...........you need more details off the ring

1998 would have been blue anyway me thinks.

 

The 98 was probably the individual identification number. The years are shown as the secret symbol and then the last digit of the year. This years is )0, 2008 was X8, and 2007 was a triangle followed by a 7. Can't remember what '09 was........... The secret code is so that people can't just get rings made with the year on them and then stick them on chicks earlier than the ring issue date and cheat at the Nationals by having birds significantly older than those they are competing against.

Yes, blue rings were not issued until 1/9/09 so anybird with the blue ring was bred after that date. Clearwing

Topic has been split as it went off on a tangent http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/index....c=28066&hl=

Edited January 28, 201015 yr by KAZ

Pardon my novice ignorance :question: i'm still trying to learn more about rings and stuff - they confuse me a bit.

 

Is there some information somewhere that will teach me the colors of the years and when in each year they are issued? I have read what has been written above, i've also done a search but unless someone sits down and teaches me or I find a booklet or something, I think I may end up going round and round in circles... sorry everyone.

Edited January 28, 201015 yr by Amy S

Australian Ring Colours.

 

Breeders rings in Australia have a 6 year cycle.

 

2001 - Green

2002 - Black

2003 - Red

2004 - Blue

2005 - Purple

2006 - Gold

2007 - Green

2008 - Black

2009 - red

2010 - blue

 

 

 

 

Its here in this post Amy. The sequence of colours is on a 6 year cycle and just keep revolving. Rings will have a alphabetical code ( breeders code name ) or an uncoded ring has a club code.............there will be the number that relates to the actual bird, and sideways on the ring will be a symbol and a number relating to the year of hatching.

Edited January 28, 201015 yr by KAZ

okay so if I were to breed in say October, then I'd get blue rings? Or would I get purple? The next breeding season for ring to be issued is September - is that correct? :question:

 

LOL that looks funny - I mean breed my birds. I'd look a tad funny with blue or purple rings

i hope this will help but i dont think so okay this my my club ring thin mbs sb x8 123 gust to show you

 

you sart at the club mbs then sume time you have got the breeder like mbs sb then you have got the year so mbs sb x8 then you have the number off the ring so mbs sb x8 123 just to show you how to reid the ring or pos *** on here that way we can help you

 

thank's shannon

okay so if I were to breed in say October, then I'd get blue rings? Or would I get purple? The next breeding season for ring to be issued is September - is that correct? :question:

 

LOL that looks funny - I mean breed my birds. I'd look a tad funny with blue or purple rings

Blue rings are now through till september after which is purple for 2011 but can be used the day you get them from Sept through till Jan and beyond.

The issue date is the big thing. They used to be issued on the 1st January to breeders so that everyone had the same opportunity to breed birds of the same age for the Nationals. After a couple of years of to-ing and fro-ing it was voted in that the ring issue date be changed to better suit the breeding cycle of the budgie (amoungst other now forgotten arguements). So now the ring issue date is the 1st of September so breeders around Aus will get their coded rings on that date or very close to it. You can then use them until whenever but generally the older the bird is at the nationals the better as it has a better chance to grow and mature so using the rings past the 1st September this year would disadvantage any birds bred after that date that might have instead been rung with the following year, as they would be significantly younger than those rung more than 12 months earlier.

Still learning all these It is quite interesting.

 

I have a cock with a green ring on - I know its a Gary Armstrong cock, and its a WA bird, but is the triangle 7 meaning its a 2007 cock? Im just trying to determine whether its an 01 or an 07

 

Thanks heaps

Both questions are correct. The 2010 rings can be used towards the end of the 2009 season, if a breeder runs out of red rings. We have a nest feather show in late spring here, and 2010 rings were alllowed. You may need a little bit more help from other members, I am still a bit hazy on the whole system.

Still learning all these It is quite interesting.

 

I have a cock with a green ring on - I know its a Gary Armstrong cock, and its a WA bird, but is the triangle 7 meaning its a 2007 cock? Im just trying to determine whether its an 01 or an 07

 

Thanks heaps

Yes it means 07

Oh great, thanks Kaz!

Still learning all these It is quite interesting.

 

I have a cock with a green ring on - I know its a Gary Armstrong cock, and its a WA bird, but is the triangle 7 meaning its a 2007 cock? Im just trying to determine whether its an 01 or an 07

 

Thanks heaps

 

Yes the triangle is the "secret code" and the 7 designates it as an 07 bird. The secret code is to make sure breeders can't get their own leg rings made up earlier that the designated ring issue date and therefore have birds that might be significantly older in the Nationals. Stops cheating in other words.

Edited February 1, 201015 yr by nubbly5

Yes the triangle is the "secret code" and the 7 designates it as an 07 bird. The secret code is to make sure breeders can't get their own leg rings made up earlier that the designated ring issue date and therefore have birds that might be significantly older in the Nationals. Stops cheating in other words.

 

Whoa! Would never have even suspected that those measures are in place Sadly there must have been a precedent for this to have come into effect.

 

I guess that's why this year for the blue rings it isn't a 10 but (0 .... I had wondered about that!

Edited February 1, 201015 yr by renee

Dunno if it's been tried in the past or whether it was just the suspicious nature of those designing the competition in the first place. I've not seen anything written about it or heard anything but then I'm just a puppy in the whole scheme of ANBC things. Maybe someone with some more long standing experience can comment on that.