Hi everyone,

 

Just a quick question regarding budgie rings, I've read all the links on rings but I can't work this out.

 

I have a budgie that I got from a pet shop and his gold ring reads "BCV x2 1706".

 

I know that BCV stands for Budgerigar Council of Victoria, but what about the rest?

 

All I really want to know is my budgies age. Does the x2 mean he is a really old bird born in 2002?

 

I'm not breeding him or anything, I'm just curious to his age.

 

Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

2012 rings came out in September so hes hatched anywhere between sept 1st or a few days before that to now. He isnt a 2002 bird or the ring would be black

 

 

He's a baby

Edited January 19, 201213 yr by **KAZ**

G'day Bren, If ring is orange the bird was rung with 2012 rings meaning it was rung sometime after september 2011. The x before the 2 is simply a secret mark that changes from year to year, this identifies the bird as being bred by a registered budgerigar society member. These ring are required on birds bred with the intension of showing them.

I'm not sure how your rings work vs. ours in the U.S. But I know when it's a society band they keep records so you should be able to contact the society and give them the information on the band Like you did here. and they should either be able to to tell you who the breeder is and how to contact them, Or at least give the breeder your information to contact you - I know some breeders Prefer their information not to be given out but are more than happy to send a message to some one who wants info about their bird.

 

but if this was a Ring from the U.S. and a society band the X2 would be how the society knows who the breeder is.

 

 

Like I have a budgie with a ABS band Which the ABS is for American Budgie Society but then there is a code of 56A -which is the breeder Id and that is how the ABS would search for the breeders name, Email etc what ever info they have on record for the breeder who uses their bands with the code 56A also with most of our society bands they still put the year on them even though they do change color yearly mine has a 92 and the year is always side ways rather its a society band or bought from a non society place that sells leg bands. then there is the birds ID which is 65 so just looking at my code it reads ABS 92 56A 65 with the ABS and 92 both being imprinted sideways

 

but I knew from the day I got this bird that his leg band was an Old band he couldn't of been born in 1992, That would make him going on 20 years old I really dislike when breeders use old bands that have the year on them, But I don't know what I dislike the most people who don't band their birds at all or ones who use old bands.

Edited January 19, 201213 yr by K&M Breeding

I'm not sure how your rings work vs. ours in the U.S. But I know when it's a society band they keep records so you should be able to contact the society and give them the information on the band Like you did here. and they should either be able to to tell you who the breeder is and how to contact them, Or at least give the breeder your information to contact you - I know some breeders Prefer their information not to be given out but are more than happy to send a message to some one who wants info about their bird.

The ring on this bird is what called an uncoded ring....Budgerigar Council of Victoria. The only one who would have a record of those rings is the ring registrar who distributed that particular batch and then only if that ring registrar bothers to keep those records.

but if this was a Ring from the U.S. and a society band the X2 would be how the society knows who the breeder is.

The X2 is the year and nothing to do with the breeders code

 

Like I have a budgie with a ABS band Which the ABS is for American Budgie Society but then there is a code of 56A -which is the breeder Id and that is how the ABS would search for the breeders name, Email etc what ever info they have on record for the breeder who uses their bands with the code 56A also with most of our society bands they still put the year on them even though they do change color yearly mine has a 92 and the year is always side ways rather its a society band or bought from a non society place that sells leg bands. then there is the birds ID which is 65 so just looking at my code it reads ABS 92 56A 65 with the ABS and 92 both being imprinted sideways

same in this case the X2 is sideways and thats the year not breeders code

but I knew from the day I got this bird that his leg band was an Old band he couldn't of been born in 1992, That would make him going on 20 years old I really dislike when breeders use old bands that have the year on them, But I don't know what I dislike the most people who don't band their birds at all or ones who use old bands.

No old band used here because if it matched the X2 and meant 2002 the ring would be black. These gold ones are the current rings distributed in Sept 2011 for the use in the year of 2012My answers in red

Edited January 20, 201213 yr by **KAZ**

I'm not sure how your rings work vs. ours in the U.S. But I know when it's a society band they keep records so you should be able to contact the society and give them the information on the band Like you did here. and they should either be able to to tell you who the breeder is and how to contact them, Or at least give the breeder your information to contact you - I know some breeders Prefer their information not to be given out but are more than happy to send a message to some one who wants info about their bird.

The ring on this bird is what called an uncoded ring....Budgerigar Council of Victoria. The only one who would have a record of those rings is the ring registrar who distributed that particular batch and then only if that ring registrar bothers to keep those records.

but if this was a Ring from the U.S. and a society band the X2 would be how the society knows who the breeder is.

The X2 is the year and nothing to do with the breeders code

 

Like I have a budgie with a ABS band Which the ABS is for American Budgie Society but then there is a code of 56A -which is the breeder Id and that is how the ABS would search for the breeders name, Email etc what ever info they have on record for the breeder who uses their bands with the code 56A also with most of our society bands they still put the year on them even though they do change color yearly mine has a 92 and the year is always side ways rather its a society band or bought from a non society place that sells leg bands. then there is the birds ID which is 65 so just looking at my code it reads ABS 92 56A 65 with the ABS and 92 both being imprinted sideways

same in this case the X2 is sideways and thats the year not breeders code

but I knew from the day I got this bird that his leg band was an Old band he couldn't of been born in 1992, That would make him going on 20 years old I really dislike when breeders use old bands that have the year on them, But I don't know what I dislike the most people who don't band their birds at all or ones who use old bands.

No old band used here because if it matched the X2 and meant 2002 the ring would be black. These gold ones are the current rings distributed in Sept 2011 for the use in the year of 2012My answers in red

 

 

Ahh yours does differ from ours but both have the same concept of how they're read:)

Wish breeders here wouldn't use old bands The ABS does change colors every year as well, but that's not going to stop a breeder from using an old leg band. Wish it would though. Because I can't find any info on the breeder and I'd like to know my birds real age because I know he's not going on 20 years old and of course I'd like to know if he is or possbily split to anything but on that Only time will tell. He's with his mate their 1st set of eggs disappeared the day before they were to hatch and she just started laying another set hopefully these ones do not disappear - she was with a different male in the past and none of the eggs every disappeared I had to pry them out from under her. she refused to get off of them even though they were turning black! but I've never seen the male in the nest box. So fingers crossed this time is better than their 1st time.