Need Advice on a leg ring colour/year

[MissyMe]

If my grey has a silver band on his leg what year would that be?

I was just writing down the ring number of my new Grey and I noticed that the year, to me it looks like it has been filed down and now I am starting to worry about how old it is. The lady we got it off told me it was 7 years old. She was the second owner and now I am the third......

 

[Eclectica]

Usually the year is vertically on the band, like 05/06/07/08 or whatever year he was born in. The breeders details is horisontally, with her/his unique breeders number. Hope this helps a little, didnt you get a paper stating who the breeder is? All the details are on there and you can get him a new band then.

 

[Peta]

Not sure about over there with the colouring, Most of the leg bands over here are silver,

Both Bucc and Kito had silver bands on, (Bucc's is still on for a while anyway). Has the lady you got her from got any kinda proof of age??

 

[NicoleN]

A lot of bands for domestic birds with closed bands come in a variety of colors, so I don't think that has anything to do with the year.

Bands for wild caughts/imported birds are metal.

Is the band open or closed?

 

[MissyMe]

Thanks for all your comments. I took Buzz to the vets and he was able to say that the ring is a 2000 and that would be correct if he was 7 years old. If you look closely you can just make out the top and bottom of each number. The ring was actually a closed ring.

 

[Dominique]

Neither of minehave bands on, but I know Harley's birdday and I kinda guessed with Echo's. Most are stainless steel and silver colored; for the smaller birds, like finches, canaries, budgies etc... I have seen them in many colors. However, I don't think the color should matter for the year... Glad to see it's all worked out!