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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: Carey boy on December 01, 2014, 09:44:25 am

Title: Wing clipping geese
Post by: Carey boy on December 01, 2014, 09:44:25 am

Hi,

Should I clip the wings on my Emden geese?

Title: Re: Wing clipping geese
Post by: Womble on December 01, 2014, 10:17:47 am

If you want to!
 
A couple of ours have discovered they can fly, so I clipped their wings as I was forever rescuing them from the other side of the fence.
 
The rest prefer walking, so I've left them alone!

Title: Re: Wing clipping geese
Post by: hughesy on December 01, 2014, 11:24:14 am

Our Embdens can get off the ground a bit, but I wouldn't describe it as flying. We've never clipped them and apart from the odd hop into one of the pig pens they never go anywhere.

Title: Re: Wing clipping geese
Post by: Possum on December 02, 2014, 07:18:39 pm

Carey boy


How far/high can they fly? Mine do lots of enthusiastic wing flapping and their feet occasionally leave the ground but they never get very far. You can end up with a few bruises when you clip the wings of several geese, so only do it if you really have to. :)

Title: Re: Wing clipping geese
Post by: Simon O on December 02, 2014, 10:45:54 pm

ours can fly into a neighbouring field but they always get back one way or another so we don't bother