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paulsou

  • Joined May 2009
Wing clipping????
« on: May 13, 2009, 09:52:45 pm »
Being new to chickens i have got electric netting coming & i have been told the best way to prevent chickens from flying over net is to clip wings, what is the best way to do this?
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shetlandpaul

  • Joined Oct 2008
Re: Wing clipping????
« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2009, 10:18:50 pm »

go very carefully you want to stay above where the feather stem changes colour. if you mess up the chicken will bleed quite badly. only do it if you have to.
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doganjo

  • Joined Aug 2012
    • Clackmannanshire
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Re: Wing clipping????
« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2009, 11:36:58 pm »
The longest known flight of a chicken is 47 seconds - just where can they go in that time?  No point in clipping wings,  I did one of mine thinking she was flying over the gate - wrong!!! She is jumping! ;) ;D
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shetlandpaul

  • Joined Oct 2008
Re: Wing clipping????
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2009, 09:06:33 am »
this is true even with there wings clipped our turkeys could get on the roof. With birds like geese its a must well it is up here or they would be off at the first gust. we have had to recover the geese from neighbours flower gardens half a mile away.
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