An old thread but I'd just like to add my two cents in the benefits of pinioning. We have Guinea Hens, and we could build them a coop and run, or let them roam the whole of 2 acres. We chose to let them roam the fenced pasture, and without pinioning they would be in our neighbors yards all the...
Just needing to vent here. Anyone else tired of hearing all the excuses about people not training their dogs to behave around their chickens? I keep hearing about, "Oh, my dog went and killed my chickens." and we've had issues with neighbors' dogs, who also had birds (keyword 'had'). I have two...