Absolutely!!! I do it when they're 18 weeks when they first free range so they don't fly over the fences. Then never again. They moult, end up with all their feathers but their brain never asks them to fly (except to get on their roost). Chickens are so easy compared to guineas and...
Okay thanks! Same as chickens. QUESTIONS: When you clipped your old peacock, did he still flutter/flap fly? or eventually give up. PS THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART for taking the time to advise. SO appreciated!!! Don't want them bugging neighbors, but don't want them eaten either --...
Did you clip both wings or just one? Did that limit his flight or remove flight completely? I have heard so many horrible things about clipping them and them being exposed to predators. But I remind myself I heard the same things about chickens and I clip one wing on all my chickens (I have...
QUESTION: Will clipping a peacock's flight feathers and adding bird netting to the top of our cattle fencing for a total of 9 foot high fences keep my peacocks home? Is clipping the flight feathers safe? (I do NOT mean pinning -- just clipping one wing's flight feathers) Peafowl are 2 years...