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Quote: I wouldnt use dikes, you will shatter the bone rather than a clean cut through it, trust me, ive used dikes to cut the wings off of ducks i have killed while hunting, the bone actually split length wise and the dikes crushed more than it cut. I would use a sharp pair of game shears.

I know with ducks, pinioning should be done at about 1-2 days old when the bones are still "rubbery", at this time there is basically no blood at all. The older a bird gets, the more they will bleed. With quail (and ducks) though, some people dont want pinioned birds and prefer full wings, and...