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awh great to hear none dying from the pinioning themselves and no infections! I'm sorry about the one you lost though that's always a bummer.

I personally wouldnt be too worried about crushing the bone either just for the mere fact that either way teh bone is severed, and since it's on a living bird the bone is stil living and will heal very fast...when my puppy broke her leg i was amazed how simple it was to take care of her and how...

Quote: dikes are they like a type of shears? Never heard of them but as long as they are stronger than normal scissors then i'd say you're good to go!

Quote: I own ducks as well (its' in my main post talking about it). I've pinioned 1 month and 1 year old ducks no issues...only issue with the older ducks was the bone was harder so you had to press harder.

Quote: IMO, You are correct- we pinion some of our birds, mainly ducks, geese & swans; We try to do ours within the first few days of hatching. Most times our babies hardly ever bleed, maybe a small drop or two. But we have done older birds like Monarc too. Thanks for the photos- Monarc, we...

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Quote: i wouldn't want to imagine that! I LOVE my digital camera, I'll be sad whenever it does kick the bucket and will be scrambling for a new one on my call ducklings I waited until they were a month old to pinion with no ill effects they ofcourse cried and i felt bad but gotta be done...

Quote: I personally wouldn't just because their wings are so small at that point and because there would be a lot of trauma involved they are no where near as strong as they are at 2 weeks I wouldnt do it any earlier than that but that's me.

Quote: the wing tip a little before the first bend joint their wings are the same as chicken wings.

I'm glad it helps!

Wing pinioning isn't for everyone, there IS blood involved and ofcourse it does hurt the bird for a bit. With that said, it avoids the need to everytime they moult needing to clip the wings over and over again. I used to do that, until one day I opened up my one pen to feed my quail, and one...