Wing Pinioning- Graphic- for JJMR & ne1 else interested

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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.
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Just finished my birds...there is A LOT of blood, especially on the paper towels on the floor of their cage. I am leaving them be. Thank goodness hubby helped. the birds are walking around and eating a bit of food. None seem the worse for wear. I left Special Ed, a bird that walks funny, and Big Bird, a bird that hurt his wing yesterday, out of the surgery because they have their own problems. I must say it was more stressful on me than it was the baby birds. Edited to add they are 3 weeks old today, not hatchlings.
 
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Just curious. I would think it would be easier on them to cut that end of the wing off at the last joint instead or cutting the bone right past it. Just curious why it isn't removed at the joint?
 
This is a touchy subject I know, but this process has sure helped me out.
I was always taught to use a duller tin snips, the reasoning being that a slightly crushing amputation bleeds much less.
 
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I believe the reasoning behind this is that if you go through the joint itself you mess up the insertion point of the tendons from the rest of the wing and it would lose mobility. The muscle spasms caused would also cause a lot more pain.
 
You Are Correct. There Is A Natural Vasospasm That Occurs With Blunt Trauma. I Beleive The Reason Nicki Speculated Sharp Shears Was 2 Fold--- A Lil Less Gruesome For The Animal And Easier On The Squamish Owner.
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I Can Tell You Sharp Doesnt Seem To Have Any Negative Impacts.
 
animalgirl2010 said:
I have always wanted to know how they did that. thanks
One question do you do both wings on the bird or just one?
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In common practice males are clipped on the right wing and females on left, or however you prefer as long as you're consistent. One clipped wing will cause them to roll to the side their clipped side is on, then will cause them to "yaw" to that side (or basically slide to the side like drifting)
google: airplane movement terminology
to become familiar with "pitch" "yaw" and "roll". Might as well if you are raising birds that can fly.
 
lostsoulhelpmejebus said:
Question!

Are you clipping off the last section of wing? Like ummm...chicken wings? 3 parts to a wing...the part closest to the bird, the middle section and the wing tip; you are removing the wing tip or only part of it?
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I found this to be a useful picture

http://www.ducksworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/pinion-diagram-011.jpg

Further reading @:http://www.ducksworld.com/?page_id=104

There is an Alula, barbed at the leading edge that connects the tip to the first joint.

http://www.paulnoll.com/Oregon/Birds/ID-wing-Duck-2.jpg
 
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 time. With everyone having dogs, and coyotes in the neighborhood, they would not last long!

We had one of our girls hatch some keets. They are only a month old now, and we did not pinion them, well one day one got out and flew on top of my car! Guineas are obnoxious enough without being able to fly!
 

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