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post #21 of 22
8/8/12 at 7:16am
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Oh our GLW are full sized definately, for the bigger eggs...& this coming weekend they'll be 4 months; so they can still fly pretty good for beign about half grown.  Our dominique has short wings & she seems to be able to fly straight up on the roost from right underneath it, bout 4.5 ft up, I think she just likes to show off though.

The wyandottes will not be able to fly over a 4 ft fence when full grown, as long as they cannot perch on it.  I would think same is true for the doms, though I've never had them.  Getting up to the roost is easy because they can hop/fly onto a sturdy perch - that's easier than actually flying over a wire fence.

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post #22 of 22
8/8/12 at 8:33am
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The wyandottes will not be able to fly over a 4 ft fence when full grown, as long as they cannot perch on it.  I would think same is true for the doms, though I've never had them.  Getting up to the roost is easy because they can hop/fly onto a sturdy perch - that's easier than actually flying over a wire fence.

 

Yea i knew that once they got full grown they definately weren't gonna be able to jump the wire fence, none of ours have ever tried it so far; granted we have only really clipped Blackie's (dominique) wings once since we've had her in the past year and a few months...I dont' think she's laying eggs anymore either, what do most Dom's eggs look like? Dark brown?  And yea I'd hate to go out there one day & one of them tried to fly over the wire fence & kinda didn't make it...don't wanna end up w/a chicken kabob hide.gif tongue.gif

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**3 RIR hens  **White Leghorn hen  **7 GLW(2 chicks) **9  (1 JG, 1 Silkie mix, 1 silkie, 4 mix Nankin/OE's, 1 Lorp, 1 JG/Prod red), ***4 Seramas

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