Who clips their chickens wings?

[mkwags]

I clipped mine when I first got them because they were all older and kept flying out of my coop area. Just wondering how common it is to clip their wings.

 

[ThePamperedPullet]

All our birds that are in the large free range area are clipped. All our birds in the breeding pens are not clipped. We clip our birds about every 3 months. We only clip one wing to throw off their balance.

 

[no1male]

We clip our 4 girls and as above only do 1 wing.

 

[CityClucks]

I clip one wing on the chickens that exhibit an unhealthy (for them) curiousity and insist on jumping my backyard fence.

 

[Motherof4]

i clipped all my girls a few months ago for they were going over the fence. I did only one wing and i didn't have to do my roo for he has only got one wing.

 

[rubyrogue]

Do you clip a chickens wing like you would a pet bird? Having worked in a pet store ive done plenty of parakeets and cockatiels but never a chicken.

 

[NeeleysAVLChicks]

I used to, but now my girls are free ranging and I consider it an asset for them to get out of the way quick if something is coming after them.

 

[alicefelldown]

I only clip the bantam - she has an intense curiosity for the outside world - including flying down the hill, across the street and into the creek area - where she stayed for about a month and a half (in coyote land) before returning to the coop looking for food.

She gets both wings because one simply does not do the trick for her.

 

[gallina man]

i dont clipp the wings as above it helps getting away from preds

 

[suzettex5]

I clip my birds wings as well. They have a free range area, but I dont want them going over the fence or across the road. An easy way for us to clip wings is- Grab them by both feet, hang them upside down, wait till they qiut flapping and calm down ( about 10 seconds usually) then they will usually spread their wings full out. Thats when I take the scissors to only the long outer feathers (flight feathers) and cut them till they are about even in length with the shorter feathers closer to their body. I also only clip one wing, for a couple of reasons- One, I worry they might get cold with both sides cut short, and two, I just *know* they feel less pretty and personally assalted by having their beautiful long feathers cut off by some hack with no beauticians license

!! I cut hens and roo's alike, I dont worry too much about predators due to the fencing and lots of hiding places in their pen, we keep a close watch on them too!