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    To wing clip or not to wing clip

    I did my best! I only got one decent-ish picture because they were pretty upset about the process so I didn’t want to restrain them for longer than needed. I hope the watermelon I gave them afterwards is enough for them to forgive me ;-; I haven’t seen them take any test flights so I don’t know...
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    To wing clip or not to wing clip

    After clipping their wings I can definitely see what you mean about the cut feathers being hidden. It doesn’t bother me as much as I thought it would, and it’s for the best in the end. I’ll be sure to keep regular maintenance on them! Thank you very much :3
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    To wing clip or not to wing clip

    Thank you, I appreciate it :)
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    To wing clip or not to wing clip

    That sucks. But as I’ve read earlier, it seems the chances of them flying away and starving to death/getting killed in some other manner is a bigger risk.
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    To wing clip or not to wing clip

    That would definitely help. Mine are free ranged and unfortunately predators are an assured risk but it looks like clipping their wings is the best way to go.
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    To wing clip or not to wing clip

    This was very informative, thank you kindly!
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    To wing clip or not to wing clip

    Thank you, this is very helpful! Unfortunately we simply don’t have enough flat, open area for a run with adequate space for them, so clipping will have to be done if there’s a chance that they’ll fly off. I’ll definitely see how they behave with one wing clipped, although the perfectionist in...
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    To wing clip or not to wing clip

    Thank you! I appreciate the info and I’ll be sure to clip their wings tomorrow before I let them out (after researching how to do it properly, of course). I was mostly worried about how ethical it was due to how much I hear about how cruel it is to clip the wings of parrots and such. I wouldn’t...
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    To wing clip or not to wing clip

    So my brother recently got 4 mallards that have been given to me to care for. They’ve been doing quite a lot of “flying” around and he’s worried that they’ll fly away in a few weeks if we don’t clip their wings. So I just have a couple of questions about clipping. 1. Is it ethical? I feel bad...
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    Chicks act hungry but refuse to eat anything I give them.

    That actually sounds perfect! I live in a heavily wooded area so this should be pretty easy to start doing. Thank you!
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    Chicks act hungry but refuse to eat anything I give them.

    That makes sense. I don’t mean to bug you but would you know what type of litter is best?
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    Chicks act hungry but refuse to eat anything I give them.

    I only used the layer feed in a desperate attempt to get them to eat something. While I will eventually switch them over to the layer feed, it’s not a part of their current regular diet. Thank you for the advice, though :) Thank you for the tip on setting up my location ^ - ^ I just finished...
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    Chicks act hungry but refuse to eat anything I give them.

    I was thinking about the too clean environment thing as well but I’m not entirely sure that would be the reason. They have a 12x12 outdoor run area that they have access to all day everyday and it even has a dedicated dirt pit that I filled with soil for them to take dirt baths in (they’ll...
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    Chicks act hungry but refuse to eat anything I give them.

    I meant 22% actually, lol, I don’t know how I managed to not notice the typo. My bad! I try to keep the mixture between 10 and 15% wheat, and it’s just been what we’ve fed chicks from age 2 months and up for as long as I could remember. We use it for the protein and fiber.
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    Chicks act hungry but refuse to eat anything I give them.

    Me too! I’ll definitely keep the amprolium medication around for future use. Thanks!
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