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Of about 60 or so chickens so far, I've had only 1 that understood how to fly back into a run she flew out of.

Last year I had a cockerel who was so lightly-built and poor type that he was managing to fly with all of the primaries on both wings cut. Fortunately, Ludwig was a tolerant rooster.

Clipping wings is a perfectly safe procedure that can be done at any age when the feathers are fully grown in. https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/wing-clipping.76982/ The key thing is to not cut any blood feathers -- the still growing feathers that have blood in their shafts. IF you...