Angry neighbor - clipping wings coming

[tjcib]

Well I found one escape route. On one of the gates of the new fence the wire/netting doesn't go over the top of the gate (which is at about 40" off the ground). The chicken was getting up to the top of the gate then jumping down.

I added wiring up over the top up to about 56", so there is no where stable for her to land. She has not gotten over since.

Can't believe I didn't think of that *facepalm*

 

[jbshorses]

Does anyone have a picture of the feathers you are supposed to clip? I've been working like a beaver trying to "fix" their fence and figure out how they got out in the first place. Then one of the rhodies flew up to me like I would catch her. I knocked her back into the pen as a reflex. Now I know they can hop over that fancy, expensive chicken fence I bought so clipping seems like my last best chance to keep the little darlings out of my flowers and garden.

 

[aart]

https://www.google.com/search?q=cli...6sXVAhUHLSYKHSmiDVsQ_AUICigB&biw=1407&bih=675

 

[jbshorses]

What feathers do you clip? I just discovered mine can fly over the expensive chicken fence I bought and installed. I've been working like crazy trying to figure out where they were sneaking out. They are just starting to lay and I don't want them learning they can nest up outside their fence. The first egg my golden girl laid right in front of me. That was a treat. She now uses the small coop along with two others. No way to tell who's laying and who isn't. But with eight hens I'm sure there will be more. They were all mid March babies. The reds all squat down when I reach for them but the barred rocks aren't having any of that yet so I suppose it's the reds that are laying. Still want to clip their wings if that will keep them in!

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Does anyone have a picture of the feathers you are supposed to clip? I've been working like a beaver trying to "fix" their fence and figure out how they got out in the first place. Then one of the rhodies flew up to me like I would catch her. I knocked her back into the pen as a reflex. Now I know they can hop over that fancy, expensive chicken fence I bought so clipping seems like my last best chance to keep the little darlings out of my flowers and garden.

https://poultrykeeper.com/general-chickens/how-to-clip-a-wing-to-stop-chickens-flying/

This link has a good illustration of a progressive approach so that if the first clip does not ground the bird you can move to step 2 & 3

 

[centrarchid]

https://poultrykeeper.com/general-chickens/how-to-clip-a-wing-to-stop-chickens-flying/

This link has a good illustration of a progressive approach so that if the first clip does not ground the bird you can move to step 2 & 3

I will critique the document linked. Clipping both when doing cut levels 2 and 3 is more effective than doing one wing only. I tested such with proper experiments with game hens that are likely much stronger fliers and jumpers that what the author used. Much stronger!!!

 

[Lazy Farmer]

They do say.. Good fences, make good neighbors!
But in this particular situation, the phrase should be changed to "Tall fences make happy neighbors".

 

[mockingbird]

They are still young...23 weeks...so hopefully we can break the behavior.

They may settle down with age. My older chickens don't get their bodies very far off the ground - but the younger ones do get airborne.

My teenager ones (about 5 months) are a real pain. They run around like a pack of velociraptors and will leave the yard whenever there is an opening. (I am still finishing the perimeter fencing in my backyard and only let them out when I am home.) Whenever I'm not looking they make a beeline for the neighbors mulch.