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I clip wings on some of mine that are bad about escaping. You just gently stretch the wing out and clip off the long flight feathers with scissors. I do both wings. I've seen too many injuries in parrots from having only one wing clipped and still trying to fly, then crashing. I don't think chickens would be able to fly much at all with only one wing done, but I would rather play it safe. Besides, then they don't look lopsided.
It does not hurt the bird at all, you don't cut the wing itself, and the feathers grow back within a few months so it is not permanent.
I clip wings on some of mine that are bad about escaping. You just gently stretch the wing out and clip off the long flight feathers with scissors. I do both wings. I've seen too many injuries in parrots from having only one wing clipped and still trying to fly, then crashing. I don't think chickens would be able to fly much at all with only one wing done, but I would rather play it safe. Besides, then they don't look lopsided.
