Clipped Wings & Fenced Yard

[Beer can]

I will never and have never clipped a birds wing/s like that! IMHO it is cruelty! There is no need or reason to clip wings in that fashion, and clipping both wings does nothing to stop them from going over a fence..

Why?
Feathers have no feeling.

 

[Beer can]

I clip one wing, sets them unbalanced and keeps them from flying over a fence, both wings clipped and they just flap harder and make it out.
My naked necks but one, I don't have to clip wings at all, they don't even try to get out. That being said I do have one small red hen that gets out anytime I'm late feeding them. I clipped one wing, still got out, clipped it to the bare minimum across the entire wing, darn thing still got out. Clipped the other wing, no change still got out. Must have been walking up the fence like Spiderman. Ended up bending the top of the fence in, she stays in now.

 

[cmom]

I will never and have never clipped a birds wing/s like that! IMHO it is cruelty! There is no need or reason to clip wings in that fashion, and clipping both wings does nothing to stop them from going over a fence..

I have clipped some wings especially some Leghorns who can fly. The wing feathers will grow back then I may have to do it again. It doesn't hurt the birds the feather shafts are like clipping fingernails. I agree you only have to clip one wing.

 

[cmom]

Also large fowl are less apt to fly.

 

[Beer can]

I had a Jersey Giant that would go over a 6' fence to eat tomatoes in the garden.

Funny you say that, Jersey Giant's are supposed to be easy to confine in a short fence cause they are heavy and don't get out. Lol.
They are my worst, I have to have netting on their run. Even if there is a small hole in the center they will find it and escape somehow, even with clipped wing.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Yeah, I specify JG because of that very thing. They were my biggest birds but that didn't diminish their mobility. I loved JGs. I had Black, White and Blue.
Somewhere I have a picture of a White JG on top of a 5' shelving unit in the snow. Granted, she was still young but she had no problem flying to the top of it.

 

[Natrgrl326]

Right wings clipped, girls unphased, no flying, free range success!!

 

[RWise]

Why?
Feathers have no feeling.

But the skin does, and cutting the feathers to short can and will damage the feathers on the body, then the skin is cut into, not good!

 

[centrarchid]

But the skin does, and cutting the feathers to short can and will damage the feathers on the body, then the skin is cut into, not good!

That is not proper way to clip wings.

 

[centrarchid]

We clipped 7 bilateral and 6 unilateral tonight. About twice as many were not clipped.