Clipping wings- why just one wing?

[neVar]

I have parrots- have for years. We always clip BOTH wings so the bird is balanced and has the same resistance/feel on both sides.

So why only ONE wing for chickens?

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

If you trim both wings, they can still get enough lift to fly over a fence. When you clip one wing, they just fly up and around (kind of like a circle) and can't make it over the fence.

 

[neVar]

makes sense.

 

[Carrie Lynn]

Although, my banty can still fly many yards w/ one wing clipped.

 

[centrarchid]

I think clipping of one wing alone gives you 90% of flight reduction that clipping two wings will do. As a kid, I would clip one wing resulting in greatly reduced flight capacity. Clipping other wing reduced flight capacity a just a little more. So one wing clipped means only half the work but most of benefits.

 

[Aria]

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I don't know. But always clipped one Wing for Call Ducks. This kept them off balance and they were unable to fly. Aria

 

[galanie]

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Many people do clip only one wing on the smaller parrots like cockatiels. But both wings is better for the reason you stated. We don't care about that with chickens though, we just want them to stay the heck home hehe.

 

[SJUDD]

On that note, how does one clip the wing? I have a 3 month old who scared me this morning by flying on top of the coop and I was worried she would fly down into the neighbors yard and get eaten by their dogs. When do you clip, how, and does it matter which wing?

 

[Lollipop]

 

[Pele]

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Many people do clip only one wing on the smaller parrots like cockatiels. But both wings is better for the reason you stated. We don't care about that with chickens though, we just want them to stay the heck home hehe.

so true! Stay the heck home chickens!