clipping wings

[Rooster Owl]

Do I need to clip my birds wings if I plan on free ranging them?

 

[chooks4life]

Why would you need to? Clipping wings is generally used to restrain them to an enclosure, not used for free range birds. You haven't even said what species they are.

 

[bobbi-j]

If they're free ranging, I would not clip their wings. They have a little better chance of escaping a predator if they can fly or at least get a boost when they jump away.

 

[Ridgerunner]

Yes, the question is why you might want to. If they are staying in the area you want them to, don’t. If they are flying over a fence to get somewhere you don’t want them to go, it might be a good idea.

If you do clip them, don’t take all the feather off. Just take the tips of the outside 10 flight feathers of one wing off a little and see if that solves the problem. If not, take a little more off. The more of the feathers you can leave on and keep them from flying over a fence the more mobility they have if they need to escape a predator.

 

[Rooster Owl]

Ok kewl. .ty guys for the advice

this is a picture of one of them. I don't know what she is. Some say they are old English Banty? I might have spelled it wrong.