Do People Clip Wings Anymore?

[annie3001]

ive never clipped our birds. wouldnt even know how.

 

[goatranch]

We just put all ours out in the pasture with the goats. I trim all of them that fly over the fence. I got a few of them that I didn't trim enough. I would love to find a thread on how to do it correctly.

 

[BoulderCityFoul]

We are new to chickens and have been clipping their wings regularly. I have seen them hop/fly and know they could get over our fence if they weren't clipped. If one of them landed in a neighbor's yard, that would likely end our chicken adventure (neighbors not sure yet about the chicken thing).

 

[buckeyefever]

I haven't and don't plan to. My girls have never flown over their fence though, either.

 

[AllTheseCreatures]

If I have a hen that makes it over the fence, I'll clip her wings. But I don't do it unless it needs to be done. I caught a neighbors hen in my yard many times (despite my requests they stop letting them do that), so I finally clipped her wings and sent her back over. I'm sure they'll never notice.

 

[kota1369]

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I have a 4 foot fence and it seems to work fine. No one has gone over, but I have clipped them since day one. I have 3 EE'rs and a BO

Here is my new set-up for them. I am raising meat rabbits so I have them in hanging cages and the chickens are back behind the privacy fence in their chicken tractor. Also, not shown in this picture their is a roof on 16' of the privacy fence so I can expand my rabbitry. The chickens love being able to be back there when they are not free ranging my yard.

the lady w/4 dogs, 4 city chickens, 5 meat rabbits, their kits and a lizard

 

[BarkerChickens]

Our run has a 5.5' fence (6" are buried) and our yard has a 6' fence. While the birds have never tried to get over the 6' perimeter fence (while free-ranging), a few will fly over the fence around the run and the 6' fence around the garden. Those birds, we clip the wings. The rest...nope. No reason to clip there.

 

[greenSearcher]

I clip both wings once they can get on the roof of the run which is 3' off the ground. If you follow the diagram in https://www.backyardchickens.com/LC-wingclipping.html it works really well for about 4 months. I will start clipping as soon as they attempt to escape the brooder (again 3' high) I had a fabulous time chasing chicks around the garage when they escaped last fall from the brooder. They were moved to the tractor and outside quick, and the slow feathering roo just had to stay in the sun to stay warm. By the time it was cold they were fully feathered-a good thing about TX long pleasant autumns.
I am due to clip soon, lots of wing assisted sprinting and I expect the Roo to be on the run any time now - likes the view.

 

[Muggsmagee]

I clipped the feathers of 12 of mine last week...a first for me! 4 or more still get into the alpaca fence!

I need to add...I only clipped the right wing of each chicken. I actually found the directions here on BYC!!

 

[michickenwrangler]

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An old time chicken man told DH and me that you should only clip one so that they're off-balance. It's worked for us although now that the pullets are older and fatter, we will let them grow out after they molt.