Does this say "DE wing"?

[blaundee]

At this site, under "Special Services".... does that say "DE wing" as in cutting off wings?


http://www.ideal-poultry.com/shipping.asp

 

[scbatz33]

I think they mean - or at least I HOPE they mean - trimming the wing feathers so they can't fly

 

[blaundee]

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I'm hoping I am just reading it wrong... I THINK they are talking about day old chicks!

 

[hencackle]

Just guessing, but I think they might be pinioning.

 

[sourland]

These are chicks they are selling. I believe hencackle is right on the money.

 

[Mervin]

Here's another thread that may answer your question.

I'm not usually a sap when it comes to the "efficiencies" of farming, but that just seems cruel. Wings are a quintessential part of being a chicken. It'd be like taking the hooves off a horse, the snout of a hog or something. I can't really think of a good analogy, but that just seems wrong somehow.

 

[hencackle]

Mervin, we think alike! None of my chickens are debeaked, their spurs are left intact--even the ones on the ladies, and their wings are unclipped. Without a doubt, I know that one particular hen saved herself from the stray dog that jumped our fence, because she spurred that dog's face and gave it a horrendous wingslapping! All she lost was a mouthful of feathers.

 

[ranchhand]

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My first reaction would be to ask Ideal Poultry what they mean.

 

[blaundee]

OH, I'm DISGUSTED. I thought people were nasty creeps before I learned of this... *shudder*


I won't be ordering from Ideal.

 

[danischi24]

It's probably for the ducks/geese. Full flighted birds can only be kept in aviaries unless you want them to go bye bye. If they are pinioned as day olds, the process isn't so rough on them & they can be given a lot of freedom. Some species have to be pinioned by law if I'm not mistaken.