exotic duck question??

[Funky Feathers]

Looks like Cookie Monster took a bite out of his wing, hee hee.

 

[Dr. Todd]

That amount of feather removal wouldn't stop the average wild waterfowl species from getting airborne enough to clear an average fence. Have you tried this on a bird that can actually fly? The only way the pekin in your photo could fly is if you bought it a plane ticket.

 

[sourland]

Even then it would have to pass the body scan or pat down.

 

[Sumatra503]

I know. She's even way fatter than the average pekin.

These are all I have, the stupid pekins.

I only did this to one wing, wouldn't that throw them off balance if they tried to fly?

 

[chickenzoo]

I think on a lighter flighted duck there would be still too many flight feathers to ground them perhaps, but if you continued to the wing tip perhaps that would do it....? P.S. love the Pekins, I have crested ones and they are just too funny. : )

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

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yes with either method, you have to do only one wing, if you do both, they balance back out and can get off the ground again. BUT like all have said, you have to get ALL the flights on migratory species, they can fly with just a few primarys still on there. The way the peking is wouldnt even slow them down as far as flying goes.
Even with pinioning, you have to get the enitre tip section, if you cut too short and they get just a few primaries in, they'll take off.
These species are MUCH different from heavy domestics

 

[J3172]

I've seen wrongly pinioned giant canada geese fly over fences, and the problem with the cut is it doesn't take out enough feathers, I've seen trumpeter swans fly over fences with all of there secondaries gone.

 

[Sumatra503]

As I have said before. The pekins were just a test to see if the FFR method would actually prevent the feather growth. Obviously on a lighter bodied breed more would be removed.

This was just a test run and a pic to prove I wasn't lying as you all believed.

I've found that feather clipping this much out will ground mallards, muscovies, and calls. Which are some other breeds I have raised in pens with no cover. This is my experience anyway.