How old do call ducks need to be when you clip their wings?

Hi there

My friend gave me two call ducks which were 10 weeks old and fully feathered... She told me they didn't need to be clipped yet...then 1 week later they FLEW AWAY! They were practicing (flapping their wings and bouncing off the ground) before they left in the early hours of the morning. My neighbour saw them leave and apparently they were over the tops of the trees. I put signs everywhere and luckily some people down the street found one of them in a creek and returned her. The other one was never seen again.

I learned a very painful lesson and clipped her wings immediately. I think as soon as you see proper feathers coming in on the wings and/or practice flapping get your scissors out and save yourself and ducky a lot of heartache.

 

not yet, yours are most likely still in bloodfeather.
Wait til the wings are fully feathered out, then cut the flight feathers in half on just ONE side. Whne you do it , check to be sure the feathers are hard and not blood filled and growing still, that's the last thing you want to do is cut one full of blood. Just keep a close eye on them, once they are hard, yes cut them or they'll be gone on you