Laying in ivy

[junebuggena]

Beautiful Easter Egger. They are very athletic birds, capable of clearing very tall fences with ease. Wing clipping is a must if you want to keep them from jumping fences.

 

[SwtGrc]

Thank you!!
Do you clip one or both wings?

 

[lazy gardener]

She had been laying in the boxes just fine until a couple days ago. Golf balls have been in the boxes since they started laying
Would i keep all of my chickens in the coop while “retraining” my americauna??

Yes, generally it's an all or none approach cause letting some out while keeping some in will exclude the "out" birds from the nest boxes, and the safety that the coop/run offers. Agreed with JB. Clipping wings may be necessary. Naughty girls need to be kept out of trouble.

 

[SwtGrc]

Beautiful Easter Egger. They are very athletic birds, capable of clearing very tall fences with ease. Wing clipping is a must if you want to keep them from jumping fences.

Oh, and i bought her as an “Americauna” but I’ve read they are usually Easter eggers. I’m ok with it, i just love her

 

[lazy gardener]

one. It makes them unbalanced in flight, which discourages them from flying the fence.

 

[SwtGrc]

one. It makes them unbalanced in flight, which discourages them from flying the fence.

Clipping a wing won’t hinder their ability much to access the roosting bars right? We have a tray with an edge under the roosts so she could jump to that then the roost if she couldn’t do it in one jump.

 

[junebuggena]

They will be able to access roosts that are about 2 to 3 feet high. Any higher, and access will be difficult.

 

[SwtGrc]

Unfortunately clipping their wings didn’t help. They still manage to get over our fence (might only be 4.5 feet high)