Speckledhen, I am planning to give my girls free range in my back yard. There is a chain-link fence around the yard, but I don't want to take any chances that they can get enough lift to get over the fence. There are dogs on both sides. So clipped them. I made sure they can still get up onto the roosting perch.
Yeah, I see now that she is a Barred Rock. That means I gave away my other Barred Rock, when I meant to give away one of the Ameracaunas. Oh well. The lady I gave the other to needed good layers. I gave her a White Leghorn and a Barred Rock.