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I didn’t figure you’d ever let them free fly, I was just curious. The smaller foot feathers on my satinettes don’t seem to impede their flying very much, like when I let them out into the duck area especially, where they can fly longer distances. But I sure wouldn’t trust them trying to evade a hawk either.They can fly okay, but I'll probably never let them out of the aviary - I'd be worried they couldn't outmaneuver a hawk. They won't be going outdoors until after winter regardless - not building an aviary in the snow, lol! That and I don't really want them to get into temperatures below the teens - they're from CA so they're not used to it. Next year they'll have acclimated so I won't worry.
CA to your area, they probably think they got sent to the North Pole!