Pinioning? Opinions and Experience?

[jruner]

Has anyone pinioned their birds? What do you think about it? How would you do it? I think I will stick with clipping wings just curious mainly. I am not sure I could do it. Oh also how long until the clipped feathers grow back?

Thanks,

John Runer

 

[rooster-red]

IMO pinioning is cruel.

 

[the1much]

what ta heck is it?

 

[MissPrissy]

It is cutting the boney tip of the wings off at that first joint.

Very cruel.

 

[the1much]

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ACK,,, wut ta h&ll ,,,,, man,, what freak thought that up,, sorry i asked,,, least now i know who ta hit if i hear it said

 

[speckledhen]

Totally unnecessary to mutilate a bird like that. Wing clipping is completely sufficient. If you have a tough case who keeps flying after clipping one wing, you just clip the other one. I dont care for the look of clipped wings, but sometimes, it's for their own protection. I've only done it once.

 

[jruner]

Thank you for the replies I too agree its cruel, I hope it is not very common. I would still like to know how often you have to clip the escape artist though.

John Runer

 

[the1much]

some of mine get 1 wing cut,,, once,,, i had 1 bird i had to clip both.,, but if they have them clipped, then cat fly,, after a couple tries, they stop trying to anymore, i have 2 or 3 hens that i clipped almost 2 years ago,, and havent had to do it again since.

 

[03kiger]

Can anyone direct me to somewhere I can see pics and get directions for wing clipping? I'm a newby and getting a shipment of goslings in a few weeks. I don't want to lose them as soon as they can fly!

 

[lazy gardener]

Pinioning and wing clipping are 2 entirely different matters. Pinioning is mutilation, pure and simple. Wing clipping, is merely clipping the flight feathers. That being said, I have read that some of the wilder type of water fowl are sometimes pinioned so that they don't fly away and totally disappear from their farm.