Questions re: Clipping chicken wings?

[nao57]

So I wanted to ask what's the earliest you can clip chicken wings without it hurting them? (Mine are 6 months...well about 6.5 actually.)

And I wanted to ask if this will prevent them from doing hops over short fences also?

One of the reasons I want to do this is to make sure that I can keep the chickens from going into the pen with the ducklings, and its sort of an enclosure made from about 2 foot high mini-fences. I'm worried if clipping the wings will be enough.

I'm a bit confused also...the guide I was looking at said you only clip one side's wing feathers and not the other side? (I'm not sure if that would prevent high jump hops also?)

Thanks.

 

[50-45-1]

Clipping one wing puts the lift-off, off balance. My expierance however is that the birds get aclimated To it and compensate and learn to fly up anyway.
Your 2 foot fence is the problem.
Not much of an obsticle for anything, including most preditors i can think of.

 

[nao57]

Clipping one wing puts the lift-off, off balance. My expierance however is that the birds get aclimated To it and compensate and learn to fly up anyway.
Your 2 foot fence is the problem.
Not much of an obsticle for anything, including most preditors i can think of.

At night I have them fully enclosed in durable shelters. Thanks.

 

[centrarchid]

See below. I doubt you will be able to keep them in inside a fence on 2 feet tall.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...n-containment-with-perimeter-fencing.1261276/