To clip or not??

[chilly]

I have an Aylesbury, a black Swede and a Khaki campbell

i am fairly sure the Ayles won't need its wings clipped and i'm 90% sure the Swede won't but would any of you recomend that i get the Campbell's wings clipped ( or do it myself )?

is it a fairly easy process? i know you just do one wing but are there any good threads on here that explain in detail how to do it??

 

[sayyadina]

This is a website about clipping waterfowl, and which breeds generally need clipping. http://www.cornerstonefarm.net/wingdemo.html

I've never done ducks, but I have done parrots. I get the bird wrapped loosely in a towel, so they can't bite me or escape, but can still breathe. Then I extend the wing I'm going to work on, examine the base of the feathers, and clip those that are safe to clip. New feathers still have a blood supply, which makes the shaft dark. A feather that's safe to clip will have a clear shaft. I do both wings, since only doing one may not be enough and could lead to injury if they land funny.

If you do cut a blood feather by accident, you'll need to pull it out, or the bird could bleed to death.

I usually clip wings by myself, since I've been doing it for a long time and don't have anyone who can help me, but you might need someone else to hold the duck.

 

[TK Poultry]

i say dont they are too heavy to fly except maybe your campbell i have buffs and swedes and i dont they are too "fat" to get off the ground and my fence is only 5 foot

 

[Soccer Mom]

The Aylesbury and Swede won't fly and I doubt the Campbell would go off and leave her buds.

 

[Wifezilla]

My campbells flew about as well as a brick

 

[Duck Keeper]

My campbell... Doesn't know she has wings. o_o;;

You could drop her from the roof of the house and she wouldn't open her wings up once. SPLAT!

I swear, they breed intelligence out of ducks just to up egg production. And they didn't have too much to begin with!

 

[1lpoock]

Yeah my campbells dont fly...they can jump and flap but then

 

[chilly]

Thanks for all the info, the link is great. the thing is my Campbell is very small, i assumed that the Swede was a Campbell

( thats what we asked for)

and i was concerned that little Cocoa was a lot smaller than the Swede, i knew the Ayles was a big un but now i realsie why she's so much smaller DOH