Toclip or not to clip

[Tenmore]

Thinking of clipping their wings. After doing so will they completely grounded or can they still elavate enough to get to their roosts? 3 and 4 feet and 6 feet high staggered as they go up. thanks again for all your help

 

[mljohnson05]

if you clip both wings, then No they will not be able to fly up. If you clip just one side, then they can kind of fly up to about 3-4 feet. None the less I personally don't like to clip wings. If it is a standard size chicken and not a bantam, then most will not try to fly out once they reach full size.

 

[Tenmore]

Thank you yes they are standard size black and gold sexlinks ameriacanas and white leghorns all about 12 weeks old. Their run has 8 ft. sides on it and they are flying up to about 6 ft. high now dont really want to cover top unless i have to. I dont care if their out in the yard but I want to be able to control when their out. Thanks again

 

[Niss]

I clipped one side so I could go with lower fencing. I have two gals that I may not have done correctly as they can fly out. Only one of the 21 I clipped seems to have any trouble getting up to nest boxes and roosts. When they molt I will prob. not redo it thought as the main intent was to keep the grown chickens in the run long enough for them to know where they belong.