Trimming foot feathers?

[3KillerBs]

They need to put a disclaimer on the label attached to each feather-footed baby chick: "Warning, these feet are high maintenance."

That depends.

If I didn't live on well-drained sand or got more snow/slush than I do, I probably wouldn't keep feather-footed breeds. But in my conditions I've never had to wash feet or trim feathers.

 

[thecatumbrella]

Resurrecting this thread because I'm about to start trimming feet and legs. My cochin bantams are 75% downy feathers, and the ones that make ground contact are constantly collecting crap. I just had to trim a giant chunk of mulch out from halfway up a leg! The stuff between the toes needs to be soaked out, but I'm hoping to clean up the floofy backside of their feathered pants. Will be VERY mindful of quills, blood feathers, and anything that's not pure down.

I have a pair of sharp safety scissors, a helper, good lighting, and a dream.

 

[Sefirothe]

Resurrecting this thread because I'm about to start trimming feet and legs. My cochin bantams are 75% downy feathers, and the ones that make ground contact are constantly collecting crap. I just had to trim a giant chunk of mulch out from halfway up a leg! The stuff between the toes needs to be soaked out, but I'm hoping to clean up the floofy backside of their feathered pants. Will be VERY mindful of quills, blood feathers, and anything that's not pure down.

I have a pair of sharp safety scissors, a helper, good lighting, and a dream.

The key here is helper. My trim jobs on poopy butt fluff and my poor polish’s top knot are utter hack jobs because I’m always doing it on my own!!