Wings

[love4mj96]

If you clip a chickens wings,how old do they have to be and how do you clip them?

 

[onecent]

here is a link on the subject &

https://www.backyardchickens.com/LC-wingclipping.html

 

[love4mj96]

Thanks,but is there a certian age they should be?

 

[onecent]

hi, i found this link, but it doesent give an exact age, it just says when they are fully feathered?? i hope it helps some...

www.backyardchickens.com/keeping-chickens/clipping-chicken-wings-why-when-how/

 

[love4mj96]

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ok,appreciate ur help.

 

[onecent]

are you able to get the link to work? for some reason i cant get it to paste right??

 

[nanawendy]

I like to wait to see if they attempt to fly out. Otherwise why do it? Watch your birds... you'll know when. I can do it by myself but prefer to have a helper. Make sure you look @ the diagram on the site for which feathers to cut... and MAKE SURE YOUR SCISSORS are SHARP.

 

[love4mj96]

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not the last one,but the one with the diagram worked.