4m x 3m Omlet pen, cube, new auto door still boxed and coop light

[CALNICK]

how old have our ladies got to be before they can have there wings trimmed so that we can let them free range.

 

Thanks

 

calnick

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Mine were done by the farmer at 16/18 weeks.

[Chickvic]

Mine were done by the Omlet man at about 18 weeks.

[kevinjay]

I haven't bothered (yet)

[Hen Watch]

The Omlet delivery man clipped 3 of mine when they arrived and held the 4th whilst I clipped a wing. They were POL (point of lay).

 

Then when I got another hen, I clipped her wing on my own and it was easy.

 

I recently posted some good pictures on how to do it in this post.

 

http://club.omlet.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27512

[Egluntyne]

There is an article and pictures on the Omlet website **here**

[Gamebird]

My 6 chickens all free range and they don' t have clipped wings.

 

They were 16 weeks when I first got them and occasionally used their wings but now they are 7 months they don't attempt to fly at all.

 

I suppose it all depends on the chicken.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Just thought you might like to see Milly obligingly modelling the latest fashion in clipped wings (And no, Molly's not passed out . I did check to see if she was breathing!)

 

[Abbey Road Girl]

Just thought you might like to see Milly obligingly modelling the latest fashion in clipped wings (And no, Molly's not passed out . I did check to see if she was breathing!)

 

 

Yep, that's what a clipped wing looks like. Most of the time, you wouldn't notice as the hens usually keep their wings close to their bodies.

 

It's amazing what shape shifters they are! They can certainly fluff themselves up almost twice their size and poke their wings out to protect something they want to claim for their own.

[Egluntyne]

Lovely pic ANH. Why not send it to barbara@omlet.co.uk

 

The first time I saw one of my girls do this, I thought she was having some sort of seizure.