LuckyChickenLover- Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 My month-old chicks are very keen on showing their wings off. They flap them all the time and have even managed to fly a few metres before I could stop them! Should I be encouraging them to fly so that their wing muscles get a work out, or should I be trying to stop them so that when they're fully grown, they don't think that they can fly and have an accident. I know you clip their wings at one point. How old should they be before you clip their wings? Is it even necessary to clip their wings if they live in a fully encosed enclosure with a roof (eg. an eglu) Thanks ~ Lucky Chicken Lover EDIT: I just realised how badly worded this is . I don't know how I could re-word it to make it better. Sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 You don't need to encourage/discourage really, just leave them to it Don't clip their wings just get, I'd wait until 10+ weeks, maybe even POL. I would clip them at that age though, in case they escape the eglu run - saying that, I don't clip mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
