Solitary chicken - need advice

[Sentiant]

Hi folks, I need to clip the flight feathers from my ladies. I have read/watched/seen lots of things on the internet and some mentioned about looking for dark areas of the quill as this indicates blood flow and feeling. I've got dark hens with dark quill s so how do iknow where to trim the feathers? Also is it only necessary to do the wing?

 

Thank you in advance for any fabulous replys.

[Routledge+]

You cut the first 7 feathers of the wing to make it the same size as the top of the wing.

[Sentiant]

Great, thanks for that clarification. I'll not worry abou looking for veins.

[chickanne]

Sit on a step so you can face the chook toward you held gently between your legs. That leaves two hands free to gently hold her wing and trim the feathers. Just the one wing is find - the aim is to unbalance them in flight.

[Sentiant]

Sit on a step so you can face the chook toward you held gently between your legs. That leaves two hands free to gently hold her wing and trim the feathers. Just the one wing is find - the aim is to unbalance them in flight.

 

 

This is simple yet effective method and no nonsence description, thankyou very much Chickanne for this advice. I was able to clip the wings by myself, but my boy was able to catch the feathers as they fell and my nervous Nelly wife stood by and gave the occasional stroke. All in all a good evening.

[chickanne]

Well done!