Roksteddie Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 It seems that my Skyline has gotten very used to her clipped wing and it now makes no difference to her ability to fly. Annoyingly she won't stay in the fenced off area where she's supposed to be away from my plants! Was wondering if clipping the other wing would feel 'weird' to her and throw her off balance again or would that just be futile? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 Could you clip the original wing again - maybe it has grown back quicker than you were expecting ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 If you clip both wings, she will definitely be able to fly again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 Agree - the point of clipping one wing is to make them unbalanced, if you clip the other one she'll be back to normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 How long ago did you clip? As luvachicken said, perhaps she has regrow not the feathers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roksteddie Posted May 4, 2017 Author Share Posted May 4, 2017 She's still very young at about 7 months old and was clipped 3 months ago when we first got her. So I doubt any feathers have regrown. I understand that only doing one wing is meant to destabilise her but she seems perfectly in control of her flight at the moment. I guess that maybe I'll just have to accept it as it is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 My Dutch bantams are still perfectly able to fly, I just don't tell them. This young she might have had a mini moult. I would check just to make sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 What Cattails said! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roksteddie Posted May 6, 2017 Author Share Posted May 6, 2017 Managed to check the wing and the feathers haven't grown back... so I guess I either need a higher partition or just have to keep putting her back over the fence and hope she gets the message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millie-Annie Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 I don't know what a skyline is, but if it has leg horn in it, you'll probably never ground her Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 As others have said, no only keep the one wing clipped. Check as she may have regrown feathers if they were done when she was young. Is she laying yet? They usually calm down a bit when they start laying and she'll start eating more so be a little heavier which may help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roksteddie Posted May 6, 2017 Author Share Posted May 6, 2017 I don't know what a skyline is, but if it has leg horn in it, you'll probably never ground her I'm not sure she has leghorn in her but I know she has legbar (is there a difference?!) In any case she is very agile and slighter in frame than the other two so I suspect she'll never be grounded. It'ss a shame because I had intended to get a White Star in the future but they are known for getting very high up so I'll have to rethink that one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millie-Annie Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 My Tallulah was a White Star. That's definitely leg horn and she was completely bonkers Meva was a crested cream leg bar. She was definitely more flighty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
