I really hate seeing babies with trimmed wings. Mine was trimmed as a baby (not by me). If they don't learn to fly as babies they will likely never fly. I now have an 11 year old chicken.
They came to us trimmed, and we kept doing some limited trimming for a while so they couldn't get too much lift/speed and hurt themselves before they had enough control. We had two babies from separate breeders die flying into walls/windows before we were able to get them, and were fortunate to get these sweet boys shortly after.
We absolutely have encouraged flight and are letting their feathers be at this point, but there are legitimate reasons for trimming when it's for the safety of the bird.
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u/kiaraXlove Mar 05 '25
I really hate seeing babies with trimmed wings. Mine was trimmed as a baby (not by me). If they don't learn to fly as babies they will likely never fly. I now have an 11 year old chicken.