I have never clipped wing feathers before, but as described in my previous blog called Dumb Youth, my young white guinea fowl want to roost in the trees. This leaves them vulnerable to predators and at this time of the year, also vulnerable to cold.
Since I have done this, I haven’t had trouble with them going in the shed at night. Seems like this is what I need to do with younger guineas that are flying around too much.
I’ve heard tell that clipping bird wings is cruel; but, so many bird owners do it… so now I’ve seen this… I say it’s a good thing.
It has been great so far, those guineas go in the shed easy in the evening now, and not flying all over. I think one of them has foot injury from spending nights in the subzero temps when roosting in the trees.