Clipping bird wings typically just means cutting some of the longer wing feathers shorter. Unlike declawing or debarking it doesn't hurt the bird and will grow back in time. It's often done to protect the birds - i.e. clipping chicken wings to keep them from flying out of fencing where dogs can eat them.
abstruse_traverse t1_iy64ivb wrote
Reply to comment by HippiMan in Abandoned pet pigeons in Brooklyn. by Cmondudecmon
Clipping bird wings typically just means cutting some of the longer wing feathers shorter. Unlike declawing or debarking it doesn't hurt the bird and will grow back in time. It's often done to protect the birds - i.e. clipping chicken wings to keep them from flying out of fencing where dogs can eat them.