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This article was first contained in an e-mail posted by Tony &
Jessica Bowers to the Rare Heritage Turkey list. It has been reprinted
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We pinion our Egyptian Geese otherwise they would not stick around
very long. It is best to do this before they are four days old. We
have done one at a few weeks of age but it is more stressful on the
bird and they tend to bleed more and defiantly need to be cauterized.
We use a sharp pair of docking scissors. You take one wing (we do
the same one on all birds). Extend the wing; on the end of the wing
there is a joint. There are two pieces of wing attached at this joint.
One piece is very small and the other a lot bigger. You need to cut
off the larger piece at the joint, leaving the smaller piece in tact.
We Cauterize all cuts as that stops any bleeders and the birds recover
much faster
We found a vet a few towns away that works with a lot of birds. She
has a book on aviary medicine and gave us copies of the pages on
pinioning as well as explaining how to do it. If you are still not sure
of the proper method you should try to find someone, a vet maybe or
someone who has performed the procedure before, to show you how and do
a bird while you watch.
This is not difficult to learn. Best of luck and we hope this
helps.
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