Using a clean pair of sharp scissors, clip around 2/3 of the length of the first 10 or so feathers on the chickens wing. Take a look at the diagram below to see roughly how much of the feather you should be cutting off. You can also use the chickens secondary flight feathers (located in the same position on the wing as the primary flight feathers, just closer to the chicken's body) as a guide.The idea is to cut off a significant amount of the feathers, while not making a cut so close to the chickens wing that you make them bleed. Chicken feathers have blood veins extending into them about an inch or so. If you cut below this point, the feather is completely dead, the chicken feels nothing, and the wings get clipped successfully.If you cut above this point (closer to the chickens body/wing) the chicken will begin to bleed through the cut feather and your chicken will be in danger. If that occurs, apply pressure to the tip of the feather with a rag, and get your chicken to a veterinarian. Corn flour or starch applied to the cut feather cuticle can slow the bleeding and help the chicken clot. Additionally, grabbing the base of the feather with a pair of pliers and removing it completely from the chicken wing can also help the chicken clot. This process will hurt your chicken, but in a pinch, it may save its life.Apparently the veins in the feather itself just don't clot very well.If you cut the primary feathers carefully, there's no reason why you should ever cause your chickens to be in pain or to bleed during this process.
Pinioning a wing and clipping flight feathers are not the same thing. Pinioning involves surgically removing, or amputating, an entire joint of the wing. I've heard it compared to declawing a cat, though I think it is more like removing the joint if a finger. It is as painful as surgery is, and is banned in many countries.Clipping flight feathers is more like clipping fingernails. And just like clipping your your own quick or cuticle, feathers will bleed if you clip too close to the vein. But if you're comfortable cutting your dog's nails, you will be fine clipping flight feathers. No one has banned clipping flight feathers.Remember, though, that chickens fly to get away from predators. If your chickens free range, they need to be able to fly. If you are clipping wings to keep your chickens out of your garden, it might be safer for your chickens to make your fence higher. However, it may be more dangerous for your birds to be escaping their enclosure, so feather clipping is entirely appropriate. It will not physically hurt your birds.
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Answer: With reference to the above-mentioned lines, the poet wishes to imply that the free bird is ready and quickly takes the flight with the passing wind. It is free to fly with the wind and even float downstream as its wings are not clipped and feet not tied like that of a caged bird.
Answer: The poet shows a contrast of free bird and the caged bird through various images. The free bird readily takes the flight with passing winds and floats downstream till the end of the currents and then again fly high in the sky into the beautiful orange rays of sun and even claims the sky of his own. However, the caged bird is confined to his narrow cage and can barely see beyond the bars of his cage. His wings are clipped and feet are tied. He is bound and helpless to do anything, hence can only sing through his throat that too with a fearful voice, as he is afraid of any unknown danger or anything wrong that might happen to him. His song of freedom is heard on a distant hill and he longs for serenity and calmness. The free bird on the other hand thinks of another breeze, trade winds passing through sighing trees and the fat worms waiting on a lawn at the dawn, whereas the caged bird has nothing to look forward as his dreams are gone, they are dead and he stands on the grave of his dreams.
Answer: The caged bird is confined to a cage, with his wings clipped and feet tied. He is bound and helpless to do anything, hence can only sing through his throat that too with a fearful voice.
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