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| | Mourne Game and Wildfowl Conservation Association |
 | | Pinioning Wildfowl breeders often wish to keep stock birds in open-topped pens, which makes it necessary to pinion or clip their wings. |
 | | The pinioning of adults is not recommended unless carried out by experts, but on downy ducklings the operation can be effected quickly and easily, the manus being removed with a pair of sharp nail scissors or, better still, an electric cauterising de-beaker. |
 | | Pinioning adult birds should not be undertaken in summer when the scar may attract flies, nor should it be done during feather re-growth (for example, after pulling the flight feathers), or during the moulting period when arteries in the wing distend considerably. |
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