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Chicken-feather-clipping injuries. Clipped-wing stubble

 
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After clipping the primary feathers of the birds, I’m wondering if the stubble of their feathers is injuring their backs. Maybe it’s rooster mating injuries, but from but the timing seems unlikely. Any one experienced this before? Any tricks to reduce injury from clipped-wing stubble?

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Can you post pictures of the injuries and the clipped wings, that may help

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