Feather extensions

[Carolina]

So I was doing some research online and found an article about imping. Imping is commonly done on raptor birds. It's like feather extensions. They use donated feathers and splint them to the shaft of the trimmed feathers. This gives the bird the ability to fly without waiting to molt. Below is the link about this being done to a young macaw. What are your thoughts?

 

http://www.theparrotuniversity.com/imping_parrots.php

[Jayd]

So I was doing some research online and found an article about imping. Imping is commonly done on raptor birds. It's like feather extensions. They use donated feathers and splint them to the shaft of the trimmed feathers. This gives the bird the ability to fly without waiting to molt. Below is the link about this being done to a young macaw. What are your thoughts?

 

http://www.theparrotuniversity.com/imping_parrots.php

 

Let them grow.......

[danmcq]

Steve Hartman is a wonderful resource for all parrots. He is the inventor of the aviator harness. He is a member of this forum and an article was placed on this forum a few years ago by him when he first started this imping procedure for parrots. If a parrot is clipped, especially when young and before they have properly fledged and learned the critical flight skills while those neural synapses are built for flight during the formative years. It is the time to have those primaries restored so they can learn to fly at that young age. An older grey that did not learn flight when they should have fledged, will never become the expert flyer they would have become if they learned early. But, it is still a wonderful thing to do for your bird if you have the money and would rather have your bird flighted sooner rather than later.

[Wingy]

I have read of this procedure being done for birds that break a lot of new flight feathers while growing out a bad or severe clip. The article explained how it can give the needed support along side while the new flights grow in.