Thank you for bearing with my noob self. But that line isn't the problem in this case, since with the animation toggled on, they are still visible on the ground. The script to make them not visible does not work if the animation is on. It only works if the animation is off.
If animation is toggled off, I have nothing on the ground as I want, and now nothing in the air either, with the make visible line taken out.
With animation toggled on I have normal flapping wings both in and out of the air regardless, with the make visible line in or out..
The animation script is no modify so I can't see what it's doing.