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  1. enola

    Mixed heritage and birds with dubious parentage thread. (mutts)

    You are making me drool!!!!!
  2. enola

    Mixed heritage and birds with dubious parentage thread. (mutts)

    Ed is an EE.
  3. enola

    Mixed heritage and birds with dubious parentage thread. (mutts)

    He needed the spur removed because it caused him problems when walking, roosting and "other" duties.... :) Mean roosters here never live long enough to grow spurs. I don't want them in my gene pool!
  4. enola

    Mixed heritage and birds with dubious parentage thread. (mutts)

    Nope, not sadistic at all. My son braced the rooster against his chest because we both thought he would have a fit! I gave a TINY little twist right at the base of the spur, and was amazed when it popped right off in my hands. Two drops of blood and we were done. My son said the rooster didn't...
  5. enola

    Mixed heritage and birds with dubious parentage thread. (mutts)

    Holding him firmly and a tiny twist with the pliers and they pop off too! Really simple!
  6. enola

    Mixed heritage and birds with dubious parentage thread. (mutts)

    He is the only rooster that I had to do that to in 50+ years of chicken raising... He is also the only Araucana rooster I have ever owned.
  7. enola

    Mixed heritage and birds with dubious parentage thread. (mutts)

    Only the good roosters live long enough to get any spurs at my place...... :)
  8. enola

    Mixed heritage and birds with dubious parentage thread. (mutts)

    The one I removed was over 4 inches long. It actually interfered with his walking.
  9. enola

    Mixed heritage and birds with dubious parentage thread. (mutts)

    You don't ruin the spur using the pliers. The spur root is still there. The spur will start growing right away.
  10. enola

    Mixed heritage and birds with dubious parentage thread. (mutts)

    The pliers method works great. My son and I did my Araucana rooster last spring. He held the rooster against his chest and I twisted the spur off. He said the rooster didn't even flinch. He only bled two drops of blood. I separated him from the hens for two days. I would recommend this procedure...
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