Decrowing Roosters.

[gryeyes]

Hens have spurs too?

Yes, many hens have spurs. This is one reason the presence of spur buds on chicks is NOT a good indicator for sexing chicks.

 

[insanity]

Hens have spurs too?

Some I have a few RIR hens with 2" or more of spur.Plus bad attitudes.My roo (from Dr. James)also has spurs but doesn't have a mean bone in him.I leave his alone.

 

[tatertot]

Wow and IV read that some hens crow...I'd cull the nasty attitudes...I don't have any roos

 

[insanity]

I'm working on it. They are older rescue hens I'm hoping it will get better.Giving them time to adjust to the better surroundings and get healthy.

 

[tatertot]

Get a spray bottle and a squirt when they act ugly...doesn't hurt them..but maybe it'll addjust their attitudes...use water

 

[tatertot]

Resue hens? Like from a shelter or caged poultry farm? I boycott the caged poultry farms...they abuse and neglect
Their hens...all for cheap floppy eggs to sell at the super market....gloppy not floppy ...crazy spell correct

 

[tatertot]

They throw the day old cockerel chicks in a grinder..Alive...they put the day old pullets heads in a machine that chops off the beaks...they are thrown and tossed like used tissue paper...then they spend the rest of their short miserable life in a cage with four other hens

 

[tatertot]

And have as much room as a sheet of paper...they get sick....no treatment ...they die and the other hens have to live with it...no wonder we have samanilla outbreaks....all in the name of cheap eggs..sounds like buying abuse...oh if egg production goes down they starve them for two weeks...

 

[tatertot]

I watched it on a YouTube video and it really made me think about things

 

[insanity]

Resue hens? Like from a shelter or caged poultry farm? I boycott the caged poultry farms...they abuse and neglect
Their hens...all for cheap floppy eggs to sell at the super market....gloppy not floppy ...crazy spell correct

No not from a commercial farm just some lady. 18 birds in 4x4 coop, no run, with poor feed. I took 7 but didn't have room for the rest. The same day I got 3 from an old man who turns them out at age 2 to fend for themselves because they don't lay anymore. They've been with me a little over a week I get 3-4 eggs a day.Now when they get healthy I figure they will do even better. 2 will go if they don't stop attacking, 1 keeps trying to eat the eggs, and the EE hasn't layed yet. They have until quarantine is over ( mid Dec) to improve.