He was being soaked for bumble foot. The filing was accomplished over two days (about ten minutes per spur). if you roo is a hard case get him after he's gone to roost, wrap him in a towel, keep the light. in the room where you're working on him, to a minimum and put a muzzle on wandering...
Resolution wrote: The most important daily use is not in defense or fighting but rather in uncovering food. The spurs are used to rake through leaf litter.
Here, in the deciduous `jungle', our roo puts them to good use.
He did, however, as a sharp spurred cockerel, open up the flank of a GSL...