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[Ravynscroft]

Those are from an Australorp??

These are from my bantam cochin!

Should've seen my old Araucana bantam cock bird, his were scary!!!

good lord women! Those are crazy! These are from my old Swedish flower rooster.

I think her Australorp was 3 yrs old when I did those... had never been done before... yours are sharpest though!

I use a set of pliers. Grip the spur firmly. Rock back and forth and after a minute they will pop loose and slide off. You're gonna feel like you are going to break their leg but you won't. I would say you rock back and forth 8 or so times before they pop off. They bleed a drop or two so you want to seperate them for a day from the others afterwards.

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[minihorse927]

Should've seen my old Araucana bantam cock bird, his were scary!!!
I think her Australorp was 3 yrs old when I did those... had never been done before... yours are sharpest though!
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he has razorblade! Those were not only pointy but had flat blade like areas on the sides

 

[Ravynscroft]

he has razorblade! Those were not only pointy but had flat blade like areas on the sides

 

[CuzChickens]

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[GardenWren]

Have any of y'all tried those spur trimming kit dealies? A while back I was looking into how to deal with our roosters' spurs and came across a kit. Comes with some sort of guage thingy that the spur slides into to keep them from being cut too short and a saw. One of my frizzle boys is starting to tear the hen's backs up, so we're gonna have to do something about it. A few of my poor girls are starting to look a little rough. Does pulling the spurs off not hurt them? I know when I get a nail hung and ripped off it hurts like heck, I just assumed it'd be similar.

 

[Ravynscroft]

Have any of y'all tried those spur trimming kit dealies? A while back I was looking into how to deal with our roosters' spurs and came across a kit. Comes with some sort of guage thingy that the spur slides into to keep them from being cut too short and a saw. One of my frizzle boys is starting to tear the hen's backs up, so we're gonna have to do something about it. A few of my poor girls are starting to look a little rough. Does pulling the spurs off not hurt them? I know when I get a nail hung and ripped off it hurts like heck, I just assumed it'd be similar.

Nope, it really doesn't hurt them... personally, I feel it's easier and less stressful for the bird to twist them off than to grind or cut them down... it's a natural shedding process, actually... very similar to how a pronghorn sheds it's horn sheath...

 

[WVduckchick]

Nope, it really doesn't hurt them... personally, I feel it's easier and less stressful for the bird to twist them off than to grind or cut them down... it's a natural shedding process, actually... very similar to how a pronghorn sheds it's horn sheath...

I agree!

GW, this method just removes the outside layer. They rooster has another softer one underneath, it hardens in a day or so, just shorter and more blunt. So its not twisting the whole spur off, just an outer sheath.

 

[minihorse927]

needless to say I was happy he was always such a sweet rooster.

 

[GardenWren]

Nope, it really doesn't hurt them... personally, I feel it's easier and less stressful for the bird to twist them off than to grind or cut them down... it's a natural shedding process, actually... very similar to how a pronghorn sheds it's horn sheath...

Awesome, thanks for the info!

I agree!

GW, this method just removes the outside layer. They rooster has another softer one underneath, it hardens in a day or so, just shorter and more blunt. So its not twisting the whole spur off, just an outer sheath.

Gotcha! Do you just use channellocks or pliers to grip the spurs? I wonder if a pair of Soft Grip Pliers would be worth buyin for that purpose....

 

[Ravynscroft]

Awesome, thanks for the info!
Gotcha! Do you just use channellocks or pliers to grip the spurs? I wonder if a pair of Soft Grip Pliers would be worth buyin for that purpose....

No channellocks, simple pliers like these are perfect...

I even use the plain silver, all metal ones... spur sits in the grooves nicely and you just grip firmly and twist back and forth til it releases... you don't want to clamp down super hard, you could crush the sheath and damage the inner spur if it's too much...