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Anime2lover
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Won't be doing that until I do the next check up.It's random pic
Did you trim your birds spurs yet?
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Won't be doing that until I do the next check up.It's random pic
Did you trim your birds spurs yet?
Yeah, got that here:Won't be doing that until I do the next check up.
No. Going to do it the next time I go to check their feet.
I just clip the tips with a toe nail clipper.I have a roo named big red, now close to two years old. He's developed spurs that are like needles. He hasnt attacked yet, but when I pick him up to do check ups, he struggles a lot. And with his spurs the way they are now, it would be very easy to give us bad cuts even by accident. We tried the method where you just wiggle the spur around to get it off on one of our culled hens with large spurs, but its it's actually breaking the bone off to. I imagine that would be painful, so I dont want to try that on my roo. Can the tips of his spurs be clipped like a dog's nails or is there another way??
That's the best way. They don't make noise and it slides off. If you just nip the top, your not getting the hole nail and quick. It's like a dog. If the nail grows to long then the quick is just as long. You have to cut it back. Trust me it doesn't hurt the animal. If you just use pliers and no potatoes then it probably hurts. But the potato softens up the nail.I would not clip. I have had success with the hot potato method. There are videos on YouTube. You microwave a potato and then put it on the spur for a few minutes, then just twist off the spur. Underneath will be a smaller stump. No pain and no more long, nasty spurs.