Cream legbar HEN with huge spurs

[OwO]

Here's my cream legbar's spurs which have grown pretty big now. Is this normal for her breed?? She is definitely a hen and lays eggs

 

[Bert96746]

Goodness alive! Hens can grow spurs but those look like ivory tusks! I wouldn't want to mess with her

 

[Severne]

I’ve heard but never actually seen a hen with spurs, very unique, I’d pull them off.

 

[Neggative]

epic!!!

 

[BulldogsandChickens]

I’ve heard but never actually seen a hen with spurs, very unique, I’d pull them off.

Spurs can just be pulled off? Clippers or literally yank them out?

 

[Neggative]

i watched a vid and they got pliars kinda twisted a bit and pulled them off!!!

 

[Neggative]

thats not the exact one but the same thing.....

 

[diamondsilkies]

Sometimes dominant hens will grow spurs. It's more common in the absence of a rooster, but I have two right now and my polish girls has some pretty sharp ones.

I don't like to pull them off, they're a natural part of the chicken's body and the exposed part can be very sensitive (that's why it's cased in the spur). They can also get infected pretty easily. But then again, maybe I'm just a little too squeamish; it's hard for me to believe it doesn't hurt them.

I only intervene if they are sharp to the point of being dangerous or have grown too long and are interfering with the chicken's movement. In that case, I just take a pair of pet nail clippers and trip them down a little (be careful not to get too close to the base, otherwise you risk cutting into that sensitive area and drawing blood).

 

[Severne]

Yes, you can do it without causing them much pain by waiting until they are looser or when they arent growing more by just twisting and pulling.

 

[Kaleco Quail]

Here's my cream legbar's spurs which have grown pretty big now. Is this normal for her breed?? She is definitely a hen and lays eggs

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My Legbar hen has spurs also, but are not that big. There is no rooster, but it's not an alpha hen scenario in her case. She's one of the most submissive hens in my mixed breed flock. I found my ISA Browns to be the most aggressive, followed by my lone Smokey Pearl. I've recently added eight Calico Princesses and find them to be the most docile and annoyingly friendly of all.