do rooster spurs bleed when trimmed?

[wildorchid053]

my roos are starting to grow their spurs and a couple of them are getting pointed and hurting the hens.. we put saddles on them but i am afraid one might get us.. they are quite tame but you never know.. so if we use a dremmel to trim them to 1" long will they bleed or is it like trimming your own nails if you don't go to short

 

[saladin]

They will bleed.

You don't have to trim them if you don't want too. All you have to do is twist them off. The outer covering will come off easily and what will be left is the inner 'bone.' It will harden in time.
saladin

 

[speckledhen]

Yes, they will bleed, but if you use a whirring dremel tool to cut them off, it cauterizes them as it cuts through. Just have to hold him tightly so you don't cut the other leg. It's a two person job, really, unless you hogtie him.