Does removing the Rooster's spur help with mating injuries?

[oldhenlikesdogs]

He will be a year old in May. I was hoping it was the spurs that were doing the damage and since I got rid of them, he couldn't accidentally slice their skin anymore, I mean that was the purpose of doing that. I did read that some spurs grow in odd and maybe that is the reason his are so deadly to the hens. The only bad thing I've seen him do is peck their feet to move them off the roost. He is not rough. When it's warmer I will sit outside and observe more.

He's still really young. He will mate more this spring than any other time. He may be gentle, but many roosters will mate every 10-30 minutes and it gets to be a lot on hens.