got a new game today,, UPDATE post 103

[the1much]

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that was gonna be my first choice,, then i got looking into it, and theres ( to me) is a way bigger chance of complications after the fact, then just doing it once or twice a year with my dremil. i didnt want any chances with him ( it dont matter now,, a **@#@ dog got him) getting infection, or having to be in a crate till it healed ( cause i wouldnt want his tether rubbing it while it was getting hard).

i see a video of a guy doing it to a roo at a "fair" or something, did it with his hands, took him all but 3 seconds,, lol,,thats what interested me in it at first.

thankies for the advice

and thats a nice looking bird in ya av

 

[a2ms4chickens]

Thanks!

He is a Birchen MGB. He is one of my DS's 4-H showbirds.

We have had no complications with any of our roosters when taking off their spurs this way.

For show, their spurs can't look like they have been filed down for fighting. So, that is why we take off their spurs the way we do.

 

[the1much]

well got 2 new game hens today from animal control,,, heres the new ladies......

and yes,,, them some big spurs on that girl ,, lol

 

[HeelerDawg]

Hey yall. On the note of trimming spurs, let me tell you the way I have found best. Take a drimmel gun with a cut off disk on it, turn it up to a high speed and just zip 'em off. The heat friction of the disk seals it shut and they don't bleed, hope this helps.

 

[the1much]

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thats what i did,,, it worked great

 

[Riocotesei]

Thats a pretty bird. Do you know what breed it is?

 

[skand]

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Not really. Other then they are game hens, that's about it. We adopted them from the City Animal Control. They and about 23 other game birds were seized from a property for abandonment and cruelty.

 

[prariechiken]

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Of course they are tender, do you realize all the nerves and blood vessels that feed into the spur that you are twisting on? It would be like pulling out your toenails with plyers...ouch!!!! Much better to use the dremmel or a small saw and saw them out away from the leg...

 

[prariechiken]

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They are grey(duckwing) American Game hens

 

[skand]

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They are grey(duckwing) American Game hens

OOoooo thanks!