Not sure where to ask, but I have a rooster spur question.

[Appalachickens]

After a hawk attack, I got my first-ever rooster, Knuckles, a Wyandotte. (Here with my cross-beaked Wyandotte hen Consuelo, who manages to eat plenty and is easily the biggest hen in the flock.) Knuckles is two years old, very attentive and gentle with his 11 girls, and never aggressive toward me. He’s a really good boy.

My question is about his spurs. Full disclosure, I know virtually nothing about roosters. But it looks like he has two spurs on each foot. Is that normal?

 

[nuthatched]

Some birds have sets .

 

[Appalachickens]

Some birds have sets .

So not a concern?

 

[nuthatched]

So not a concern?

Not unless he starts to be affected by them

 

[ABQ chicken keeper]

After a hawk attack, I got my first-ever rooster, Knuckles, a Wyandotte. (Here with my cross-beaked Wyandotte hen Consuelo, who manages to eat plenty and is easily the biggest hen in the flock.) Knuckles is two years old, very attentive and gentle with his 11 girls, and never aggressive toward me. He’s a really good boy.View attachment 4291480
My question is about his spurs. Full disclosure, I know virtually nothing about roosters. But it looks like he has two spurs on each foot. Is that normal?
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I use a hack saw to trim spurs, do not cut below the quick. They will grow back, then trim them again. You will need someone to help to either do the cutting or to hold him.

 

[Appalachickens]

I use a hack saw to trim spurs, do not cut below the quick. They will grow back, then trim them again. You will need someone to help to either do the cutting or to hold him.

Do they need them trimmed?

 

[Rose the Legbar]

Do they need them trimmed?

His do look a little long and will possibly make him trip. It is always a good idea to trim them to be shorter as they are more useful in case of another hawk attack.

 

[casportpony]

Do you have any friends with horses? I use horse hoof nippers to trim spurs

 

[Perris]

But it looks like he has two spurs on each foot. Is that normal?

The gene for double spurs is dominant, so if it is in the ancestry it will show. Hens with the gene may have spurs, as in the photo below, of a double spurred roo and one of his daughters.

My roo with double spurs has not to date been troubled by them (nor has any other chicken he's come into contact with here). I do not trim them. 1 broke last year and grew back.