Rooster Spurs

[Evadig]

Are his spurs getting too long where they should be trimmed?

 

[casportpony]

I would trim them.

 

[Evadig]

I would trim them.

Ok, I was thinking as much. What do I use?

 

[FrostRanger]

Pair of dog nail clippers or a dremal works

 

[Evadig]

Pair of dog nail clippers or a dremal works

Alright, thanks. I’ll do it tonight.

 

[McChooky]

A rooster I rescued became aggressive after trimming his spurs.
I will never do it again.Maybe I did it wrong but it bled very little.

 

[Shadrach]

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I can't imagine how roosters managed for all these thousands of years without us trimming their spurs. They learn to walk and adjust to their spur shape and length. Roosters shed spur casings when they get too long in many cases, or the spur gets broken off. I think nature has this stuff covered. There are of course situations when nature isn't going to sort the problem out other than by letting the creature die and with it, it's genes. Hopefull this means the genetic failure bit doesn't get passed on.
The other instance a I can think off where a roosters spurs may need attention is when they are injuring their hens during mating. In such case all that needs doing is the points rounded off with a file

 

[Evadig]

A rooster I rescued became aggressive after trimming his spurs.
I will never do it again.Maybe I did it wrong but it bled very little.

I can't imagine how roosters managed for all these thousands of years without us trimming their spurs. They learn to walk and adjust to their spur shape and length. Roosters shed spur casings when they get too long in many cases, or the spur gets broken off. I think nature has this stuff covered. There are of course situations when nature isn't going to sort the problem out other than by letting the creature die and with it, it's genes. Hopefull this means the genetic failure bit doesn't get passed on.
The other instance a I can think off where a roosters spurs may need attention is when they are injuring their hens during mating. In such case all that needs doing is the points rounded off with a file

I don’t have a pair of dog clippers anyway, so I guess I’ll just leave him unless they get worse. He’s already aggressive, so I’m not worried about that.

 

[SamLockwood]

Unless he's human aggressive or he's injuring the hens I wouldn't bother. Especially if you're free ranging your birds, it's about as bad an idea as declawing a cat.

 

[Oxydziedhens]

Unless he's human aggressive or he's injuring the hens I wouldn't bother. Especially if you're free ranging your birds, it's about as bad an idea as declawing a cat.

I agree, the only time we have ever despured a rooster was after he launched his spur over 1cm into my mums knee
Only do it if he’s aggressive to humans, as if you despur him he will lose trust in you and maybe start trying to attack