Rooster's spur is black and bleeding, need help.

[Eel Noob]

I feel really bad for the the AGB I just bought today, it's spurs are black and look like scabs. While he was struggling while I was taking him out of the cage his spurs must of hit each other or hit the cage and was bleeding pretty bad. Any suggestions on how about should I handle this? I was told I can pull out the whole spur out but that seems very painful.

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[JHorn91180]

Not sure but spurs are not that fragile. R u sure they havnt been cut? Odd that both were injured at the same time as well. As far as treating them I have had hundreds and hundreds of chickens over the years and have never experienced this type of injury with any of them so have no clue on what to do for the poor guy.

 

[Frizzle13]

I've had a lot of Roos but never a bleeding spur and they're not normally that delicate. I would try some sudocrem or Vaseline.

 

[sumi]

One of my roosters lost a spur while fighting a few months ago. It looked like the right hand spur of the roo in your pic. I cleaned it up and applied some antibiotic cream to the area. He didn't appreciate my messing with him, but it healed well and the spur is showing signs of growing again. If you want to I can post a pic for you?

 

[Fancychooklady]

Some people remove the spurs. Just google it to see the potato method.if there is a lot of blood dip it in cayenne pepper to stem the bleeding. My Wyandotte lost half a toe fighting with a considerably larger buff Sussex . He had a bit of a limp for a while, but has healed nicely.

 

[Eel Noob]

Thanks for the comments everyone. I'm hoping it's just from previous owner removing the spurs. Anyone know how long till it heals back to normal?

 

[ZaidAseels]

U should just put some medicine on the spur...it will heal within 2 days

 

[StephensonC]

It looks like the previous owners tried to cut them and wasn't successful. I would put some antibiotic cream on it. Should heal just fine.