spurs on hen

[fowlafoot]

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She does look mean but she's the sweetest calmest hen and the rooster has her in her place, I just can't put any other hens in there... we're going to trim her spurs before spring so there's no problem with egg breaking. Malays aren't great layers so I don't want to lose any of the eggs.

 

[Crunchie]

I breed white crested black Polish and I have 2 hens with spurs. They're just little nubby spurs, but they are there. It's genetic. I thought about culling them, but they are quite nice otherwise so I kept them. I couldn't see losing all of the good genes for the spurs...not all of their offspring will develop spurs, so we'll see how it goes. I will most likely cull for spurs in a hen from here on out.