The Wyandotte Thread

[Avlana]

That looks like Mareck's disease to me.

I agree that it looks like Marek's disease.

 

[dracoe19]

Someone was showing me one of their wyandottes and he has a split breast. I know this is a defect but how severe? Is it something they can breed out if paired with good females or is it a strictly cull offense like cross beak?

 

[sbucciarel]

Google the ' hot potato ' spur removal. I found it very interesting. If you decide to cut, keep cornflour on hand to help the blood clot. Cayenne pepper will also stop a bleed.

I would never just cut the spur. Before I knew anything about it, I visited someone who was building a coop for me and his rooster was running around looking pretty angry. He said he just cut his spurs. I asked how do you do that? He said just like dog nails.

Unfortunately, I believed him and tried to shorten my roosters spurs. Made a quick cut .... long story short, it bled and bled and bled. My pants were saturated with his blood. I kept him with me, using cornstarch to attempt to get it stopped. Took a considerable amount of time for it to finally stop. Lucky I didn't lose my rooster.

Watch that video posted. That is the proper and safe way to do it. I've seen two videos like that now. It's fast, and almost bloodless and doesn't seem to cause any real distress to the bird.

 

[Fancychooklady]

I would never just cut the spur. Before I knew anything about it, I visited someone who was building a coop for me and his rooster was running around looking pretty angry. He said he just cut his spurs. I asked how do you do that? He said just like dog nails.

Unfortunately, I believed him and tried to shorten my roosters spurs. Made a quick cut .... long story short, it bled and bled and bled. My pants were saturated with his blood. I kept him with me, using cornstarch to attempt to get it stopped. Took a considerable amount of time for it to finally stop. Lucky I didn't lose my rooster.

Watch that video posted. That is the proper and safe way to do it. I've seen two videos like that now. It's fast, and almost bloodless and doesn't seem to cause any real distress to the bird.

If only everyone would give it a try. I met a guy that told me he grinds them back with his power tools.

 

[sbucciarel]

If only everyone would give it a try. I met a guy that told me he grinds them back with his power tools.

Why do that when I saw the Youtube videos of another way that is clean, bloodless and fast? If it works for you, great, but I like the Youtube method of just taking pliers, rocking them back and forth a bit at the top of the spur and they snap right off with hardly any blood or drama.

 

[PeakyBeaky]

Back from the show:

SL Pullet BB/BV



Black hen RB/BV


BLR pullet BV


We also got Partridge BV, Blue cock got BV and our SP bantam hen got BV.

 

[suebgbr]

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There is one on youtube where he cuts them with a dremmel as he says it cauterises them at the same time because it gets hot when it spins

 

[sbucciarel]

Back from the show:

SL Pullet BB/BV
Black hen RB/BV
BLR pullet BV

 We also got Partridge BV, Blue cock got BV and our SP bantam hen got BV.

Congratulations. Nice job

 

[jerryse]

When I need to remove spurs I use the pliers method. I only remove when they are a hazard to me or the bird.

 

[vladsko]

Back from the show: SL Pullet BB/BV Black hen RB/BV BLR pullet BV We also got Partridge BV, Blue cock got BV and our SP bantam hen got BV.

Congratulations.