Trimming Spurs

[Frozen Feathers]

I've never had a rooster with spurs as sharp as this guys. Can and how do I trim them?? Thanks, I'd appreciate any advice!

 

[mudhen]

There was an article in Backyard Poultry this month about this subject, see if you can pick up a copy somewhere, it has a picture of a Polish on the cover.
One thing I remember they suggested was to use those electrical wire caps (the twist on colorful ones you find in any hardware store) on the ends of the spurs. Hope this helps!

 

[akcskye]

Mud that's a great idea about the plastic caps, I'll do that next time and see.

As to the original question, I just took some dog trimmers to Billy's spurs tonight and just took off enough to get the "point" dulled.

One I got a little bit of liquid/blood and put flour on it, the other one came off fine.

I barely cut any off, so I wouldn't suggest going "too" low...his spurs are white and what I thought was the quick (much lower than it obviously was) apparently was wrong...so just do enough to get the points off until you know where the quick is.

Kristi