Re: Revenge of the Rooster


"pammyT" <fenlandfowl @talktalk.net> wrote in message
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> "unicorn" <someone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Certainly clip his spurs.... It will not hurt him a bit

> you are joking right? Inside the spur is a mass of nerves and blood
> vessels. It will hurt a lot and he will bleed a lot.
> I have heard of a cockerel bleeding to death from a ripped off spur.

You can see, if the spur is white, where the blood vessels come to, like on
the nail in a dog. Proving you clip above this it should be fine. I've
done this on very old boys lots of times, and they can walk much better
afterwards, their spurs were getting heavy.


>>and at least
>> your BIL will have less holes in him next time he visits.
>>
>> As a behavioral issue, it may be that you BIL is just to nice. It
>> may pay to have him fight the rooster and win. The best way to do this
>> is with a wet towel. When the rooster rushes in to attack, flop the
>> towel over him. In his small mind he will have been king hit by the
>> superior bird and may well back off permanently.
> codswallop. No amount of flopping a towel over one of my barbu d'anvers
> cockerels would stop him attacking me every time I went into the run. He
> is
> simply doing his job. The fact that he is a little overzealous is a mere
> inconvenience to me.
> Shut the cockerel away in a pen when BIL comes to visit. Then both paries
> will be safe and happy.
>
>

<g> I feel an Attila post coming on.. remember the dreadful Speckled Sussex
brothers from 2002 or 3? I still have Attila 1, and he is just the same as
ever. 12lbs of pure evil.
I hope Nüle will not mind if I say that she used to go past his run when she
was staying here, see him head*** it when she went past and then bend over
near his ear and whisper "casserole.."
It used to crack me up.

Tina



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