Re: Questions re: Rooster spurs & hatching hen

In article <Xns96A99E64F3E06danny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
diddy <diddy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> in thread news:Omelet-B85495.14303305082005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
> OmManiPadmeOmelet <Omelet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> whittled the following words:
>
> > In article <J7vIe.1346$RS.536@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> > "maxh" <maxh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> Newbie questions:
> >> The spurs on my rooster are getting quite long, in fact they are so
> >> long, that they curl across his legs.
> >> Should I just wait till they fall off or should I trim them?
> >> Next question.
> >> One of my laying hens is hatching.
> >> She is sitting on a bunch of eggs.
> >> Should I do nothing till the eggs are hatched, and then trow away the
> >> eggs, that did not hatch?
> >> Are the eggs, that don't hatch, going to smell or rot after a few
> >> days after having been laid?
> >> And if so, should I separate them from the eggs which will hatch? How
> >> would I do that?
> >> Any advice?
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Looks like nobody answered this, so I'll give it a shot. :-)
> >
> > Re: rooster spurs.
> >
> > If they are not causing problems, leave them alone.
> > If they are, you can cut them down. There are many ways to do this,
> > but I got one heck of a lot less bleeding by using a hacksaw to cut
> > them back 1/2" from the leg.
> >
> Thanks.
> I saw my rooster walking last night, and I saw bleeding on just one inside
> of his leg. I wondered if he got himself with his spur, but when I looked
> at the other inside thigh, it was not injured. Do I wait until he's
> injured again before assuming it's his spurs giving him problems? (The
> injury was not bilateral)
> I'm glad someone else asked this and that you answered.

Well, watch him walk. If it looks like the point of the spur is hitting
his other leg, I'd go ahead and trim.

I've had some roosters with spurs that pointed slightly inwards and they
got so long, the bird could barely walk and could not run at all! Those
are the ones I cut back very short.

They do grow back, but it takes time.
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson
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