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| Our Roosters Spur |
Despurring any Rooster (cockerel) is not recommended unless for medical reasons and in this case it was very much needed.
Our rooster Frank had severely gouged the front of his foot either fighting or doing something else. His spurs were over 3" long and unlike most roosters spurs his pointed too far over to his opposing claw hence as he walked along the spur kept catching on the wound and reopening it. Ouch!
We tried treating it and wrapping it to protect it with no avail, the spur just kept gouging it out and it started to turn septic.
After watching a couple of YouTube vids (good old YouTube) we decided the only way to help him is to remove the spur. Now a roosters spur is just like a goats horn really and has a quick running up the inside of the spur about 50-70% of the spur.
So here's how to remove it:
1) get someone to hold the rooster.
2) support the foot with your hand and with a set of pliers grip the spur close to the base.
3) gentle rotate the pliers forward and back twisting the spur and only squeezing the pliers enough to grip the spur being careful not to crush the spur.
4) as you twist the spur and gently pull it will separate from the foot and come off leaving a fairly raw looking quick (there may be a small about of blood)
5) disinfect the area and the quick will dry up and be fine. We recommend isolating him till he heals up to prevent attacks from other chickens.
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| A Cockerel with long and deformed spurs |
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| Google image of someone removing a spur |
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| The quick |
