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Mar 13, 2017 16:35:00 GMT
Post by ceresone on Mar 13, 2017 16:35:00 GMT
i have heard that they can just be snapped off? Is this possible--even if I could do it? My banties wont be here untill June, but they are straight run, and we all know what that means!
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Mar 13, 2017 21:55:15 GMT
Post by Skandi on Mar 13, 2017 21:55:15 GMT
UNless you're planning on keeping the boys for a long time it's not going to matter, they don't grow them very fast, we have one boy from the last hatch (very lucky we only got one) he's 6 months and nothing there yet.
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Mar 13, 2017 23:41:58 GMT
Post by aoconnor on Mar 13, 2017 23:41:58 GMT
I have all banties, have never once had an issue with roos using their spurs on each other or me, except one roo who is no longer with us:-) Wink wink:-)
I would watch, if they start arguing and using their spurs, I would deal with it then. I have found my bantams only fight with head tossing and chasing. I have upwards of 60 birds, about 20 are roos. Since they don't bother each other I leave them alone.
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Post by paquebot on Mar 14, 2017 4:27:02 GMT
The spurs are not dead things. They are quite similar to claws on a dog or cat in that there is living tissue in them and they will bleed if cut or damaged. Best to trim them with some type of rotary cutting tool and have something handy to stop the blood flow.
Martin
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Mar 14, 2017 13:02:38 GMT
Post by bergere on Mar 14, 2017 13:02:38 GMT
Going to have to pull the spurs off my Blue Wheaten Ameraucana soon. They are so long he is tripping over them. Knock on wood, he is a sweet heart.
Will either use the potato method or the pliers and slow twist, making sure I have blood stop powder on hand.
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Mar 23, 2017 11:39:28 GMT
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Post by aoconnor on Mar 23, 2017 11:39:28 GMT
Going to have to pull the spurs off my Blue Wheaten Ameraucana soon. They are so long he is tripping over them. Knock on wood, he is a sweet heart. Will either use the potato method or the pliers and slow twist, making sure I have blood stop powder on hand. What is the potato method? |
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Mar 23, 2017 12:37:56 GMT
Post by bergere on Mar 23, 2017 12:37:56 GMT
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Post by aoconnor on Mar 28, 2017 12:49:02 GMT
Thanks bergere, I've never seen that done before! |
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Post by bergere on Mar 31, 2017 20:13:44 GMT
Welcome!
I wish there was a way to cut and cauterize at the same time, so all of the spur is nearly flush with their leg.
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Apr 1, 2017 2:34:16 GMT
Post by grannyg on Apr 1, 2017 2:34:16 GMT
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