Fiesty Cockerel

[cherrycoop]

My bantam RIR cockerel is very aggressive towards people and even has a go at me on occasions. Is it possible to cut or remove his spurs? No chicken friendly vet available. he is called Tikka as my family all believe that is the only solution but I cannot part with him. He has 8 girls to keep him more than occupied but he still has the energy for a fight!

 

[Chuck]

You can trim the spurs and or file them to make them more rounded but you can't cut them right off as there will be too much blood loss.

 

[chrismahon]

As Chuck says Cherrycoop. We use a fine toothed junior hacksaw blade then an emery nail file. The spurs are hard like ivory and contain blood vessels almost to the end -shine a torch light through them to see. There are some daft ideas on the internet about spur trimming. The daftest involves a hot potato!