Wipe it off and use flour or quick stop watch him if possible to make sure that it doesn't open again
what is the function of the spur in the chicken
trim their feet???? hmmmm-i am assuming u mean SPURS? as marcy said u dont! if u have other roosters ur going to need them to have their spurs so when they do their " i am the man" routine each has a fair chance. their scratching the ground should suffice. also remember spurs tell u the age of the rooster :) itd be like dying ur gray hair-cant cover up Honor :) Good luck! Rooster's feet shouldn't be trimmed. That's usually what gravel in their pen will do. They will often go around mashing their nails into the gravel. I'd leave well enough alone unless you want a fight to the death. My bets on the rooster! LOL Marcy
Locate the rooster in the clear marble, just above the sheriff's badge on page 20. The sharp point on the back of a rooster's foot is called a spur.
Spur your team to victory!
The rooster will grow a spur about 2 inches above the back claw and inside the leg. Hens do not grow spurs.
It's a rooster spur! Look for the white rooster inside the clear marble.
In the egg. When chicks hatch they have little nubs that can grow out latter resulting in a spur. Hens can grow spurs too. Sometimes only one spur grows and leaves the other as a nub. The spur can get knock off and never grow back.
The spur on a chicken is usualy on a rooster and it is like a big claw on the bottom of their leg. I have chickens and my hens have tiny spur like things but roosters spurs are much bigger.
A rooster spur is the bony like horn that grows on his legs which he uses for fights with other roosters. Some hens may also grow smaller spurs.
The appendage you see growing about 2 inches up from the bottom of the foot and on the inside of each leg is called a SPUR and is used by the rooster as a defencive weapon. Hens do not grow this spur.
When chickens breed sometimes the rooster will spur the hen. This can cause severe lacerations in the hen. The saddle protects her.
There are blood vessels running through spurs, and thus if they are cut off, they will bleed a LOT. In fact, they can bleed so much that the rooster will die (you should always wrap up a broken spur immediately). There are ways to remove spurs, but they must be done very carefully.