If you will trim his beak and nails/claws almost to the quick and remove his spurs he should tame down a bit. When you remove the kertain coating off of spurs it leaves a tender spur that is easily hurt. Tuck your rooster under your arm with his feet in the front. Use a pair of pliers to jiggle his spur. Do not pull it off or force the flesh, just jiggle back and forth, and the spur will come off. Remove both, then put blood stop or flour on his spurs; he is ready to be let down. Because his spurs will be tender he should think twice about jumping your hens so much.
Cathryn rainbowsilkiesTM Michigan
From: kayseag12 <kayseag12@yahoo.com>
To: CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2012 7:58 AM
Subject: [CHICKENS-101] Rooster wounding hens when mating
We have a GREAT Barred Plymouth Rock rooster, but he is constantly jumping on the backs of our hens (mating.) This has lead to feathers falling out, calloused backs, and sometimes serious cuts. I have made "hen aprons" that some hens will wear. (Some will not tolerate them.) I have heard of this being a problem with others, but I've also heard some do not have this problem. We isolate the rooster sometimes, but he takes such good care of the flock especially when foraging that we really don't want to separate him. I'd love to hear what others have done with this issue. Any suggestions?
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