Rural/Farm Life

bvar22

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5. Plymouth Rock Roosters (Barred Rocks) don't have spurs,

Thu Jan 3, 2013, 10:18 PM

Jan 2013

....and a non-aggressive nature.
The Plymouth Rock family of chickens are "spurless".

We've been keeping chickens for 6 years, and just found that out because we have a 1 year old Barred Rock Rooster that hasn't developed spurs,
so we looked it up.
No Spurs.

We've had some beautiful but mean Roosters in the past,
and learned not to turn our backs on them,
but our new Barred Rock Rooster (Rocky) is great.
He still watches out over the hens, but has never made an aggressive move toward us.

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can you disarm a rooster? [View all] mopinko Jul 2012 OP

Yes. WARNING GRAPHIC EXAMPLE!!!!!! HereSince1628 Jul 2012 #1

yeah, i figured as much. mopinko Jul 2012 #2

I don't know. LWolf Jul 2012 #3

I wouldn't bother - in 25 some years of keeping chickens, hedgehog Jul 2012 #4

Plymouth Rock Roosters (Barred Rocks) don't have spurs, bvar22 Jan 2013 #5

Awesome! HealUS Dec 2013 #13

Unfortunately, "Rocky" met an untimely death in the mouth of a dog... bvar22 Dec 2013 #14

"Just A Love Machine" HealUS Dec 2013 #15

Insensitive? HealUS Dec 2013 #16

Hi, HealUS. bvar22 Dec 2013 #18

sorry to hear that bvar. mopinko Dec 2013 #17

I have a broody hen that has hatched several clutches. LWolf Jan 2013 #6

My rooster is mean and huge womanofthehills Jan 2013 #7

You can keep many roosters in line if you behave as an alpha. FedUpWithIt All Feb 2013 #8

thought i would update this- mopinko Feb 2013 #9

We used a homemade fleece chicken apron/saddle when our hen's backs went bare. FedUpWithIt All Feb 2013 #10

my buffs are the faves, too. mopinko Feb 2013 #11

Mine were totally fine with them FedUpWithIt All Feb 2013 #12

Yes we tried those too fasttense Jan 2014 #19

That's interesting. Ours never even tried to remove them. FedUpWithIt All Jan 2014 #20

I bought some saddles with sunflowers embroidered on them womanofthehills Jan 2014 #21