Author Topic: Green egg layer - spurs (Read 6548 times)

Dizzycow · « **Reply #15 on:** February 20, 2012, 07:05:49 pm »

Mine was 22nd Aug, Plums. I write their hatch dates down! Bit OCD, I know.

in the hills · « **Reply #16 on:** February 20, 2012, 08:16:19 pm »

Our Friesian Fowl hens have reasonably long spurs but they dont seem to get them until they are in their second year. They do look very much like the spurs of a cockerel.

I was given an arie hen by my friend. She is a last year, late summer hatch and is yet to lay. My friend says that they are quite difficult to sex and she cant do so until they are fairly mature. She is sure that mine is a hen and my cockerels certainly think so!!!! I will have a peek at her spurs tomorrow!!

I have been told that they like to lay where they shouldnt ..........so keep searching!!!

JEP · « **Reply #17 on:** February 20, 2012, 08:42:24 pm »

we've got 2 hens with spurs
had a cockerel that didn't crow for about 10 months till the other boys had left
then he started

chrismahon · « **Reply #18 on:** February 20, 2012, 09:00:48 pm »

Some of our dominant hens have spurs, only small mind. Except a very nasty RIR who has 1" spurs needle sharp which have to be trimmed regularly -lays quite well though.

Often only the dominant cockerel crows, the others are not allowed to without a fight ensuing. But I have noticed if different cockerel breeds are mixed together in the same run it's the dominant cockerel of each breed which crows. So there may be several crowing in that case. Our latest didn't crow when we got him. Took a few days to realise he was now master of his domain and started, rather badly but getting better. He will never outcrow the Wyandottes!