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northfifeduckling

  • Joined Jan 2009
  • Fife
    • North Fife Blog
hen with spur
« on: July 30, 2015, 10:14:53 pm »
Weirdest thing - my daughter noticed that our oldest hen has 1 spur. I never noticed so have no idea if it's new or if she always had it! Any thoughts?  :thinking:

Clansman

  • Joined Jul 2013
  • Ayrshire
Re: hen with spur
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2015, 01:27:22 pm »
reasonably common, quite a few hens grow them, nothing to worry about, they rarely get too large that it causes a problem

ladyK

  • Joined Dec 2012
  • Conwy Valley
Re: hen with spur
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2015, 05:23:39 pm »
I was wondering about exactly the same - I noticed one of our 3 year old hens started growing a spur too, on the left leg only. Feeling reassured that this is not uncommon. Phew!
"If one way is better than another, it is the way of nature." (Aristotle)

JEP

  • Joined Oct 2011
Re: hen with spur
« Reply #3 on: August 01, 2015, 08:00:16 am »
we ha a hen with a spur lived about 6years no problems

 

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