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All the time and patience in the world won't rehab a boy like that IMO. Too many good roos out there to tolerate a serial abuser. Besides, why would you want to breed smaller genetics into your flock? (That's assuming that you are planning on raising chicks in the future.) I'd just replace...

Thank you Azygous.

So, if I went out after they've gone to bed, and did the spur removal, he'd be good to go in the morning? Tell me please, what will I see when I remove the spur sheath? How hard is it to twist them off? Any particular type of plier that you use?

Ok, moving on to an other point: My roo desperately needs to have his spur(s) trimmed. He broke one last summer, so it's blunt but getting longer. The other one is very deadly. I have not yet done it b/c I'm a scaredy cat, afraid that I'll get into the quick and he'll bleed out. So, how...

You either have to immediately go into high alert dominance training or cull him IMO. Dominance training: Walk through him, never go around. Where ever he happens to be, make him move. Carry a light wt stick, and use it to tap his tail feathers to direct him where you want him to go. If...

What was your experience(s) with aggressive roosters and what did you try/do to remedy it? In my first group of roos there were some RIR. Those boys were nasty tempered. They'd just as soon as take my fingers off as look at me. They tasted pretty good. Very little aggression since then. My...