RE: [AlpacaTalk] RE: Severe Eye Injury
Hi Heather,
As a small child, my visits to grandfather'
the chickens were in the barnyard. One day our large rooster turned himself
into 'coq au vin' .
He ran up to me, I was five, and spurred my left cheek right below my eye..I
still have a faint 1 inch vertical scar where that lovely supper with
feathers tried to spur me. He almost made it..and that is why he became the
Sunday dinner that week. My grandfather saw that rooster launch himself at
my face.and it was grandfather'
Otherwise, I'd have been a one eyed lawyer all these years. Chickens can
and do hurt humans, dogs, cats, and other livestock on occasion. A big
rooster can weigh 15 lbs if from one of the larger breeds. This was a big
red rooster from a large breed. I don't remember the name, but it is a
rather common farm type breed. The hens laid lovely eggs so we always kept
at least two clutches each year for replacement pullets the next spring.
It is possible to remove those spurs and some farms do it routinely on all
hatchling cockerels to avoid such harm. I would recommend that approach to
all farms keeping a small flock for eggs, capons, and stew hens. A good vet
can show you how to do it without great pain or harm to the chicks; and it
should only be done after you know how it is properly done. If you have
kids or pets, I think it should be a standard procedure. Castrating the
extra roosters early in life is also easily done and a very good idea..
Better eating, stops your hens from being bothered by too much "treading"
(breeding) behavior from too many roosters. All around, more peaceable in
the barnyard.
Allison Moss-Fritch
New Moon Alpacas
Santa Clara, CA
From: AlpacaTalk@yahoogro
Behalf Of Heather Zeleny
Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 3:26 PM
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogro
Subject: Re: [AlpacaTalk] RE: Severe Eye Injury
You're lucky that your rooster doesn't have long, sharp spurs. Our
rooster did. They were at least 1 1/2" long, and came to very sharp
points. I don't recall how old you said Mr Rooster is or what breed he
is, but it might not be a bad idea to keep an eye on those spurs.
"They" do indeed strap longer, sharper, metal spurs to their legs, but
their natural spurs can also be quite dangerous.
I just read about your trees. They sound like trouble! Yes, I've read
that many prunus varieties also have prussic acid in the leaves which
is concentrated when stressed or wilted.
I also just read about your coupon book problem. Can someone decide
what hours someone can operate and deny service that way? Doesn't sound
right. Though since it's a barter and not cash I guess she can whatever
she pleases...
Best of luck to you and keep us posted!
Heather
> We (The Mexican guy) caught the rooster yesterday and looked at his
> spurs and toe nails closely. He showed me how his spurs are not sharp
> (and informed me of how blades are tied to them to make them
> dangerous,
> ahem), and his toenails not large enough to do the sort of damage
> either
> of my alpacas have rec'd. So no longer sure he is the culprit; tho I
> see him going at all the alpacas.....
> don't see him inflicting the serious damage they both rec'd. Just a
> mystery.
>
> Janice in GA
>
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