someone told me that you can buy special plyers to pull htem out i dont want to pull them out that semms kinda harsh i just want them a little less sharp!! anyone get ideas?

You absolutely don't want to pull them out! It will cause a lot of bleeding and pain. You can cut/trim them if you have strong enough cutters. I tried once to cut the spurs on my old rooster that were so long but I didn't have enough strength to cut through them. Eventually, he accidently broke them off and suffered blood loss and pain due to that. He broke the second one off when his son tried to kill him. Anyway, it's better to trim them before they're huge. You'll want to be sure to cut out beyond the quick where the blood is. It can be hard to see where it is so err on the side of caution and just cut out at least two inches on big roosters (less on bantams). As for controlling the rooster, I hope yours is nice! Otherwise, you'll need a lot of luck! I was able to get the cutters around my rooster's spurs when he was roosting above me (but like I said, I couldn't cut through the thick things).

my roo is about 9 months he is very sweet but he is scratching my kids when he goes to get on their shoulder. he is doing this in a nice way as he loves riding on ym daughters shoulder but again he scrtaches her with it so i am trying to figure a way to trim!!i thought of maybe filing it? with like what you would file a horses hooves? do you think this would work?

If the rooster sits still, the filing could remove the very tip but, to remove more, you'd have to get cutters. I'm not sure which kind of cutters work best. My father has a large workshop so I tried the ones that were the best size and sharp but I couldn't even make a dent in his spurs. The spurs were about half an inch in diameter (maybe more) and four inches long (curled up though). I saved the one that broke off. I hope your rooster is smaller in which case it shouldn't be too hard to trim them.

Here's a photo of the dewclaw that Sugar broke off when his son, Speckles, attacked him, 12/16/06. The entire dewclaw was longer because the part that didn't break off (bloody and alive) was another inch or so long.

wow!!!!! he is not quite that big the major problem is that it is so sharp!! i am afraid that is he gets scared oen day on her shoulder that hell really hurt here! i may try to file it ot see if thatll help short term