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Chirping
The previous post should have been worded as “removal OR a chemical pellet inserted under the neck skin”.
Similar to today’s “chipping” of a pet.
Similar to today’s “chipping” of a pet.
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I saw online recently that there is a no crow rooster collar. It’s not a shock collar. I have more research to do on it because I think one of my chickens is a rooster.Hi, we live within City limits, so can't have roosters. If I get my daughters pets caponized, will they still crow? Does it mellow them out?
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Purple_grape84, we don't caponize birds that we raise for meat. We raise them for about 7 to 8 weeks, they don't start crowing at that age, not my birds anyway.I think you will have better luck asking this in the meat section, ppl there look at them less like pets. I have read some great posts there on the subject. Seems that crowing will stop, get bigger, softer meat, some are maternal towards chicks, definitely less aggression.
I run a farm sanctuary and have explored this with roosters rescued from cock fighting and here is what I have learned. The surgery can be risky but if performed by an avian vet can have a reasonable chance of survival. That said- it doesn’t work. One of the largest national farm sanctuaries did autopsies on 10 roosters who were canonized and had died. In 8 of the 10 their testes grew back. They no longer do the procedure. I hope you find this helpful.Hi, we live within City limits, so can't have roosters. If I get my daughters pets caponized, will they still crow? Does it mellow them out?
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Back “in the day” that I was talking about, it cost only pennies per bird. They sold home kits, the metal insertion tool and a bag of pellets for likely less than $10. Such would do 50 or 100 birds.The pellet implant is called Suprelorin and I was told by the vet that it costs about $100 and lasts 3-6mth only. But it is really hard to find a vet willing to take the risk with surgical caponisation.
Hi, we live within City limits, so can't have roosters. If I get my daughters pets caponized, will they still crow? Does it mellow them out?
Thanks