There are how-to threads on caponizing at:
"How to caponize a rooster Warning Graphic pics"
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=210041
"I Caponized! ***Graphic Pics*** Not For Faint of Heart."
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=472475
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As far as de-crowing, here are some comments from other BYCers on various threads.
jackiefunsize: "i live in a built up area..... so no roosters aloud lol....... before i could rehome my rooster...... i restricted the head room in the bed so he couldn't stand tall..... i'd let them out the bed after 7 when everyone was up...... this does work try it....."
FutureChickenMan: "I've heard rumors that you can stop a roo from crowing in the coop by putting a roost very close to the ceiling. The theory is that the roo will find the tallest roost to crow from. When he cannot get a full stretch for his crow, and bonks his head on the ceiling he won't crow.
Of course, if it does work, it'd only work inside.
[Comment from me (SpeckledHills)--I think that would only possibly work first thing in the morning, cuz the roo would crow when was on the ground during the day]
Other option (possibly) is to caponize him. But I think that only works if you do it before he's sexually mature. And there's still no guarentee that will work. Plus, if he's without his manhood, you might as well put him in the stock pot 'cause he's not going to do his job as flock leader."
Oblio13: "I had dinner at my vet's house yesterday and asked him about surgical procedures. The bottom line is that a rooster's vocal cords are so low that getting to them is major surgery.
I did a little internet research this morning and came up with these methods, but I have no idea how effective they are:
HOW TO KEEP YOUR ROOSTERS QUIET:
-Black out the bird's cage at night
-Put a muzzle and collar on the bird
-Put a hood or a sock with a hole over the bird's head, and cut out space for the beak and nose
-Soundproof your pens
-Raise the roost close enough to the ceiling so he can't stretch up to crow."
Sparrow: (re. Doing surgery to a rooster's vocal chords to de-crow him) "In my opinion, it's a similar idea to de-barking a dog. TONS of dogs bark at night and in the city and people just tolerate that ruckus. I don't think many people would be apt to have that surgery done to their pet dog. hmm
I would never do that to my roosters, and I have 3 crowing inside my house right now. Then again, I also have an Umbrella Cockatoo, one of the world's highest decibel producing birds. I'm obviously more sound-tolerant than most. lol "
"How to caponize a rooster Warning Graphic pics"
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=210041
"I Caponized! ***Graphic Pics*** Not For Faint of Heart."
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=472475
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As far as de-crowing, here are some comments from other BYCers on various threads.
jackiefunsize: "i live in a built up area..... so no roosters aloud lol....... before i could rehome my rooster...... i restricted the head room in the bed so he couldn't stand tall..... i'd let them out the bed after 7 when everyone was up...... this does work try it....."
FutureChickenMan: "I've heard rumors that you can stop a roo from crowing in the coop by putting a roost very close to the ceiling. The theory is that the roo will find the tallest roost to crow from. When he cannot get a full stretch for his crow, and bonks his head on the ceiling he won't crow.
Of course, if it does work, it'd only work inside.
[Comment from me (SpeckledHills)--I think that would only possibly work first thing in the morning, cuz the roo would crow when was on the ground during the day]
Other option (possibly) is to caponize him. But I think that only works if you do it before he's sexually mature. And there's still no guarentee that will work. Plus, if he's without his manhood, you might as well put him in the stock pot 'cause he's not going to do his job as flock leader."
Oblio13: "I had dinner at my vet's house yesterday and asked him about surgical procedures. The bottom line is that a rooster's vocal cords are so low that getting to them is major surgery.
I did a little internet research this morning and came up with these methods, but I have no idea how effective they are:
HOW TO KEEP YOUR ROOSTERS QUIET:
-Black out the bird's cage at night
-Put a muzzle and collar on the bird
-Put a hood or a sock with a hole over the bird's head, and cut out space for the beak and nose
-Soundproof your pens
-Raise the roost close enough to the ceiling so he can't stretch up to crow."
Sparrow: (re. Doing surgery to a rooster's vocal chords to de-crow him) "In my opinion, it's a similar idea to de-barking a dog. TONS of dogs bark at night and in the city and people just tolerate that ruckus. I don't think many people would be apt to have that surgery done to their pet dog. hmm
I would never do that to my roosters, and I have 3 crowing inside my house right now. Then again, I also have an Umbrella Cockatoo, one of the world's highest decibel producing birds. I'm obviously more sound-tolerant than most. lol "
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