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  1. JacinLarkwell

    Capon slips

    General consensus is that it won't stop crowing because they already have learned to crow and it's a habit at that point
  2. tlcmurphy

    Capon slips

    The person you’re responding to hasn’t been on BYC since 2024.
  3. romea

    Capon slips

    In case this reaches you, do you have any knowledge if a crowing rooster. caponized at around 4 months of age and crowing already for a few weeks, will eventually cease or at least lessen his crowing again?
  4. romea

    Breeding my own flock, sound advice appreciated

    How old were the oldest birds that you caponized?
  5. romea

    Anyone Ever Use Capons To Raise Chicks?

    What age range were the cockerels and how did you go about caponizing them? E.g., what instruments did you use and where did you get them?
  6. Susan Skylark

    Neutering male quail: a philosophical discussion

    Has anyone ever neutered a male coturnix (caponized)? I know this sounds ridiculous (it is!). Meat quality isn’t an issue in quail so that isn’t the issue here. Keeping the bird in the dark so he doesn’t sexually mature also isn’t an option, (he’s going to be with the breeding flock or...
  7. romea

    Gender question

    ...roosters are also on an experimental track to try and keep their testosterone as low as possible (via leuprolide) until my vet can castrate/caponize them (longer story). I understand that this will not prevent crowing but it should hopefully keep it on a much lower scale and maybe curb their...
  8. Tex452

    Caponizing table ??

    I would love to learn how to do that and caponize the dual purpose and leghorn roosters I’ve been hatching out. Years ago our county fair showed capons, my brother showed them one year.
  9. H

    Caponizing table

    i see on youtube chinese have a table with 2 posts sticking up... does anyone have better info on how to build one ??really slick but for the life of me i cant figgure out how it works.... show me your setup
  10. H

    Caponizing table ??

    i see on youtube chinese have a table with 2 posts sticking up... does anyone have better info on how to build one ??really slick but for the life of me i cant figgure out how it works.... show me your setup
  11. yooperCHix

    Salmon Faverolles for True Dual Purpose? Anyone Use them for Meat?

    ...been good about recording weights, but by 20 weeks my roos are good fryer size, and tender if they've been confined and fed well. I don't caponize but I imagine back in the day this breed would've been ideal for it, I believe that's why they are so docile and disinclined to range. Let's...
  12. Bear1978

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Hola!
  13. C Siena

    What did you do in the garden today?

    That's a big list!
  14. casportpony

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Check out this contest! Outdoor Garden Show—2025 BYC Summer Fair
  15. SnackMeat

    Goshdarn Tractor Supply

    If so inclined, at least he is young enough to be caponized to be a pet.
  16. SnackMeat

    Considering my first attempts at culling roosters

    ...and that's okay. But I wanted to raise these points because her body can help you care for the living. For the cockerels: You can practice caponizing their bodies. This would be handy in the future because no/little crowing, less rooster characteristics, fatter meat if you want to...
  17. D

    Breeding, culling and weights, can someone help me please?

    I'm really hoping to spur some more discussions on this topic. Even though I have caponized hundreds of birds successfully and enjoyed the fruits of it, there is A LOT that I don't understand. Previously I did not come at this from a breeder's perspective or spend the time to really get into...
  18. C Siena

    Prepping for the inevitable, culling excess cockerels

    Also, skin the feet and add to the bones for bone broth with collagen. The feet have collagen. If you have cats/dogs, they can eat the organs (kidney, liver, lung etc) and also the heart (has taurine). You might be able to sell the feathers, yes for crafts but also to those who fish and make...
  19. SnackMeat

    What can I do with Ranger Classic roosters other than eating them when they are a few weeks old?

    Also, I just read the title again (sorry, like I said, brain isn't turned on.) The other option is caponizing, which is removing their testes through their rib cage. You can also do chemical caponizing but caponizing in general is illegal some places and legal other places. However, it would...
  20. NorthwoodsChick

    Ended Official BYC Poultry Caption Contest 06-27-25 Pic by SueT

    If Elvis and Al Capone morphed into a chicken
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