It might be illegal to caponize your own birds their too? It's legal to dub and caponize here and for that matter, some breeds REQUIRE dubbing to be shown. I couldn't live in Australia...don't even want to visit now...lol
Honestly, even if it were illegal to caponize/dub birds here, I still...
Cocks go 8 to 9 pounds...they are heavier than they look. p;us the value added...thin crispy skin and excellent meat quality, hardly to mention the fact that some strains are better than average egg layers.
As I mentioned, I'm going to cross mine with White Chantecler and Dark Cornish. Likely...
I've had Turkens for years (my dad raised them my whole life) and they might figure prominently in my program. I can tell you, on their own, the Turken is a very good meat bird and that's not just my opinion. I still wan't to look at the first crosses before proceeding. I'm still on the young...
This year I'm crossing Dark Cornish over Chantecler hens and vice versa. That's as far as my plan goes until I see the results of the crosses at maturity. I have one white Cornish pullet but she is not a clean white, having flecks of black all over her body but otherwise, a pretty good looking...