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"Capon" is listed in the USDA-FSIS category of poultry that they inspect. It is listed right along with young chickens, hens, rabbits, ect. It has lost its popularity I think because we as a country we like everything FAST, as in the 6 week old "young chickens" that we buy in the grocery. When...

What about the "pulley bone"?!?!? LOL

This is just one of those subjects that people don't/won't agree on. I personally don't have a problem with it. The only problem I might have with it would be me doing it because I am a wuss. LOL But I do think it would be a good thing to know how to do. This is the USA, you don't need to keep...

I remember years ago when various chickens were kept, including roosters, until somebody decided to have a certain chicken for Sunday dinner -and it was killed that day. I really don't know how much caponizing was done but no doubt it would have been a great thing for that "food" left on foot...

You must not have seen many roosters housed together. The fighting can be vicious and nonstop.

Not knocking it ...but kinda doubtful on trying it. LOL :)

This whole post may as well be deleted. It has been "edited" to where it doesn't make any sense.

Me too.

This site is kind of interesting- about chicken processing plants. http://cecilbuffington.com/photo.html

Yes I agree about small game. I don't know about you but I soak it in salt water before cooking it and a lot of the blood comes out. Deer I also soak in water before freezing it. A whole lot of blood comes out then. In processing plants if a chicken goes through the whole slaughter process and...

I don't know if it's the case in all commercial processing plants but I know in some the birds are stunned with electricity immediately before bleeding out. The heart still beating forces the blood out of the body. If the bird isn't bled out good the muscle (meat) will have blood all in it and...

For some reason the difficulty some of us have in slaughtering our animals has brought something else to my mind. It is one of those politically incorrect things and I'm sure it will offend some but... I don't think killing any animal should be easy for a person to do, especially when it is...