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I take profound exception to the USDA description of 'Capon'. Eating a 4 month old capon is tantamount to eating a week old chick. The process is performed to allow the bird to mature for a considerable length of time, up to and even past 18 months of age. Castration of these birds serves the...

A 4 hour drive could be a bit extreme for some but I enjoy driving...and getting away from the farm. We got birds from the same place you are talking about (I think) but realized that a 22 hour airline flight for them was better for the birds than a much longer ride by personal vehicle. I...

We found the Doms to have more meat per bird than the Barred rocks despite the heavier weight of the BRs. OOps...I quoted the wrong post. I get more ditzy by the day J. Another edit...I ordered more banding digits from Linda. Those who are considering banding your birds should give some...

And look very hard at what Linda Patelski has to offer on a very limited basis. We have her birds and I will strongly vouch for her stock and their ability to sustain themselves. Jason

I'm more than surprised you haven't been keeping them closed up all along.

Your situation is certainly understandable. In fact, we're not totally out of the broody business either. We still have a 50%CX sired by a Dark Cornish setting on 11 eggs, about half of them are pure DC and the rest are from the setter and the same DC cockerel. Hope that makes sense. I'm...

We learned quickly to re-locate all birds that weren't settled in to their own nests. J. ETA: This will be our last year with brood hens. All hens that were broody this year will be soup by next year. It has truly been a learning experience and lessons were well absorbed.

I know this is apples and grapefruits but I had a talk with my brother in KY who fully understands the ins and outs of such matters and he told me that nothing, not money nor fame, could get him to so much as have lunch with a 500 pound man and feels that even if he were so disposed, several...

We have several hatchery dark cornish that have almost all gone broody. To my dad it's a curse but to my sister, it's wonderful and she has eggs under all that set. Jason ......# 1 Son ETA...Dad will be out of commission for a while due to an unfortunate accident.

I try not to get too involved with what others do but I have preached at every opportunity that keeping different species together is a bad practice. I know people who run cattle with goats and inevitably goats get trampled...at the very least. I'll be getting some Muscovy ducks (pretty soon)...

They are just about 2 weeks from being 1 year old.

When they start going broody is when their production will plummet...I'm seeing that now.

Goose taste like liver? Absolutely not. I believe just about the only thing that tastes like liver is.............liver.

There are several production/dual purpose birds that make capons that are more than adequate but something such as a leghorn would certainly be dredging the bottom of the barrel.

I'm not varidgerunner but folks like me ignore the standard to some degree and breed what I need to serve my purposes. I don't sell live birds so there is no chance of misinforming anyone, even by accident. I WILL sell dressed capons and the proof is in the eating, regardless what composite...

Very interesting and informative. RON

@JRNash Good luck indeed!!! This will be my last post for a while...I'll be traveling soon and will be back home to West Virginia and will be picking up some additional 'fine feathered friends' very soon! RON

Should make for quite a bird!

The sop birds are great looking but they worry me a bit, especially the cockerels. I got the cockerel coming from Linda in South Georgia and he will certainly fill the bill for me since I don't plan to show and he is already over 7...very near 8 pounds at 5 months of age...Not show quality but...