- Apr 15, 2007
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When I started raising chickens 3 years ago, I was interested in capons. I read everything there was on caponizing chicks. They are done early between two and three weeks. It's a very simple proceedure once you know what you are doing. I simply asked around and found an old Judge that was an old capon chicken farmer and asked him if he could show me this proceedure. After loading up 25 of my chicks, I headed over to his place that was about 56 miles from me. After doing five for me, he said now you finnish up the rest. There are very many misconceptions about caponizing here on this forum. The largest breed of chicken today will not get as big as a capon and the taste is not the same. I choose to raise capons as there are hardly any farmers raising them anymore and did not want to see this fall by the wayside as many things do because of people would rather take the easy way out. There is no super bread that can come close to a capon. If you think it's somehow cruel for someone to do this proceedure, then don't do it. just for the record, all of my 25 chicks survived this very simple proceedure. If you think you want to caponize, just hunt down the oldest chicken farmer in your area, if there are any farms left, and have an old master mentor you on how it's done. By the way, my capons averaged between 16 and 18 pounds, none of my Jersey Giants or Super X rocks ever came anywhere close to that size. I love my animals as much as the next person and when caponizing is done properly, it's is very safe and sound proceedure that can be accomplished in a matter of 15 seconds or so. I have 14 roosters as pets, and getting ready to place this years order for my meat birds and getting more hens for eggs. I have 72 hens now and have a variety of each standard breed, americanas are one of my favorites.
When I started raising chickens 3 years ago, I was interested in capons. I read everything there was on caponizing chicks. They are done early between two and three weeks. It's a very simple proceedure once you know what you are doing. I simply asked around and found an old Judge that was an old capon chicken farmer and asked him if he could show me this proceedure. After loading up 25 of my chicks, I headed over to his place that was about 56 miles from me. After doing five for me, he said now you finnish up the rest. There are very many misconceptions about caponizing here on this forum. The largest breed of chicken today will not get as big as a capon and the taste is not the same. I choose to raise capons as there are hardly any farmers raising them anymore and did not want to see this fall by the wayside as many things do because of people would rather take the easy way out. There is no super bread that can come close to a capon. If you think it's somehow cruel for someone to do this proceedure, then don't do it. just for the record, all of my 25 chicks survived this very simple proceedure. If you think you want to caponize, just hunt down the oldest chicken farmer in your area, if there are any farms left, and have an old master mentor you on how it's done. By the way, my capons averaged between 16 and 18 pounds, none of my Jersey Giants or Super X rocks ever came anywhere close to that size. I love my animals as much as the next person and when caponizing is done properly, it's is very safe and sound proceedure that can be accomplished in a matter of 15 seconds or so. I have 14 roosters as pets, and getting ready to place this years order for my meat birds and getting more hens for eggs. I have 72 hens now and have a variety of each standard breed, americanas are one of my favorites.
