Anyone Ever Use Capons To Raise Chicks?

[ButtercupEnthusiast]

Hello,

I was curious if anyone here has ever used a capon to raise chicks? I've read articles from the 40's about it but I still wanted to hear some more recent and personal experiences from you all. I realize that breed can be a big factor in a capon's mothering abilities. Pictures too if you got any please! Thanks! These are my main questions:

1. How did you get the capons to accept the chicks?
2. How old does a capon need to be to care for chicks?
3. Can some capons go broody and hatch eggs?
4. How many clutches of chicks can a capon rear in a year?
5. How well does a capon protect their chicks?

 

[Slothinc]

I’m interested to know the answers. I don’t know anyone who has capons! They seem to be quite rare in my area. Do you have some?

 

[ButtercupEnthusiast]

I’m interested to know the answers. I don’t know anyone who has capons! They seem to be quite rare in my area. Do you have some?

Not yet, but I have plans to caponize my two Sicilian cockerels this weekend. So we'll see

 

[Altairsky]

Our ancients told that they made capons drunk with wine and then close them in a small, dark wooden box with the eggs, and they eventually start sitting on them.
Not really the most elegant way to hatch eggs nowadays.

 

[ButtercupEnthusiast]

Our ancients told that they made capons drunk with wine and then close them in a small, dark wooden box with the eggs, and they eventually start sitting on them.
Not really the most elegant way to hatch eggs nowadays.

Not sure if I want to put eggs under a tipsy capon. I've read about the capons needing to be forced to sit on the ground in the dark, sort of like putting chicks under a broody hen. Do you have capons?