Are capon's nicer and quiter then roosters?

[Wildsky]

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Thats what I mean, if it was MY rooster, I'd send him to get "fixed"
I do have a Rooster, but if I happened to hatch another one, I'd rather get him FIXED than chop his head off.

 

[countryboy]

sounds like a good plan Bricheze, how old is the roo?

 

[Cara]

IMO it's unnecessary cruelty when you could just get a hen instead

Wanting to make a quiet pet out of naturally noisy livestock doesn't justify sawing a bird's ribcage open in my mind.

 

[Wildsky]

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Age is important - it has to be done pretty young. (from what I've read)

 

[Wildsky]

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We all get our dogs fixed (well most of us) I don't see this as any different, dogs also get CUT open, males AND females.
If it saves a roosters life - I'm ALL for it.

Get a hen? What if you hatched the roo yourself? I wanted Araucana - you can't get them at a hatchery as sexed chickens, I had to buy eggs and hatch them.

 

[Bricheze]

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I don't have the opportunity to buy a hen, I am saving the rooster from being killed, thats the only reason why I am considering it.

 

[countryboy]

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There is no sawing

 

[Wildsky]

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There is no sawing

Is a roosters um .... goodies in his CHEST? why would you go through the ribcage?

 

[ninjapoodles]

Just in the interest of fairness, it's not exactly "sawing open a bird's ribcage." The incision is placed between the last two ribs. I read all the descriptions I could find, including the modern homesteading website and the old Sears & Roebuck instructions, and honestly, it doesn't sound terribly daunting to do, and the homesteading guy said that when he did it, his birds didn't so much as blink during the process.

When we geld horses, the incision is not stitched, but left to heal on its own, which takes a while and is painful and unpleasant. My neighbor castrates her lambs by placing a tight ligature above the testicles until they drop off. My point, I guess, is that we do comparably traumatic things to animals who AREN'T intended as food. I guess I don't have a big moral or ethical problem with the concept of caponization.

I think I'd have to practice on a whole bunch of butchered fryers before I'd try it on a live bird, though.

I roasted a capon instead of a turkey on Thanksgiving not too long ago...if they're available in Arkansas, of all places, they can't be *that* rare.

Belinda

 

[countryboy]

NO, HIMS GOODIES IS BY HIS NOT IN HIS CHEST THEY IS FURTHER BACK.