Breeding my own flock, sound advice appreciated

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I've been curious about caponizing since we are doing meat chickens. I can do surgical stuff but feel a bit squeamish about operating on a bird who I can't give an anesthetic to (or isn't on death's door and is going to die anyway.)

Did you ever source the chemicals for chemical castration? Or (and I have seen videos) simply doing the back cuts for the testicles was fast enough that hopefully they weren't in a ton of pain?

I've watched videos of birds having impacted crops cut open and largely they hold their pain so well.

And I also know that if it's culling a rooster versus caponizing and giving them more months of life they would probably choose the extra life, but still. Has there been stuff that has worked for you to mitigate pain, or simply working as quickly as possible?
 

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