Caponizing questions - not for meat bird

[Nicky S]

People doing it with meat birds might be willing to have a few of the first birds die as they learn.

A vet dealing with people's pets is going to have a very unhappy customer if they lose even a single bird.

The people who would be accepting if the cockerel died are not the ones who will pay the vet to do the surgery in the first place.

That’s true, though I will say that when they offered a vasectomy they said that only if I were willing to accept the risk and that they would practice first on a cadaver.

 

[Nicky S]

Unfortunately, unless you buy sexlinks or autosexing breeds you have to plan for what to do with an "oops" cockerel.

In my chick orders so far I've gotten very close to exactly 10% males when ordering sexed pullets.

Yes - for some stupid reason as I only got 6 birds I allowed myself to think I wouldn’t get that one in ten male That said, we love our guy and he does a good job with his ladies. He just has to sleep in the basement so as not to bother the neighbors too early.