Creating Capons

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Bajanchicken said:
Getting straight run and want to learn how to caponize any males. Anyone gone from 00 to -100% as a newbie? Any resources i should check? Capon kits etc?
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I have no experience with this, but I'm 99.9% certain you can't do this at home. Neither am I experienced with rooster anatomy, but they don't have external testies.
You'd have to talk to an experienced avian vet about doing the procedure. It will need anesthesia and surgery.
 
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Weeg said:
I'm 99.9% certain you can't do this at home. Neither am I experienced with rooster anatomy, but they don't have external testies.
You'd have to talk to an experienced avian vet about doing the procedure. It will need anesthesia and surgery.
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Wrong, right, wrong, and wrong.

Yes, roosters have internal testes.

But caponizing is traditionally done by the person who raises the birds, or by an experienced person in the area, without anesthetic, and without a vet. Most vets will not know how to do it, even avian ones.

Anesthetic can be dangerous for chickens-- from what I've read, you probably have a higher survival rate with NO anesthetic.

Bajanchicken said:
Getting straight run and want to learn how to caponize any males. Anyone gone from 00 to -100% as a newbie? Any resources i should check? Capon kits etc?
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Sorry I don't have any personal experience, but I've read that it helps to dispatch a few cockerels and practice on them once they're dead-- that ensures they hold still while you are trying for the first few times. Then do it on a live bird once you know what you're doing.

Any particular reason for wanting to caponize? Cockerels can be quite tasty without being caponized, and any procedure takes some of your time, and has some risk of infection.
 
NatJ said:
Wrong, right, wrong, and wrong.

Yes, roosters have internal testes.

But caponizing is traditionally done by the person who raises the birds, or by an experienced person in the area, without anesthetic, and without a vet. Most vets will not know how to do it, even avian ones.

Anesthetic can be dangerous for chickens-- from what I've read, you probably have a higher survival rate with NO anesthetic.
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Huh, interesting. I guess this is just a surprise to me.
Doesn't it hurt the bird? I totally understand the risk of sedation, but I can't even imagine how painful it must be.
Home surgeries and cures fascinate me, especially surgeries, but still, the thought makes me squirm.
 
Weeg said:
Doesn't it hurt the bird?
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Probably, but someone who is good will also be fast, so at least it doesn't take long.

And of course caponizing was developed long before anesthetic was invented, just like castrating of cattle and pigs and sheep and so forth-- all of those were traditionally done without anesthetic too. (Caponizing has apparently been around for more than 2000 years!)

A search for "capon" in the meat birds section of the forum turns up some threads, such as this one:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/capon-vs-roo-side-by-side-comparison.1448991/
I don't see a description of the actual process, but @PurpleCArTires might be a good person to ask.
 

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