Ever nuetered a rooster?

[Colorado Chick]

PLEASE READ ALL POSTS (ESPECIALLY MINE) BEFORE RESPONDING. Thank you!
So come to find out I have two 7-8 wk old roosters, and I have gotten so attached to them! I can't keep them in the city. My husband mentioned nuetering them. So I am reading up on it and so far I have found it usually is done around 3-4 weeks. I honestly doubt I will do it, but I thought I would inquire about it anyway. My main question is when it is done, would it keep them from crowing? I do know that it reduces aggression, and they get fat. Getting fat is already one Mark against the process. Me being selfish and nuetering a bird just to keep it is another! Thanks in advance!

 

[The Moonshiner]

Does neutering a dog stop it from barking?
Crowing is a part of being a rooster. There is nothing you can do to stop them from it.

 

[Lazy Farmer]

Ever neutered a rooster?
Ahhhhh...

With a creature such as poultry, castration is inhumane.
Re home/feed your family w/said bird in a humane way or find somebody to make the decision not to scalpel open such a fragile organism. Roosters are in between the cost of 10 to $20 (a bag of feed for your flock) - to make them suffer unconscionable undertaking is ridiculous., Re home or consume. We try to behave as humans. Not inhumane.
IF POSSIBLE

 

[The Moonshiner]

With a creature such as poultry, castration is inhumane.
IF POSSIBLE

All castrations are inhumane.

 

[Beer can]

Caponizing, not easy cause the testicles are internal, but will stop crowing and make them pretty docile. Many yrs ago was a common practice before today's CX meat birds. I've bought the tools, and almost used them twice now but just couldn't go through with it... I really wanted to, don't have a problem with processing anything hunted or raised, just haven't done it myself.
Good thread on the subject;
https://www.backyardchickens.com/posts/9129500
Read through , it progresses with better tools and methods.

 

[Lazy Farmer]

All castrations are inhumane.

PIGS AND COWS are for human consumption. Sorry but
Cut balls = mass meat. Roosters is a different world all together. Classification/spectrum a galaxy away..

 

[Beer can]

If you eat pork, bacon, beef, hamburgers... goat, sheep, your most likely eating a castrated animal....
It's just a little more difficult with poultry and not a common practice anymore but used to be, and still is in some countries. Google capons in the US, they are for sale $50-80.
They don't crow, and I've heard can actually make the best broodies for raising chicks.

 

[Colorado Chick]

Hey folks, I posted this topic to learn about the subject, not for anyone to become a keyboard warrior. I would appreciate knowledge and experience on the act of doing this, or scientific facts why you chose not to do it. I do not deem castration as a cruel measure if it means that I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that that animal will live a very long happy healthy life with me. And as I stated above, I most likely will not do this, I simply want to learn about the topic. So please refrain from insults.

 

[Lazy Farmer]

and almost used them twice now but just couldn't go through with it... I really wanted to,

Harvest your COCKERELS before hormonal changes occur.
over feed em)While the meat is tender.
If anyone has money for a 500+dollar surgical bill- cool beans... I suppose. Sleep well. Chickens have more pain receptors than most may think. Culling stops the aftermath of a desperate bleeding heart can heal.


































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[ThatParrotLady]

Don’t rehome your chickens just get a no crow collar. They’re cheap and effective and while they sound silly no one has to leave! Also without hens around they don’t have anything to fight over