GRAPHIC PICS of my day learning to caponize

[EagleEyes]

I'll make this real simple, I'm new to having chickens, and have 7 hens, but seeing that the roosters are so gorgeous, I'd have one if it didn't crow, as I live in town. Hence the caponizing, but after finding out that the head looks more like a hen and the tail looses its beauty and so on and so forth, I'm just going to be happy with my hens. And no, I don't want to put a collar on a rooster.

EagleEye

Actually, I'd still like to see a picture of an adult rooster that has been caponized.

 

[Gryphon]

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I wonder in countries where it is illegal to caponize do they make stallions or neuter dogs and cats?

Are you actually asking me, or were you just trying to be right? Because if you really want to know I'll spend some time and do some research. Right off the bat I found something in the UK that only trained vets can perform surgery on an animal. The exception being livestock, with the exception of making an entry into the body cavity. I imagine the reason for that is that there are a lot of people who don't know what they're doing out there, and would be doing far more harm than good with any "treatment" they cook up. Also, typically castration on animals is done with a local anesthetic, and I'm sure you know those bits and pieces are on the outside of the body and therefore have a far higher survival rate.

 

[Poco Pollo]

This is a link to an article on caponizing that I found looking to see how much the instruments cost. After having read the article, I have lost my interest in caponizing a bird. It says in part that a fully castrated bird without a slip, will have the head of a hen and also loose some of the other characteristics of a rooster, which is the reason I was looking into it. Not for food which is really the main reason for caponizing. (at least in this thread and my grandma's reason) It is very informative though.


http://www.themodernhomestead.us/article/caponizing.html

EagleEye

I have six adult capons on bug patrol. One is a Rhode Island Red, two are cream legbars, and two are cream legbar sports (all white). Here's a photo of the Rhode Island Red. I caponized him when he was eight weeks old. He is gentle, does not molest the hens when they are out to free range, and he gets along well with our barn cats.

 

[Poco Pollo]

A PocoPollo : gracias por las fotos , algunos no los conocía,Si puedo haré unas fotos de los que yo uso.

Yo capo fiándome mas por el peso que por la edad, si bien en ocasiones coincide con las semanas que decís, Cuando el pollo tiene de 1,00 a 1,200 Kg. de peso les realizo la castración.

La cresta y las barbillas, por ejemplo los de la foto que nos muestra Maggiesdad, yo los recortaría pues al realizar la castración, se corta el riego sanguineo con lo cual se van secando tomando un color negruzco y feo. No hace falta cortar muy cerca de la cabeza y sobre todo las barbillas, hay que tener cuidado al hacerlo, para no dejarla garganta al descubierto
Ahora bien, si en el momento de la castración prácticamente no tienen, no hace falta, pues por lo comentado, no les crecerá.

En consecuencia, si una vez capado el pollo, se ve que la cresta y las barbillas, le siguen creciendo y manteniendo el color rojo, es sintoma de que se han reproducido los testiculos.

A juanmmg54:
Gracias por su respuesta. Me gustaría ver las fotos de las herramientas de capón que utilizas

He leído sobre el uso de peso para saber cuando caponize gallos. Peso tiene más sentido.

Cuando usted corta la cresta y barbillas, ¿cómo se para el sangrado?

 

[Poco Pollo]

Here are a few more photos of adult capons.




Edited to add a photo of a cream legbar sport.

 

[Poco Pollo]

Got a message regarding our package.

DATE & TIME

STATUS OF ITEM

LOCATION
OCT 3

Origin Post is Preparing Shipment


CHINA


We have received notice that the originating post is preparing to dispatch this mail piece.

The package hasn't left China, but it's through customs and slated for shipment. I'll update this when tracking information shows the package in the air.

 

[Maggiesdad]

For eagleeyeice -

I haven't kept any past this stage, because we do it for meat. But I think the tails are gorgeous, they just don't carry them elevated like a cock does.

This is an Australorp capon... fixed as a juvenile. The spurs grow as normal for a cock.

 

[Maggiesdad]

-and varying stages of slips...

If they weren't slips, their combs would be pink like the Australorp and their tails wouldn't be coming up.


Still, quite tasty and better quality than uncut roosters. These were removed from the flock as their aggressive characteristics returned. Slow cooking removes all aggressive tendencies.

 

[EagleEyes]

Poco Polo and Magiesdad,

Thanks for the great pictures. As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words.

That Rhode Island Red is a beauty for sure, and it's good to know that a slip can bring back those aggressive tendencies.
But seeing the heads without the big combs is amazing. and the tails for sure belong to a rooster!
Thanks again, and again, I'm sure I'm not the only one learning here.
EagleEye

 

[Gryphon]

Those are some beautiful capons!