GRAPHIC PICS of my day learning to caponize

[SharkmanDan]

  Ok, Si  coincidimos en el mismo tratamiento. Una pregunta más, por favor,   : La cuarentena pos operatoria, de cuantos días está compuesta?.  Yo les tengo  7 días , después vuelven al gallinero.
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Gracias por su amabilidad.

Translated:
Ok, If we agree on the same treatment. One more question, please: Quarantine post op, how many days is made ?. I have them 7 days, then come home to roost.
Thank you kindly.

Juan,
I put the English translation up, so that others here can easily reply. In my case, everyone in one coop, was caponized, so they are all quarantined, anyway. I tend to think that 7 days is good, but maybe a bit over-cautious. 3-4 days, should be sufficient, in my opinion.
The one who had the air bubble, yesterday, was caponized Thursday, and he was completely closed up, and a scab had formed, on both incisions. The others in his group, we're like that, on Sunday. Once the wound is healing closed, there is no issue, for them to be quarantined. I am being a bit extra cautious, though, and not going to allow any of them to free-range, until November 2.

 

[TaraBellaBirds]

Juan,
I put the English translation up, so that others here can easily reply. In my case, everyone in one coop, was caponized, so they are all quarantined, anyway. I tend to think that 7 days is good, but maybe a bit over-cautious. 3-4 days, should be sufficient, in my opinion.
The one who had the air bubble, yesterday, was caponized Thursday, and he was completely closed up, and a scab had formed, on both incisions. The others in his group, we're like that, on Sunday. Once the wound is healing closed, there is no issue, for them to be quarantined. I am being a bit extra cautious, though, and not going to allow any of them to free-range, until November 2.

Ok, Si coincidimos en el mismo tratamiento. Una pregunta más, por favor, : La cuarentena pos operatoria, de cuantos días está compuesta?. Yo les tengo 7 días , después vuelven al gallinero.

Gracias por su amabilidad.

X2 for Dan. I let my little fellow with the flock 4 days after surgery. Day 5 he developed a wind puff and I had to isolate him for antoher day, I just didn't want him in with the flock with an open cut in caase of infection. He is now happiily in with the rest of the flock!

He is doing lovely be the way! My Son named him Frosting!

 

[Kassaundra]

Ok, Si coincidimos en el mismo tratamiento. Una pregunta más, por favor, : La cuarentena pos operatoria, de cuantos días está compuesta?. Yo les tengo 7 días , después vuelven al gallinero.

Gracias por su amabilidad.

You can reintroduce them to the flock anytime after the caponizing. I put them w/ the flock almost immediately after. Right after the procedure I put them in a kennel just for them to be sure and eat and drink all they want to, and to make sure none look bad, maybe a few hours, then they go in w/ their flockmates.

 

[Kassaundra]

As far a translating goes I just highlight the words like I'm going to copy/paste then choose translate instead in the drop down when I right click. I think it is bing instead of google though.

 

[juanmmg54]

Observo que les dá mas importancia al tiempo antes de la operación que el pos- operatorio; En ello diferimos, si bien considero que tanto a ustedes como a mi, nos vá bien dichos plazos.
Es sin duda una cuestión de criterio.


Kassaundra :

Lo siento, no entiendo su segundo comentario, la traducción que hace google, no tiene sentido..

 

[LindaB220]

Back in July, my wife and I, decided that we wanted to raise our own meat birds, to give them longer, happier lives. We didn't plan to do all at once, and stuff the freezer. We wanted a coop, and LARGE run, just for meat birds, and cull, as needed, for our (and a few family and friends') consumption, rather than send them all to freezer camp, at once.
So, I wanted "Heritage" breeds, and in looking around, found that if I bought 30, day old boys, I could get an outstanding price. I bought 10 Dark Cornish, 10 Barred Rocks, and 10 Orpingtons. I also had five young males, of various breeds, that had been bought as girls. It was then, that I began looking into caponizing them.
Last weekend, a friend and I, attended a clinic, to learn caponization. We had 35 birds to prep, and caponize. Not knowing how many we could do, in a day, I didn't want to be forced to do more than we could handle. So, I set aside 7, for Tuesday and 8, for Wednesday procedures. After our work on Tuesday, we realized that we could easily do 15, or more, in a reasonably short day. We did 8 on Wednesday, and set aside the other 20, for Thursday.
In the end, we lost one of the Barred Rock boys, on the table. Had four who turned out to be girls (sounds about average, as the breeder claims a 90% accuracy, on sexing the day old chicks), and four slips. One slip, and one capon, passed away, the day after their surgery.
So, the one that we lost, on the table, became a lesson in anatomy. The girls, will be put in the coop, with the pullets, after they heal up well, and the slips, will be the first four, "guests of honor" at dinner.
All-in-all, it was a great week. We had fantastic instruction, met some truly wonderful BYC'ers, and had a great level of success, caponizing our meat birds.
We are already at the drawing table, designing things, that will make future caponizations, go much smoother.
And, the other great thing, is that I was given the best, of great deals, on four beautiful birds. Two each, roosters and hens, that are Marraduna Basques (Euskal Oila). I am now in process of building several smaller coops with runs, where I am going to begin keeping my purebreds, in order to get set up, for breeding some specific breeds, in the spring. One coop, will house one roo and three hens. And a coop each, for RIR's, Blue Andalusians, Australorps, and then two coops and runs, for the Basque's (since I have two GORGEOUS Basque roos).

Yes, it was a great week, and I was so happy with the instruction, and the friends I made. Y'all know who you are, I'm not going to name names. But, yeah, a great week! Sad to lose those that we lost, but it was otherwise a fantastic week.
Thank you, to everyone involved!!!

Fabulous post!!!! This is the reason we come on here, to hear about success stories. Keep the slips until they start giving you trouble, they will be better tasting later. I'm thrilled for you to be getting the Basques. My next great endeavor. You talk about the perfect capon!!

. Large breasts and great tasting. I'll be ordering Basque eggs from CackleJoy in CA. Her cockerel has the spanish import gene that was brought into the country last year. That's the problem with the Basque, they only come from one strain. Good luck to you.

 

[Kassaundra]

Observo que les dá mas importancia al tiempo antes de la operación que el pos- operatorio; En ello diferimos, si bien considero que tanto a ustedes como a mi, nos vá bien dichos plazos.
Es sin duda una cuestión de criterio.


Kassaundra :

Lo siento, no entiendo su segundo comentario, la traducción que hace google, no tiene sentido..

Yes the quarantine before the surgery is much more important then after. The after quarantine is just a judgment call whatever each person feels is right for them. I was just letting others know it isn't even needed if you don't want to.

The second comment I was just saying how I translate your comments.

 

[juanmmg54]

Ok, ya entiendo pruebe con este traductor, a ver si es mejor :

http://www.spanishdict.com/translation

 

[Double Kindness]

I would like to learn how to pinion my ducklings in the spring. I don’t need to try chasing a bunch of ducklings all over the place.

I need to sex my muscovies asap, they eat so much! Well, I shouldn't say that, it's the 10 of them that are eating so much! They are all 3-5.5 months old, from 2 different places. The first 6, I know the sex of. The newest 4, which are older, I keep second guessing myself.

 

[Sylviaanne]

Does anyone have photos of how big the testicles of a 6 month old rooster should be?

I cut into one rooster and he must have been about 5 1/2 months old and he had testicles smaller than a pinto bean. I cut into the next two and if I did it right, the testicles looked like they would fit into a spoon. They are about 6 months old. Would half a month make that much difference in the size?

Oh, I forgot to say that I did not continue, not until I can figure out if I am doing it wrong. If I can get some help/information, I still have 2 more that are ready to be caponed.