GRAPHIC PICS of my day learning to caponize

[naillikwj82]

Many will appreciate you, and your teachers efforts to pass this knowledge forward. Presentation was well done! Thanks from others I'm sure.
jeff

 

[partsRheavy]

Thanks for posting!!

Your teacher's success rate is amazing! Does she wind up with many "slips" or do almost all of them remain capons?

Did she have you try a bird or two?

 

[MacGuyver]

Thanks for posting!!

Your teacher's success rate is amazing! Does she wind up with many "slips" or do almost all of them remain capons?

Did she have you try a bird or two?

I did a bird when I worked with her.

 

[janbcoo1]

Wow Kass and Poco you are great! Thank you for posting the pics and descriptions. Since my DH passed, I have been so busy that I haven't even read email for two weeks so was delighted that you got to have your training session. Hope to be able to see you all this weekend.

 

[Kassaundra]

Thanks for posting!!

Your teacher's success rate is amazing! Does she wind up with many "slips" or do almost all of them remain capons?

Did she have you try a bird or two?

She has had a couple of slips, but no bleeding deaths, and just the one respiratory (who may have actully been weak before the procedure w/o symptoms). She has had several wind puffs, but less since she started suturing w/ the medical needle.

She did a batch of 9 birds that were old enough to be crowing I forget what age she said they were but 4-6 months is in my head for some reason. They were to help out a widow lady who wanted to keep the roos after her husbands death, but wasn't going to be able to deal w/ the aggression and crowing. All 9 lived and all 9 stopped crowing, something I've read repeatedly wouldn't happen (one could have been a fluke but all 9 stopping crowing seems pretty definate to me)

She did bring me one, but the more she looked at it the more she thouoght it was a girl so I didn't do one, I have a couple young up and commings that will be ready in several weeks that I will try, that will give me the time to get the supplies that I wasn't clear on by just reading (table, bungee, restraining bands etc....)

 

[hydroswiftrob]

Awesome job!!!!! Thank you!!!!!

 

[RaeRae2]

Ok, I'm sorry. But why would you not take the bird to an avian vet and have this done with local anesthetic? This is brutal animal abuse in my opinion. Pluck their feathers out, slice them open, and remove testicles with NO anesthetic?



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[kizanne]

Op- Thanks for the wonderful detailed pictures.


RaeRae2 - Ok, I'm sorry. But why would you not take the bird to an avian vet and have this done with local anesthetic? This is brutal animal abuse in my opinion. Pluck their feathers out, slice them open, and remove testicles with NO anesthetic?

You are obviously in the wrong section. Caponizing has long been part of raising meat chickens. If you find this offensive then go over to some fluffy feel good section like raising baby chicks.

1st. Most of us aren't lucky enough to have avian vets in our area.
2nd It would be a fortune to caponize a bird which would then make it cheaper and easier to just kill the roosters
3rd Anestitizing any bird if very dangerous to the bird, many husbandry practices have shown better results in many animals for which people think OMG. yet better for the animal.
4th THIS IS THE MEAT BIRD SECTION. We raise meat birds to kill and eat. You may call that disgusting (though it is rude to come to our forum to do it) but everything shown above is not worse than what happens to the birds that come in the nice little styrofoam trays at the grocery store. Go watch Food Inc. become more realistic about your food or become a vegan.

 

[MacGuyver]

Op- Thanks for the wonderful detailed pictures.


RaeRae2 - Ok, I'm sorry. But why would you not take the bird to an avian vet and have this done with local anesthetic? This is brutal animal abuse in my opinion. Pluck their feathers out, slice them open, and remove testicles with NO anesthetic?


You are obviously in the wrong section. Caponizing has long been part of raising meat chickens. If you find this offensive then go over to some fluffy feel good section like raising baby chicks.

1st. Most of us aren't lucky enough to have avian vets in our area.
2nd It would be a fortune to caponize a bird which would then make it cheaper and easier to just kill the roosters
3rd Anestitizing any bird if very dangerous to the bird, many husbandry practices have shown better results in many animals for which people think OMG. yet better for the animal.
4th THIS IS THE MEAT BIRD SECTION. We raise meat birds to kill and eat. You may call that disgusting (though it is rude to come to our forum to do it) but everything shown above is not worse than what happens to the birds that come in the nice little styrofoam trays at the grocery store. Go watch Food Inc. become more realistic about your food or become a vegan.

Hurrah! Well said!

 

[Kassaundra]

Hurrah! Well said!

X3