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[Kassaundra]

Can someone please help me!!! I live between Houston & Victoria Texas. I have 2 ten weeks old roos. I want them caponized, I can't find a vet anywhere willing to do it. If anyone knows someone who raises chickens for meat, I am willing to pay to get them caponized. I realize this is not something everyone here agrees with, but I would prefer to caponize them rather than kill them for meat, as I am 'in chickens ' for egg production. These two guys were oops in my chick order. Thank you for any help or suggestions.

I hope you are able to find someone to help. Finding a vet willing to do it is near impossible, and even if you do doesn't mean they are any better then those of us doing it for meat, one of our Okie byc'ers found a local vet at a school but she (the vet ) wasn't successful

 

[Rose-adamaj]

I hope you are able to find someone to help.  Finding a vet willing to do it is near impossible, and even if you do doesn't mean they are any better then those of us doing it for meat, one of our Okie byc'ers found a local vet at a school but she (the vet ) wasn't successful  

Thank you for your feedback!!! If I can't find someone, I've decided to try it myself. I've watched videos… If I'm not successful, at least I tried. There is a wonderful thread here showing great pictures & information on how to do it. (I think it's this one, but I'm a newbie to forums, and trying to figure it out)
So now I need to find out where to buy a caponizing kit. Does anyone know if the one sold on Murray McMurray is any good?

 

[dfr1973]

Hey gang, I have a link for y'all! http://thedeliberateagrarian.blogspot.com/2015/04/learning-all-about-capons.html This is the Whiz-Bang guy, and I find his blog interesting enough, although his newest one where he makes pdf files of old booklets, pamphlets, bulletins, and even old catalogs he has found available on digits really has my interest. No, they are not free, but they are reasonable IMO and this week's offering is all about capons!

 

[Neuport]

In case it hasn't already been discussed on BYC, Google Books is an excellent source for free PDF downloads of old out of print books on any subject as well as government and university reports. For example, when I first started learning about capons, I downloaded and read the following free full PDF copies from Google Books. Just click on the title below and it will take you to the Google Books page for that publication. Alternatively you can search for these titles on Google Books. Since some of the information I've seen in posts on the subject came from these books, I thought everyone already knew this.

Near the top of the page, there are reading tools including magnifiers, page display option icons, "Write a review", "Front Cover", and a gear icon. Click the drop down arrow for the gear icon and select download PDF.

Pilling, "Directions for Caponizing", 1910
Dow, "Capons and Caponizing", 1890
Beuoy, "Capon Gold", 1926
Caponizing from Tricks of the Poultry Trade 1909
Greiner, "Capons for Profit", 1903

Here are some more.
The website "http://www.azurehenfruit.com/html/capons_and_caponizing.html" has interesting historical information in a nice presentation with full PDF downloads of some materials. Here are a couple from this site.
Beuoy, "Capons Up To Date", 1940
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, "Capons", July 1978

And some more.
Sirri, "Influence of partial and complete caponization on chicken meat quality." (see "Full Text (PDF) Free" link on the right hand side)
Rikimaru, "An efficient method of early caponization in slow-growing meat-type chickens"
University of Florida, "Capon", 2000

There are others, just spend a few minutes with Google.

 

[Neuport]

And another

Kansas State College of Agriculture, "Capon Production"

 

[Rose-adamaj]

In case it hasn't already been discussed on BYC, Google Books is an excellent source for free PDF downloads of old out of print books on any subject as well as government and university reports.  For example, when I first started learning about capons, I downloaded and read the following free full PDF copies from Google Books.  Just click on the title below and it will take you to the Google Books page for that publication.  Alternatively you can search for these titles on Google Books.  Since some of the information I've seen in posts on the subject came from these books, I thought everyone already knew this.

Near the top of the page, there are reading tools including magnifiers, page display option icons, "Write a review", "Front Cover", and a gear icon.  Click the drop down arrow for the gear icon and select download PDF.  

Pilling, "Directions for Caponizing", 1910
Dow, "Capons and Caponizing", 1890
Beuoy, "Capon Gold", 1926
Caponizing from Tricks of the Poultry Trade 1909
Greiner, "Capons for Profit", 1903



Here are some more.  
The website "http://www.azurehenfruit.com/html/capons_and_caponizing.html" has interesting historical information in a nice presentation with full PDF downloads of some materials.  Here are a couple from this site.
Beuoy, "Capons Up To Date", 1940
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, "Capons", July 1978
 
And some more.
Sirri, "Influence of partial and complete caponization on chicken meat quality." (see "Full Text (PDF) Free" link on the right hand side)
Rikimaru, "An efficient method of early caponization in slow-growing meat-type chickens"
University of Florida, "Capon", 2000

There are others, just spend a few minutes with Google.

Wow, thank you neuport for posting all these links! All the information I need is out there, it's a matter of finding it. Or in this case, finding a nice person willing to take their time to gather and post it.
I haven't looked at these links yet, so the answer might be there - but does anyone have any recommendations for a caponizing kit?

 

[Rose-adamaj]

Update.

Alrighty then, lol. I wrote the reply quoting Neuport. When I submitted it, I got a response saying I could not add outside links. So I wrote this reply. As I stated somewhere, I am a newbie to forums, and I am learning as I go. Unfortunately, I am of an age that robs your brain cells and replaces them with jello. I will eventually figure the forum stuff out - but I think we should all be afraid for my roos, lol!!!

Thank you Neuport for gathering & posting all those links! I am definitely going to be downloading them. There is so much more information available than I realized. I will be doing a lot of reading before I go forward. I really want my roos to survive, and the more I read & familiarize myself with the procedure, the better the chance of success!
I still need to get tools. Can anyone recommend a kit, or do most people put together their own?

 

[TaraBellaBirds]

Lots of new caponizers on here. @dfr1973 I do all my capons in the comfort of my dinning room LOL. I use a folding table and a large styrofoam lid. It is pretty simple and as long as you pluck them outside It's not messy at all.

As far as a list of to do's, here is my checklist

Isolate 2 days prior to capon date
Give Vit. K powder as directed
Day before, fasting for boys (you want them empty to make locating testes easy and quick)
Day of, set up table, tools, tie downs, disinfectant, vetracin, papertowels, and trash can nearby.
Pluck birds before bringing them inside
Precede as shown in early posts of this thread
After precedure feed and water,
And of course update results on the Capon thread on BYC!
I keep my guys isolated together for at least 2 days, depending on how quickly they bouce back. This is with no complications.

 

[Rose-adamaj]

@Neuport

So, when are you going to start selling them on ebay?

I'm with Jbkirk, are you selling these on eBay, or could you contact me to let me know how to put a set like yours together? I know I am asking a lot, but if I don't ask I'll never know
As a newbie, I am not sure of the proper etiquette. So if I have broken any written, or unwritten rules, please tell me! My feelings won't be hurt, I won't pout, or p in your sandbox. I just want to make sure I don't make a faux pas. ( I read that somewhere and thought it sounded really cool)

 

[EggsBeesSeeds]

I couldn't filter through the 201 pages of this thread to find if someone has asked this yet so pardon if it is a repeat question

I am very interested in learning to caponize. I have experience with both impacted crop and bumblefoot surgeries. What I am curious about is how the caponizing surgery compares to these types of surgery. More/less complicated? What are things I should be expecting that are different (aside from the obvious like size of patient and location of surgery). I've always glued my incisions shut on birds. Is there a reason I should not do this when caponizing? Thanks and I appreciate any additional info you have