GRAPHIC PICS of my day learning to caponize

[Kassaundra]

Hi everyone!

I have read this entire thread from the begining over the past several days and have learned so much from all of you. Thank you all for the education. I'm planning to start raising DP breeds for meat this year and will be trying my hand at caponizing. Anyone in NC that has does it and wouldn't mind having a helping hand or wanting to learn and would like a buddy?

(I'm about halfway between Charlotte and Winston)

Glad you found it helpful. Hope you are able to find if not a mentor then maybe a buddy in your area where you can learn together. It is completely doable to learn on your own as most on this thread have, but it is much easier and more pleasant if you have a buddy.

 

[BCMaraniac]

Hi everyone!

I have read this entire thread from the begining over the past several days and have learned so much from all of you. Thank you all for the education. I'm planning to start raising DP breeds for meat this year and will be trying my hand at caponizing. Anyone in NC that has does it and wouldn't mind having a helping hand or wanting to learn and would like a buddy?

(I'm about halfway between Charlotte and Winston)

and the caponizing thread. I think I speak for everyone here that we will help in any way we can. I'm in NE TN near the NC line.

 

[maryhysong]

I am writing on a tablet, and the submission process is a little buggy, so this is two posts.

The pic above is from a little ten-week-old barred rock mix with a stll-undeveloped comb that died of coccidia.

I used it for practice, and he was indeed a him. Used a Pilling remover with a B guitar string. This fellow had his testes connected well with the peritoneum, so the high E string (smallest) didn't work, and I had to use the B. One side was a slip result and the other was removed OK. Used a sawing and then twisting motion to get it out.

The pic shows a lentil and red bean for size comparison.

A smaller (dead) one I did last week came out easily with the high E string.

Now, I gotta figure out what to do about these coccidia! Already have treatment in their water but they had access to some dirty rain puddles also....

cocci is everywhere. If you raise babies indoors and or on wire they are not in the dirt getting a little bit of it to build immunity. With chicks in the house I put some dirt from the pens in the brooder so they pick it up and gain immunity. That way they don't get it when they get bigger and go outside.

 

[Ruthster55]

That is a good idea. Unfortunately, this lot of chicks was raised by someone else for their first few weeks, so it wasn't possible to expose them.

I am looking into re-doing my setup. Finally got a break from the rain after five or six days straight!

cocci is everywhere. If you raise babies indoors and or on wire they are not in the dirt getting a little bit of it to build immunity. With chicks in the house I put some dirt from the pens in the brooder so they pick it up and gain immunity. That way they don't get it when they get bigger and go outside.

 

[qajaqkelly]

Hi everyone!

I have read this entire thread from the begining over the past several days and have learned so much from all of you. Thank you all for the education. I'm planning to start raising DP breeds for meat this year and will be trying my hand at caponizing. Anyone in NC that has does it and wouldn't mind having a helping hand or wanting to learn and would like a buddy?

(I'm about halfway between Charlotte and Winston)

I am just outside Raleigh. Not too far from you. You are welcome to to help out and learn what I have learned. PM me if interested.

 

[LindaB220]

cocci is everywhere. If you raise babies indoors and or on wire they are not in the dirt getting a little bit of it to build immunity. With chicks in the house I put some dirt from the pens in the brooder so they pick it up and gain immunity. That way they don't get it when they get bigger and go outside.

Hi Mary, being as I don't have my coop ready yet, when I do get chickens, should I just put some good dirt in there? Or go to a neighbor's pen and get some dirt?

 

[maryhysong]

Hi Mary, being as I don't have my coop ready yet, when I do get chickens, should I just put some good dirt in there? Or go to a neighbor's pen and get some dirt?

You could just put good dirt in there; cocci is every where; the idea is for them to get a little exposure when they are young so when they get a little older they will already have some immunity. I also put some creek sand in for grit

 

[Kassaundra]

You could just put good dirt in there; cocci is every where; the idea is for them to get a little exposure when they are young so when they get a little older they will already have some immunity. I also put some creek sand in for grit

I do garden dirt and river sand from day one, and also put in clumps of sod.

 

[LindaB220]

Thanks, Ladies,

 

[goldhillgirl]

I am just outside Raleigh.  Not too far from you.  You are welcome to to help out and learn what I have learned. PM me if interested.

Thanks so much for the offer! I will pm you in the morning.