GRAPHIC PICS of my day learning to caponize

[Regin]

Generally, I'm pretty good at working through how to do new things.

I had a chicken (Bresse) that was killed but a predator. (It snatched his head off)

I thought it would be a good opportunity to practice, but I could not find anything in there.

I've read every thing I can and watched the videos. And, I bought the tools.

This is something I would really like to learn, but I'm going to have to wait until I can get some training.

 

[TaraBellaBirds]

@Ksane I'll forgive you as long as you post pics of that beautiful guy as a capon......He is going to be GORGEOUS!!!

Good job, and Congrats on the new capons!

 

[Ksane]

@Ksane
 I'll forgive you as long as you post pics of that beautiful guy as a capon......He is going to be GORGEOUS!!!

 Good job, and Congrats on the new capons! 

You bet I will and thank you!
I'm up to 17 Capons now-as pets . But it's not like any of my other pets "earn their keep" either so it's all good.

 

[Kassaundra]

You bet I will and thank you!
I'm up to 17 Capons now-as pets . But it's not like any of my other pets "earn their keep" either so it's all good.

I am so glad you learned to caponize of everyone I know that NEEDED to learn this you are top of the list.

 

[Ksane]

lol! Thanks, Kass.
I have no control when it comes to roosters, do I??

 

[Kassaundra]

lol! Thanks, Kass.
I have no control when it comes to roosters, do I??

You could collect far worse things.

 

[TaraBellaBirds]

You could collect far worse things.

Too true!

 

[Poco Pollo]

Caponizing is nerve wracking! I finished caponizing my remaining 4 LF Ameraucana boys a little while ago, I believe they're....11 wks? They were going through a growth spurt so I had to hurry. Testicles were still tiny enough that I used the tweezer method. Each testicle came right out in its entirety. The way I've been doing it is to enclose the testicle and do my best to make sure the artery is no where around and then squeeze the big ended tweezer tool, keep it squeezed and gently pull it out just enough so I can cut the membrane behind the testicle (and make sure all you have ahold of is the membrane). That seems to be the easiest way for me to do it and be assured that I got every bit of the testicle plus the membrane attaching it.
The ONE I'd have loved to keep intact (if I didn't have so many roosters) was the Splash. His surgery went as perfect as the others but just as I was stitching up the 2nd side he died-I have no idea why. He didn't bleed out, really didn't bleed as a matter of fact. Have any of you had that happen? Where they died and you don't have a clue why?
I did suture up all the incisions since I've got this suture I like so well. I'm getting better at suturing and it sort of unnerves me to leave a gaping hole into their body cavity.
One of the boys had tentatively been going to live in KS but I went ahead and caponized him also (I'm sorry,Tara). Oddly enough I could see both testicles from 1 side on 3 of them. Maybe Ameraucana is one breed where that happens. I saw that honking pulsing artery right next to the far testicle also so I didn't risk doing both from one side.
I did have to cover their heads but not because they were stressed. They were so hungry they were trying to eat tools and cotton balls through the surgery lol They'd fling the towel off their heads and go to snatching at everything within in their reach to eat it while i was trying to do their surgery

They were seriously NOT stressed

This may be a good breed for beginners to practice on. None of the testicles were attached at both ends by the membrane either.
3 more precious boys i raised that I get to keep without worrying about separating and fighting!

AWESOME! Practice is the best teacher.

 

[Poco Pollo]

Attitude adjustment complete for one cranky banty rooster. The second after the flash went off this little guy flew off the table and ran around the room. He's in a recovery cage now, eating pellets and drinking water like he's never had food before. He was a biter before being caponized. Let's hope he's on the road to conversion now. He's such a cute little guy, but his attitude really, really needs to mellow.


Edited to add a comment by one of my granddaughters after she went to visit him in recovery. My GD looked at the roo in his recovery cage and she said, "Granny, will he be nice now that you took the owies out of his butt?"

 

[Kassaundra]

Attitude adjustment complete for one cranky banty rooster. The second after the flash went off this little guy flew off the table and ran around the room. He's in a recovery cage now, eating pellets and drinking water like he's never had food before. He was a biter before being caponized. Let's hope he's on the road to conversion now. He's such a cute little guy, but his attitude really, really needs to mellow.


Edited to add a comment by one of my granddaughters after she went to visit him in recovery. My GD looked at the roo in his recovery cage and she said, "Granny, will he be nice now that you took the owies out of his butt?"

Is that Robin's meany?