help with age and sex EE

[WalkingOnSunshine]

My girls aren't little(teens) and we have 3 rock x were planning to butcher. I actually took my nieces and nephew to get a couple of ducks and ended up with 4 more youngsters + the free one and a duck. I'm okay with butchering and they know out of the 16 we have that the roo's will be dinner. I wanted to show them how to grow and raise their own food. Were starting to raise rabbits too. I was just hoping we would at least get 8-10 pullets. I was just going to get laying hens they begged for the babies. I'm just trying to get a handle on learning the breeds and sexing, I keep reading post's and it's still not clicking yet. Some roosters are so cool looking and I seen the post on neutering. I don't mind doing it just want to make sure there actually roosters first.

He's definitely a rooster, so you will have a bird to practice on. I think he'll be really pretty when he matures.

However, why do you want to caponize him? He'll still crow, and he's several weeks past the recommended age for the procedure, which is usually only done to make them grow fatter for meat production.

 

[mara1]

Reading other posts I was under the impression that they probably won't crow. I figured there would be exceptions just like not all neutered cats stop spraying.

 

[WalkingOnSunshine]

Reading other posts I was under the impression that they probably won't crow. I figured there would be exceptions just like not all neutered cats stop spraying.

No, caponizing them doesn't stop them from crowing. If it did, there'd be a roaring trade in caponization for people wanting roosters in the city. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/390455/do-capons-crow

Don't subject him to an experimental surgery at an age where he's likely to die of it for a reason that isn't true. That seems a bit cruel.

 

[mara1]

His first crow = freezer along with any other roo's. Different threads have different opinions.

 

[mara1]

Quote: Even if they crowed later so you could get a better sized bird would be worth a try. Still researching it. Would like some first hand info from someone who has capon's. I wouldn't have even considered it if I didn't think I could do it. I am a LVT (stopped practicing when offered a better pay doing financing a few years ago) Still foster/rehab lots of animals.