Introduction

[pennyJo1960]

Hi, I am new to this group but have read numerous posts about various things. I have one hen, a duck and two roosters who just got neutered 2 days ago so I guess you could call them half roos lol. I love my backyard flock amongst many other pets we have which include a dog, many cats, bird and a turtle. We are a regular suburban farm. I hope to learn lots of things to help my flock stay happy and healthy. I also would like to post eventually about my experience with getting my roos neutered. There are so many questions about this but not much is said about after the fact. I look forward to being a part of this group.

Welcome to Backyard Chickens great idea post an article for others about neutering cockerels

 

[MissChick@dee]

Hiya
Nice to meet you!
Neutered Roo’s wow.
Was that pricey?
How was their recovery?!
From what I understand they go through the rib cage.
Where did you ever find a vet to do the
Procedure?
Oh yeah....

 

[ronott1]

It is good having your here!

Did you caponize them yourself?

 

[Pork Pie]

Hi and welcome to BYC - thanks for joining us.

This is a useful link of BYC guides to take a look at announcements-feedback-issues-guides.3 (there's a guide on how to include your location under your avatar - including your location is very helpful). You can use this link to contact members in your area - Find your State's thread.

Best wishes

Pork Pie

 

[4 ever Orpington]

Hi, I am new to this group but have read numerous posts about various things. I have one hen, a duck and two roosters who just got neutered 2 days ago so I guess you could call them half roos lol. I love my backyard flock amongst many other pets we have which include a dog, many cats, bird and a turtle. We are a regular suburban farm. I hope to learn lots of things to help my flock stay happy and healthy. I also would like to post eventually about my experience with getting my roos neutered. There are so many questions about this but not much is said about after the fact. I look forward to being a part of this group.

 

[007Sean]

Howdy and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Thanks for joining us!

 

[N F C]

Make yourself at home here and thanks for joining us!

 

[Kiki]

Welcome to BYC!
We are glad you joined our flock!

This video will help you learn how to navigate this site:

Coop Ideas:
Chicken Coops
There are a couple of links in my signature that are worth the short read.
BYC has an APP

 

[rjohns39]

Hi and welcome to BYC We're so happy you've decided to join us

 

[TMG]

Welcome to BYC! You are the first person I've heard that has 2 capons! I guess that's better than a stew pot for them!

Hi, and thank you. My daughters kindergarten class last year hatched chicks and ducks. Only one duck hatched and no one wanted it so we took it along with one chick to keep it company. We had two free roaming hens already so a couple more birds would be great. As time went on our chick turned out to be a rooster and we lost one of our hens to an ovarian tumor. We planned to re-home our rooster and the lady who took the rest of the classroom chicks said she had a hen for us. Well long story short no one would take our first rooster (I didn't want him to be eaten) and the new hen turned out to be a roo. We live in the city so no roosters allowed and the first roo was getting aggressive and biting my kids drawing blood. Given everyone has to share the backyard we just couldn't have the aggression nor the crowing. My vet had only done two prior neuterings on roos and we knew it was risky but giving them a chance at life was worth it. Our vet is an amazing surgeon and did a lot of studying prior to the surgery. Anyway, they are now 4 days post surgery and doing amazingly well. They are out and about being happy roosters and there are no more attacks to our feet and legs. The one rooster still tries to crow a bit but he doesn't put much effort into it so it's quite muffled and soft. I do miss his crow but we love him and having him in a safe and loving home is worth not hearing his crow.