Is it realistic to caponize a pet “illegal” cockerel?

[NTan]

Caponizing your cockerel won't make him quiet. I would send him back, better he has a short great life with a quick end.

Yes, I’m definitely thinking about this. I don’t want to be selfish and turn him into a capon if he’s not going to benefit.

 

[Jenessa_09]

Haha I don’t know about cute... he sounded like a strangled moped...

Funny but adorable

 

[Carson213]

I just caponized a bunch of cockerels. This is a great way to keep roosters as pets...so that they don’t crow.

 

[neo71665]

Canonizing a rooster does not remove his vocal cords. He will still crow.

 

[aart]

Thing is, it needs to be done by about 6-8 weeks old.

 

[Araucana Nest]

my Rooster didn’t like bumble foot surgery at all which brings into doubt any bird calmly accepting its skin and flesh cut and testicles removed while they have a towel over their head.
There is field castration for newborn piglets and the saying is it doesn’t bother them. I couldn’t handle the squealing and screaming from one of my piglets when my experienced neighbor started to perform this on the first one. I couldn’t let him do it. No anesthesia? No surgery on my farm.

 

[neo71665]

I'm the type that has no issue sewing myself up and have done it a few times. I've also set my own broken fingers and taped them up.

 

[TheAlrightyGina]

my Rooster didn’t like bumble foot surgery at all which brings into doubt any bird calmly accepting its skin and flesh cut and testicles removed while they have a towel over their head.
There is field castration for newborn piglets and the saying is it doesn’t bother them. I couldn’t handle the squealing and screaming from one of my piglets when my experienced neighbor started to perform this on the first one. I couldn’t let him do it. No anesthesia? No surgery on my farm.

Yeah, I've castrated piglets before. Pig screaming is too human...but they were fine afterwards. But whoever does it needs to know what they're doing, otherwise it can turn into a horror show real fast.

I've thought about learning to caponize roosters, as it apparently makes them fatten up well for processing...I don't rear Cornish X so being able to fatten easier would be nice, but my spouse is even more bothered by the thought of that than he is of me butchering them.

 

[3KillerBs]

Thing is, it needs to be done by about 6-8 weeks old.

This.

Caponizing needs to be done while the bird is still young. As maturity approached the testicles get much larger and the surgery becomes much more dangerous.

 

[McChooky]

The only thing that stops one from crowing is altering its voice box . We have a member here who's name is Dr. James Richards, a vet in eastern OK.His member name "bluedogsonly" .He also has a video on tube called "Decrowed rooster".Please look him up here and visit youtube to watch the video