Looking for someone to caponize our roo

[elisepro]

So I got an unexpected roo. But we're all attached to him now. He's 7 weeks and we want to caponize him (hey, it's better than being eaten). I do not want to learn how to do it myself. Any suggestions for vets or poultry breeders in No. California who would do it for me?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Vets won't do it and most breeders wont either (no point in caponizing breeding stock)

 

[Ridgerunner]

Interesting question. Check with animal control, see if they can help. Chat with your county extension office, you may get lucky. Pick a vet at random and call them, see if they know anybody if they won't do it themselves. It's a phone call, how much does that hurt. The worst you can do is they say no.

 

[Chickensandhorsesforlife]

I know some that might do it in North carolina, not sure where you are. The said there is a very low survival rate if daone at a vet, because they use anesthesia for any procedure. I ended up rehoming ours. Just a question.... why do you want a capon? Is it because of breeding, or agression?

 

[elisepro]

I know some that might do it in North carolina, not sure where you are. The said there is a very low survival rate if daone at a vet, because they use anesthesia for any procedure. I ended up rehoming ours. Just a question.... why do you want a capon? Is it because of breeding, or agression?

I can't have a rooster were I live-and we don't have enough space and just 3 hens...

 

[Chickensandhorsesforlife]

I can't have a rooster were I live-and we don't have enough space and just 3 hens...

Oh, got it. various perple have various reasons, so I did not know. best of luck

 

[Mellowmalt]

the noise is the issue and caponising him won't necessarily stop it entirely. So the main problem is neighbors complaining and if you spend all that money on the procedure and they still complain you'll be very annoyed.
What breed is it? The bigger the bird generally the more noise they make. I did keep a very noisy cockerel successfully for 5 years with him sleeping in a noise insulated box but I'd never do it again! Am now on the quest to find the least noisiest cockerel which will have to involve getting rid of several but having dealt with a noisy cockerel makes the process easier. I hate the process but chickens are long term, would you rather have a headache for the next 10 years or deal with a headache of getting rid of him for one day? At the time I obviously was not ready and tried dealing with the problem without killing him and eventually I managed to give him away but he most likely ended up as dinner somewhere.

Anyway if you are not ready then get some sound insulation and build a box for him. It needs to have a small tube for air but the point is to just lock him in the box every night and release him once the neighbors are up and cock won't need much air so focus on stoppng the sound - build the box bigger so it holds more air. Sound insulation is not cheap and you need the best you can get, as thick as possible. If you use 1 foot sound insulation your box can easily end up measuring 4 foot by 4 foot.

Is it worth it? Not at all lol. But I completely understand getting attached to something makes us do irrational things.

Ps: if you do opt to keep him in an insulated box (sound insulation that is which when I last checked was about $400 for the amount needed) make sure he cannot eat the insulation as he will peck his way out otherwise

 

[elisepro]

the noise is the issue and caponising him won't necessarily stop it entirely. So the main problem is neighbors complaining and if you spend all that money on the procedure and they still complain you'll be very annoyed.
What breed is it? The bigger the bird generally the more noise they make. I did keep a very noisy cockerel successfully for 5 years with him sleeping in a noise insulated box but I'd never do it again! Am now on the quest to find the least noisiest cockerel which will have to involve getting rid of several but having dealt with a noisy cockerel makes the process easier. I hate the process but chickens are long term, would you rather have a headache for the next 10 years or deal with a headache of getting rid of him for one day? At the time I obviously was not ready and tried dealing with the problem without killing him and eventually I managed to give him away but he most likely ended up as dinner somewhere.

Anyway if you are not ready then get some sound insulation and build a box for him. It needs to have a small tube for air but the point is to just lock him in the box every night and release him once the neighbors are up and cock won't need much air so focus on stoppng the sound - build the box bigger so it holds more air. Sound insulation is not cheap and you need the best you can get, as thick as possible. If you use 1 foot sound insulation your box can easily end up measuring 4 foot by 4 foot.

Is it worth it? Not at all lol. But I completely understand getting attached to something makes us do irrational things.

Ps: if you do opt to keep him in an insulated box (sound insulation that is which when I last checked was about $400 for the amount needed) make sure he cannot eat the insulation as he will peck his way out otherwise

It's not just the noise - wouldn't he also harass our hens? We just have 3.

 

[neo71665]

It's a dying art now days. I'd try in your state thread and see if anybody around will do it for ya.