I'm on the fence with caponizing. You have to make incisions in their back near the tail. Nothing for pain. If you numb the area I have been told there is swelling, put them to sleep they may die from the anesthesia. I will be interested in hearing about your experience with caponizing.
I'm fine. Thanks for askingThis time of winter is tough for me. I'm using my boot straps very regularly. Sometimes by the hour. And pep talking myself "Suck it up, Buttercup" is a good phrase. Winter SAD combined with my darling stubborn teenager putting through the wringer. I got my hub to give me my B shot a couple of days early and I'm taking extra D. I am really glad that I have a husband who is silly and supportive. Its nice that he just blows it off like I have a cold. He says, "Well, its that time of year". Like we can just handle it. And so we can
Now we just need to get that message to my body. Keeping busy though. Making lists of all the home canned goods that we have enjoyed and want to make more of this next spring/summer. Planning things about the garden. And doing lots of research on different chicken breeds. There is a possibility that we may get to have a large rooster from the vet that does the decrowing procedure on roos. He has one that he is going to do that is a Silver Laced Wyandotte. They sure are pretty and would make nice size birds for eggs or if we crossed with ____________breed of hens(there are any number of hens that would fill that blank) they would be good sized for the table too. I am excited to see if the surgery is a success and I am waiting to hear back from the doctor on his (the roosters) weight and how long it would take for the healing process and to be sure that it worked well. He (the vet) has also encouraged me to consider caponizing
future roo babies to keep them around longer to make a better use of the bird instead of rehoming or butchering before they are of substantial size. I have read a lot about it......... but I would still have a long way to go before being close to strongly considering I could do that. Anyway I'm excited about maybe having the possibility of having a closed flock that is sustainable and we might not have to bring in babies for meat. That would be really nice.
I hope that everyone has a great weekend!!!
Animals have been designed to be able to survive if escaped an attack. Blood vessels further apart and such, less blood loss on minor wounds. There I'd still controversy on leaves of pain, my book pain is pain. Even with people it varies. Chemical caponizing is not good because you can not eat them, so what is. The point? I know that when I move it is something I would consider for my surpluses Roos.
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