"neuter a rooster" How to?

[patandchickens]

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It is a LOT different, for two reasons:

1) the Relevant Organs are not external - they are waaaay up inside the body cavity, near the kidneys. So it is major abdominal surgery, not just a superficial 'snip snip' like in mammalian housepets/livestock.

2) birds do not do especially well with general anesthesia, and thus, no, caponizing is NOT generally done with anesthesia of any sort. It is normally done (by a practiced operator) by physically restraining the bird, cutting into the abdomen, going in and removing the testicles, and then hoping the bird lives. Which they don't always, not even with people who do gazillions of caponizations.

Someone a few months ago claimed their vet had a 'new' way of caponizing that involved a) anesthesia and b) very very low mortality, but I do not recall hearing anything further about it?

You could ask your vet, but don't hold yer breath for a 'magic bullet' solution to your rooster 'problem'.

Good luck,

Pat

 

[Davaroo]

Quote:
It is a LOT different, for two reasons:

1) the Relevant Organs are not external - they are waaaay up inside the body cavity, near the kidneys. So it is major abdominal surgery, not just a superficial 'snip snip' like in mammalian housepets/livestock.

2) birds do not do especially well with general anesthesia, and thus, no, caponizing is NOT generally done with anesthesia of any sort. It is normally done (by a practiced operator) by physically restraining the bird, cutting into the abdomen, going in and removing the testicles, and then hoping the bird lives. Which they don't always, not even with people who do gazillions of caponizations.

Someone a few months ago claimed their vet had a 'new' way of caponizing that involved a) anesthesia and b) very very low mortality, but I do not recall hearing anything further about it?

You could ask your vet, but don't hold yer breath for a 'magic bullet' solution to your rooster 'problem'.

Good luck,

Pat

Most vets wont mess with chickens, or else you'll pay out the wazoo for their trouble. ** I wager youll have some trouble fnding one that will.

Everything said so far about caponization is spot on. It is an invasive procedure that has a long learning curve for the uninitiated. That is a nice way of saying that if you mess it up, the bird is most likely gonna die.

It used to be very popular, and there may be an heirloom practitioner nearby you. A diligent search
could turn him or her up and they could do it for you.
Keep in mind that caponization is best done at a very early age, on the order of one-two months. After that the results are iffy.

** What is a "wazoo" anyway? Ever notice how everything is out the wazoo?

 

[Wolf-Kim]

Caponization would probably not fix the situation you are hoping to fix, for a few reasons.

1) How old is your rooster? In order to be caponized, cockerels MUST be younger than 12 weeks old. Most people who caponize will NOT caponize anything older than 8 weeks. I'm assuming your rooster disqualifies from caponization because of his age.

2) Capons need to be kept seperate from other chickens except for other capons. Being caponized makes a bird so mild tempered, that they are picked on even by the hens! Just being "fixed" doesn't mean he can still live with the ladies, nevertheless the other roosters.

I don't think caponization is the solution to your dilema. I have researched caponization because I was thinking about using it myself, so I am not just saying this because I am "anti-capon". I still plan on trying it one day. I stand nuetral to caponization. I am just giving my honest opinion that it won't work for ya.

-Kim

 

[augiedranch]

thanks for your replies. i guess ill just keep him as is. he is my little buddy and i dont want anything to happen to him. he is so cute.. well, he is also four months old, so too old anywase. besides, i know more about chickens that the vets do around here. i am not going to make him his own area. cuz he is not use to being confined at all. my birds are free range on nine acres.

 

[Wolf-Kim]

Glad you decided to keep him.

Sorry that the ideal didn't work out as ideal as you hoped..

-Kim