Has anyone ever neutered a male coturnix (caponized)? I know this sounds ridiculous (it is!). Meat quality isn’t an issue in quail so that isn’t the issue here. Keeping the bird in the dark so he doesn’t sexually mature also isn’t an option, (he’s going to be with the breeding flock or nowhere). I’m fine selling him but my son is rather attached and doesn’t want to part with him. He’s a good male, our best actually but color wise and genetically he shouldn’t be our main boy, I kept him around as a backup and he’s become the main event! And no, we won’t just tie him down and yank them out, he’ll have the benefit of general anesthesia, and while there is a 5% risk of surgical complications there is a 100% chance of going in the freezer otherwise. I’m assuming when healed he’ll just be like a winter bird with no supplemental lighting, not obsessed with girls or aggressive towards the other males? This is still hypothetical just wondering if anyone has actually had experience with this?
