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[Ksane]

@Nuggetirl i love this little cochin boy, such a sweet boy!
anyone know what causes a red rash almost looks like a diaper rash along the tummy an bum, i have a serama with that and just wondering, maybe an allergy to litter?

Robin, isn't that Bantam Cochin adorable????? I'm still kicking myself for not speaking up and claiming him. He feels like a bunny he's so so soft! So glad he got a good home.

I've seen that red rash on newly acquired birds. It's usually because they'd had mites/lice in the recent past and their skin is still healing. Is that a possibility?

 

[artsyrobin]

real good possibility, he also has a bare bum- he got a bath yesterday....

 

[SharkmanDan]

I don't have capons to eat though, mine are my "pets". But you're 200% correct-it's far more humane to grow them out yourself and give them a good healthy life before humanely killing them and processing them. I knew someone that raised chickens for Tyson, it made me sick. So you're on the right track for all the right reasons. There's an excellent thread at
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/675898/graphic-pics-of-my-day-learning-to-caponize
started by @Kassaundra here on the Okie thread when @Poco Pollo taught her to caponize. Just the information you're looking for. I wish you all the luck in the world.

Thank you. That was a great thread. And, thanks to Kassaundra, for posting it.
I don't think I'm quite ready for trying my hand at it, though. I might just get females, for now, for our meat birds. I was really hesitant, about doing the bumblefoot surgeries, that had to be done, on one girl. But, after multiple attempts, I finally got it done, and am confident that I could do so again, if need be. Caponizing, will be one of those things, I need to learn, but am not quite in the right frame of mind for, yet.
Maybe if I need to caponize, I need to call Kassaundra, she's not too far away, less than an hour.

 

[SharkmanDan]

Hi im Sharon. I joined this site in hopes to quickly find a loving owner for my 1yr old rhode island red. I rescued her when she was a baby and I grew so attached that I kept her. Well now she is laying 1 egg a day and is beautiful. Unfortunately my finances are shot and i must move to an apt. Im trying my best to find a loving no kill place for her. She would need help to adjust because she hasnt been around other birds. She is super sweet. Loves to be pet and would make a great 4h show bird. Loves kids and dogs. Literally has no instinctive guard from predators. Her name is Tipsy bcuz when i first got her she couldnt walk but now she is just fine. If anyone wants her or knows of a small farm that would be so helpful. My current landlords want her out this weekend. Im so stressed trying to find her a good home. In the Tulsa area but willing to drive a few hours.
Thx!!

Sharon, please, if you need someone to care for her, my wife and I would be happy to do so. We have a flock of either layers or pullets, with the two Roos. She would be a welcome addition. We are eggers, so far. Not yet doing any meat birds, and our layers, will never be meat birds.

 

[Nuggetirl]

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I'm so happy he found a good home, he really is a friendly boy and so fluffy! You'll have to keep posting pics of him. We kinda miss him around here, though I'm sure the neighbors don't......

 

[Kassaundra]

Sharkman, don't feel bad about not being familiar w/ caponizing, most even longer time chicken owners aren't familiar w/ it. If you are ordering "meat birds" or Cornish X's you do not need to caponize at all they will be processed to freezer camp way earlier then any male testosterone breaks out. Caponizing is for keeping dual purpose over 6 months close to a year, so they get fatter, stay tender and don't have bad boy traits (mounting, fighting, crowing)



Coral, the Planet of the Apes movie I thought was great, much better then any in the past, actually had a believable back story.

 

[MrsDickey]

Okay so is caponizing important to do? I have dual purpose roos that were suppose to be hens and we are planning on harvesting them. But now I'm wondering if they'll have a funny taste? You know, like when you eat an uncut boar pig? Yuck!!

 

[artsyrobin]

i am trying something new with galahads chronic bumble foot- and it seems to be working, someone suggested cephflexin(fish flex) antibiotic, it targets staph- so i was told, so i am wrapping his feet using ichthomol oinment to draw out the kernal, and giving him 250 mg capsules daily- started on monday, he has been having recurring bumbles every summer- so this year is was real bad, after 5 days the swelling is down, he is arguing with me now about working on him, good sign, and hopefully this will end it once and for all.

 

[Kyzmette]

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You have no idea how thrilled I am that you've moved away from store-bought chicken. I used to buy chicken at my local butcher (I NEVER buy meat at chain grocery stores!), because I believed they were locally raised, based on info I had gotten from them a year or two ago. I asked them again a couple of months back and they told me they got them from Tyson. I was sick over it. I can't believe I've been giving Tyson my money for them to be so cruel and inhumane. I get terribly attached to my birds, so I've now started putting all my roos into their own pen once I find out they're boys. I don't coddle that pen, I don't pet them, I don't give them names... because I know if I do, I won't be able to let them go. I still need to find somebody who wants this rooster I have that I thought was a girl, because no way will I ever be able to eat him. If somebody else wants to butcher him humanely and have him for dinner, I won't argue with it, but I can't do it myself.

 

[Kassaundra]

Okay so is caponizing important to do? I have dual purpose roos that were suppose to be hens and we are planning on harvesting them. But now I'm wondering if they'll have a funny taste? You know, like when you eat an uncut boar pig? Yuck!!

The adult roo won't have an off or gamey taste, but may be tougher then your used to, unless cooked low and slow. You can harvest them earlier but they won't be big and meaty like your used to for store chicken. (store chicken is really eating pre pubescent birds not adults) If you have issues w/ space or noise caponizing would be helpful to control behaviors while they are growing out, but not ness. if you don't mind the crowing don't have neighbors to complain, have space to keep them and can keep them away from the girls, or don't mind harvesting a little younger / smaller bird.