So I went to a Belgian Supermarket and looked at the capons

[Mosey2003]

I watched videos on making Capons, the guy made it look easy but I can't even Vent Sex a day old chicks. My vision must be too poor to see the organs, how can I remove the organ if I can't even see it? Has anyone in here done this?

You can't compare the two procedures. Vent sexing is extremely difficult to learn, the parts and differences are tiny. Caponizing, the testicles are going to be at least the size of a large grain of rice, and they'll be yellow. Search in this forum, there's a LONG caponizing thread. Might even just be a page or two back.

 

[aart]

Frog legs are very tasty when cooked properly

I love frog legs, used to get them at the restaurant all the time when I was a kid.

 

[TabbiMae]

I watched videos on making Capons, the guy made it look easy but I can't even Vent Sex a day old chicks. My vision must be too poor to see the organs, how can I remove the organ if I can't even see it? Has anyone in here done this?

It's not too difficult. I practiced on dead birds and messed up twice before I got the hang of it, then my friend practiced on live birds and she only messed up one. Biggest thing is starting in the correct place, chickens have a lot of empty space so as long as you're not to far back or far forward you won't run into anything

 

[007Sean]

Duck, goose, quail, pheasant, cornish game hens, buffaloes steaks, mutton. All frozen except the buff steaks and mutton. Occasionally, have seen Ostrich breast steaks, frozen.

 

[KiekenKot]

Thank goodness no. I just saw an article about eggs being sold in the German market called respeggt..They have developed a way to sex 9 day old eggs, so that they can be culled early and no male chicks have to be killed after hatching. Any development that makes the industry a bit less cruel seems a good thing to me. https://respeggt.com/en/

 

[TabbiMae]

Thank goodness no. I just saw an article about eggs being sold in the German market called respeggt..They have developed a way to sex 9 day old eggs, so that they can be culled early and no male chicks have to be killed after hatching. Any development that makes the industry a bit less cruel seems a good thing to me. https://respeggt.com/en/

Pfft! What a tagline. They're still culling based on sex, except they're depriving the chick any chance at life.

 

[Mosey2003]

The male chicks get ground alive. They have no chance.

 

[TabbiMae]

The male chicks get ground alive. They have no chance.

What tests were done that shows the chick don't feel pain when the eggs are destroyed?

 

[KiekenKot]

Well, we can be reasonably sure that at 9 days of incubation the nervous system and brain of the embryo are only partially formed, and therefore the embryo has little in the way of awareness. Whereas we can be sure that a chicken that struggled its way out of an egg has a fully developed brain and nervous system, and will experience pain, and fear.

https://www.raising-happy-chickens.com/incubation-day-9.html

 

[TabbiMae]

Well, we can be reasonably sure that at 9 days of incubation the nervous system and brain of the embryo are only partially formed, and therefore the embryo has little in the way of awareness. Whereas we can be sure that a chicken that struggled its way out of an egg has a fully developed brain and nervous system, and will experience pain, and fear.

https://www.raising-happy-chickens.com/incubation-day-9.html

When it comes to deciding when to end a life, I prefer to be a bit more than reasonably sure. Especially if my entire tagline insinuates this is a more humane option, gotta have proof that they aren't actually being harmed.