The first time i saw spayed hens !

[sugar209]

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Meat- Just like a fixed rooster, a fixed hen will build meat more quickly?

Also a spayed hen will not 'waste' energy making eggs.

i think what you said maybe some of the reasons
for spaying hens .

 

[sugar209]

now i can send pictures ! these are spayed hens

 

[little_grey_bantam]

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The procedure is typically done on young birds while their sexual organs are still small and undeveloped. The Ovary is in very close proximity to the arteries. I can see how removing a developed ovary would be kinda risky.

Why not save your money on antibiotics and cull the bird? That might sound a little insensitive but that is what I would do.

Cause certain birds are pets.
I've got 50 birds now, if they had egg issues that could kill them - to the pot they shall go!
But I've got one, if I had to spay her to save her life, I would, cause she's an indoor chicken and just like a dog!

Same reason as why not cull a 2 year old dog with reproductive issue, instead of spending money to spay it? You can just get a new one for cheap or free!

 

[Connorrm]

Wow! Those really do look like roosters!

I guess I wouldn't bother spaying because to me a chicken = working livestock animal = food. Just my opinion

I don't have my chickens for companionship. I find them sweet and entertaining. But, when their egg production drops or Tony (the roo) turns mean. They're dinner

 

[trophywife]

they are beautiful, have they tried crowing yet ?

just sayin

 

[eatmorechicken]

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The procedure is typically done on young birds while their sexual organs are still small and undeveloped. The Ovary is in very close proximity to the arteries. I can see how removing a developed ovary would be kinda risky.

Why not save your money on antibiotics and cull the bird? That might sound a little insensitive but that is what I would do.

Cause certain birds are pets.
I've got 50 birds now, if they had egg issues that could kill them - to the pot they shall go!
But I've got one, if I had to spay her to save her life, I would, cause she's an indoor chicken and just like a dog!

Same reason as why not cull a 2 year old dog with reproductive issue, instead of spending money to spay it? You can just get a new one for cheap or free!

To each their own I guess. If I were in bawkbawkbawk's shoes, I would find an experienced caponizer, and completely avoid the vet (could just be my feeling towards any medical establishment). A good caponizer probably killed a few birds when started, but knows what can go wrong and has the knowledge and dexterity to avoid it. The whole procedure shouldn't take longer than 2 or 5 minutes from capture to release, void of any anesthetics, the bird will be pecking the ground immediately when released.

I used to caponize my cockerels, but stopped when I found that it was simpler to just give them away, and for purposes of meat the CX was far more worth my time. I would like to begin to use that skill again in the near future and try my hand at poulardizing. There are some claims to both capons and poulards that are not well referenced or studied and I would like to learn more about them.

they are beautiful, have they tried crowing yet ?

just sayin

Its my understanding that poulards do not crow. I could be wrong though.​

 

[Neil Grassbaugh]

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Did they implant testicles or are they pumping testosterone into them?

 

[FarmerRob]

IMHO this seems like a lot of extra trouble just to have more meat. I get more meat by raising more chickens or letting a few of them grow out a little longer.

 

[kfacres]

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and I'm a 2 year old..

those are roosters...

fhave you checked the blinker fluid in your car lately>? You need to get it into an auto shop ASAP-- I just saw in the TV this am. that some car in NY somewhere blew up from the blinker fluid getting low-- which resulted in a spark every time the blinker 'blinked'... This spark, after awhile flew through the lines, and into the gas tank... which... BOOM

 

[rungirl]

Yeah, this is too stupid.