Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[Angel Feather]

Would not recommend trying to do it

yes, the vet repeated the surgery at owners request, and it had completely grown back from nothing in just a few weeks.

birds have an amazing capability for healing

 

[pennyJo1960]

Personally have just chickens here only will also I grew up on a cattle ranch there was no room we did raise pig, but had horses.. We are retired so do not want more work and BF does not want to butcher I cannot see to

 

[Hinotori]

The decrowing surgery is done on the syrinx. It has a 50/50 chance of killing the bird because that is part of the respiratory system. That is the biggest reason for not doing it. Those who have roosters that it's been done on have said that the boy will still try and crow, but it comes out as a raspy whisper.

Caponization has to be done when they are very young and there should be no testes growing back. They aren't like the liver that regenerates itself.

If you look around the site here or the internet you can find instructions on how to caponize. The tools are cheap. It's very easy to do it wrong when you first are learning. No anesthetic is used because of the danger. It used to be used to get larger table birds that weren't tough.

Some kid had a few year old capon at a show I went to that they used for their showmanship bird. Was the biggest, friendliest baby. The capon didn't have all the big rooster hackles, saddle, and tail. It was more muted like you'd see in an immature juvenile.

Of note is that if a hen's ovary is damaged, the hen will start growing in rooster plumage and acting like one. She won't produce sperm, though. Hen's only have one functional ovary. Nature is weird.

 

[pennyJo1960]

all kinds of fun to learn for many

 

[pennyJo1960]

Hey been looking for brown eggs from the barred I bought at auction but getting 4
pretty large green eggs daily

 

[Hinotori]

I can only do first aid for dogs and a little for cats. Chickens I've been studying as much as I can over the last few decades, with practical for the last 7 years. Most vets, even avian, don't know much about chickens. I've had to do enough emergency surgery that it sucks. Stitching skin back together is simple at least.

Plenty of much more experienced chicken people on here that can be asked as well

 

[Hinotori]

I have 3 silkie pullets I'll be putting up for sale on my Facebook chicken groups. Split wing issues, but they make good broodies

 

[pennyJo1960]

I do not suture I use super glue used them in practice guess got use it

 

[pennyJo1960]

They do make great broody I have 4 they brood together

 

[Hinotori]

I usually use them in pairs. Some hens have best friends and if you let them brood together, it can be scary. Like the four that teamed up. One would hide the chicks while the other three attacked