What are these? Graphic image.

[LilFox]

We just processed our 1st 6 roosters and found these in one. Are the discolored kidneys? Are they eggs and it was a hen? My husband has processed tons of birds and has never seen them before.

 

[R2elk]

View attachment 1882319 View attachment 1882320 We just processed our 1st 6 roosters and found these in one. Are the discolored kidneys? Are they eggs and it was a hen? My husband has processed tons of birds and has never seen them before.

Testicles.

 

[Sequel]

View attachment 1882319 View attachment 1882320 We just processed our 1st 6 roosters and found these in one. Are the discolored kidneys? Are they eggs and it was a hen? My husband has processed tons of birds and has never seen them before.

Them's balls! I find them in Costco rotisserie chickens all the time!

 

[EggWalrus]

Testicles.

Yeppers!
You can take them out and the Roo stay alive with a little practice, and he'll become a Capon. No more crowing, docile as a hen, and the meat is tender for a rooster, plus you get that great old bird flavor without the toughness. look online for videos of how to caponize a roo. After doing it a time or two, it's pretty easy and totally worth the reward. They even sell caponizing kits online. Good luck!

 

[LilFox]

Wow! Thank you so much for the answers. I was wayyy off

 

[LilFox]

Yeppers!
You can take them out and the Roo stay alive with a little practice, and he'll become a Capon. No more crowing, docile as a hen, and the meat is tender for a rooster, plus you get that great old bird flavor without the toughness. look online for videos of how to caponize a roo. After doing it a time or two, it's pretty easy and totally worth the reward. They even sell caponizing kits online. Good luck!

Thank you for the information! I’m VERY interested in this!

 

[Sequel]

Wow! Thank you so much for the answers. I was wayyy off

Well they ARE certainly what we call kidney shaped! lol

 

[FowlWitch]

Yeppers!
You can take them out and the Roo stay alive with a little practice, and he'll become a Capon. No more crowing, docile as a hen, and the meat is tender for a rooster, plus you get that great old bird flavor without the toughness. look online for videos of how to caponize a roo. After doing it a time or two, it's pretty easy and totally worth the reward. They even sell caponizing kits online. Good luck!

I think it would be best to have a vet do it tbh. It's extremely painful for the bird without anesthetization

https://www.humanesociety.org/sites/default/files/docs/hsus-report-caponizing-chickens.pdf

 

[R2elk]

I think it would be best to have a vet do it tbh. It's extremely painful for the bird without anesthetization

https://www.humanesociety.org/sites/default/files/docs/hsus-report-caponizing-chickens.pdf

Don't believe everything the humane society puts out.

 

[FowlWitch]

Don't believe everything the humane society puts out.

Can you give any example as to why? What do you specifically object to in the article I linked?