What is a "Capon"? and other weird questions.

[countryjack]

I understand a Capon is a rooster that is fixed. But who do you call to get the "procedure" done? Heaven forbid, can I do it myself? How do you raise them? When are they old enough to grace my dinner table? Is it worth all the trouble? Anyway, guidance is good and I know that this may be a method for managing the rooster population. Comments are welcome

 

[keesmom]

The procedure is called caponizing. You may want to check out this thread. It's the most recent one I could find. There are several other, shorter threads on the subject as well as caponizing tools in the Meat Bird forum.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/675898/graphic-pics-of-my-day-learning-to-caponize/2500

 

[Folly's place]

The testicles are in the cockrel's abdomen, so it's abdominal surgery, TRADITIONALLY done to young birds with no anesthesia. It doesn't hurt, right?!? The castrated cockrel will grow huge and neuter, and made a very tasty roasting fowl. I saw it done the traditional way in college poultry science class, and both birds died. Mary