What kind of Castrations are available to adolescent roosters?

[AChickenBoi]

Help! I have raised this blue silkie chick from only a week old, and I love ‘her’ to bits! She is 5-6 months old now and had started crowing and showing rooster behavior. This is starting up a week after we gave our RIR ‘hen’ to a friend who lives on a ranch. We cannot afford to have neighbors complain to authorities because of our animals. But Blue, my blue silkie, is inseparable with her sister, Shadow. If we have to get rid of Blue, Shadow has to go with her. Another problem with just giving Blue away is her ‘Scissor Beak’, which she has been struggling with for nearly her entire life, (I hand feed her myself to make sure she is staying fed), and I find it very hard to believe someone will have enough patience to care for this bird as I do. I’ve been looking into castration for roosters, so we can have Blue go back to the way she once was: a quiet, sweet, spoiled, lap potato. We do not want Blue mating with other hens for the reasons specific to that we do not want fertilized eggs. Why, it just doesn’t settle well with me knowing I’m cooking a potential chick in a pan for breakfast. I love my little blue and black angels, and if I have to get rid of either of them, Pumped Up Kicks is going to start playing.

So here’s the question(s): is castration through drugs/medication a thing? Can a 5-6 month old Silkie rooster go through it? How dangerous would drug induced castration be for ‘her’? If it is too risky, what other possible solutions are available without caging off, or giving ‘her’ away to possibly be eaten? Please, I need answers, and soon. I’m afraid for my babies.

 

[Skippersnh]

Time to give the rooster away it's humane and the law in you area. If you can't legally have an animal why put the animal through a sex change or like others do they use collars that hurt the animal to attempt to stop crowing and I'd deworm you birds too

 

[TexasTurkeyMama]

Help! I have raised this blue silkie chick from only a week old, and I love ‘her’ to bits! She is 5-6 months old now and had started crowing and showing rooster behavior. This is starting up a week after we gave our RIR ‘hen’ to a friend who lives on a ranch. We cannot afford to have neighbors complain to authorities because of our animals. But Blue, my blue silkie, is inseparable with her sister, Shadow. If we have to get rid of Blue, Shadow has to go with her. Another problem with just giving Blue away is her ‘Scissor Beak’, which she has been struggling with for nearly her entire life, (I hand feed her myself to make sure she is staying fed), and I find it very hard to believe someone will have enough patience to care for this bird as I do. I’ve been looking into castration for roosters, so we can have Blue go back to the way she once was: a quiet, sweet, spoiled, lap potato. We do not want Blue mating with other hens for the reasons specific to that we do not want fertilized eggs. Why, it just doesn’t settle well with me knowing I’m cooking a potential chick in a pan for breakfast. I love my little blue and black angels, and if I have to get rid of either of them, Pumped Up Kicks is going to start playing.

So here’s the question(s): is castration through drugs/medication a thing? Can a 5-6 month old Silkie rooster go through it? How dangerous would drug induced castration be for ‘her’? If it is too risky, what other possible solutions are available without caging off, or giving ‘her’ away to possibly be eaten? Please, I need answers, and soon. I’m afraid for my babies.

Help! I have raised this blue silkie chick from only a week old, and I love ‘her’ to bits! She is 5-6 months old now and had started crowing and showing rooster behavior. This is starting up a week after we gave our RIR ‘hen’ to a friend who lives on a ranch. We cannot afford to have neighbors complain to authorities because of our animals. But Blue, my blue silkie, is inseparable with her sister, Shadow. If we have to get rid of Blue, Shadow has to go with her. Another problem with just giving Blue away is her ‘Scissor Beak’, which she has been struggling with for nearly her entire life, (I hand feed her myself to make sure she is staying fed), and I find it very hard to believe someone will have enough patience to care for this bird as I do. I’ve been looking into castration for roosters, so we can have Blue go back to the way she once was: a quiet, sweet, spoiled, lap potato. We do not want Blue mating with other hens for the reasons specific to that we do not want fertilized eggs. Why, it just doesn’t settle well with me knowing I’m cooking a potential chick in a pan for breakfast. I love my little blue and black angels, and if I have to get rid of either of them, Pumped Up Kicks is going to start playing.

So here’s the question(s): is castration through drugs/medication a thing? Can a 5-6 month old Silkie rooster go through it? How dangerous would drug induced castration be for ‘her’? If it is too risky, what other possible solutions are available without caging off, or giving ‘her’ away to possibly be eaten? Please, I need answers, and soon. I’m afraid for my babies.

Your veterinarian could capon the rooster. It is surgery but more like laparoscopic.

 

[BaaKaaawk]

I'm sorry to hear about your situation... but there's no legitimate way you are going to stop your rooster from being a rooster. You will need to rehome him if you can't have him. Unless his beak is truly terrible, he'll find a way to eat and survive in his new home.

Also, I mean this in the nicest way possible- you're applying human traits to your birds. As much as Shadow and Blue seem to be inseparable- that is your take on it. They are birds and you can easily separate them and they will be fine. Keep Shadow, get rid of Blue and try to find a good replacement. They will be none the wiser and you will be in a better place.

Again, sorry to hear this for you.

 

[FarmerGirl101]

Have you tried a no crow collar? I used one for my rooster and it worked wonders! I had a huge (well he was supposed to be huge before he died) rooster who crowed loud and I put this on. It worked so well, I could sleep less than 500 feet away from him with my window open or close

 

[Granitestater]

I finally found an avian vet with experience operating in birds abdominal cavities with a bird anesthesia set up etc. To neuter my very loved 6 mos old cockeral. It is a one hour drive one way and will cost $1500. We have 3 cockerals, all raised together and love them all. But the usual problems, jumping the girls as a gang, 2 being aggressive w ea other and of course bugging the neighbors w their crowing. Vet only willing because my main reason was to save the girls and stop the fighting, not to solve crowing issue. Crowing may improve but can't count on it! Also 10% chance he won't make it. I feel desperate to change his behavior (he is the worst offender) since winter is coming and they'll all be in a 12 x 12 building come cold weather. So had to search for the right vet to help me a this; most won't as they are not trained to neuter roosters in vet school! Hope this helps you. Please let us know what you decide.

 

[Chickassan]

My advice is to relax.
Have conversations that begin with "so iv'e got this rooster I really like." with your neighbors.
Now, silkies are delicate, physically and mentally delicate.
Chicken testes are pretty much in the armpits, birds don't handle anesthesia well so caponing is done au natural he would feel it all.
If he survived he'd be a lump.
Let the boy do his thing!
Let him have booty and be merry.
You can eat fertilzed eggs, and a million chicks wont hatch out of the blue.
Think on it.

 

[Granitestater]

Help! I have raised this blue silkie chick from only a week old, and I love ‘her’ to bits! She is 5-6 months old now and had started crowing and showing rooster behavior. This is starting up a week after we gave our RIR ‘hen’ to a friend who lives on a ranch. We cannot afford to have neighbors complain to authorities because of our animals. But Blue, my blue silkie, is inseparable with her sister, Shadow. If we have to get rid of Blue, Shadow has to go with her. Another problem with just giving Blue away is her ‘Scissor Beak’, which she has been struggling with for nearly her entire life, (I hand feed her myself to make sure she is staying fed), and I find it very hard to believe someone will have enough patience to care for this bird as I do. I’ve been looking into castration for roosters, so we can have Blue go back to the way she once was: a quiet, sweet, spoiled, lap potato. We do not want Blue mating with other hens for the reasons specific to that we do not want fertilized eggs. Why, it just doesn’t settle well with me knowing I’m cooking a potential chick in a pan for breakfast. I love my little blue and black angels, and if I have to get rid of either of them, Pumped Up Kicks is going to start playing.

So here’s the question(s): is castration through drugs/medication a thing? Can a 5-6 month old Silkie rooster go through it? How dangerous would drug induced castration be for ‘her’? If it is too risky, what other possible solutions are available without caging off, or giving ‘her’ away to possibly be eaten? Please, I need answers, and soon. I’m afraid for my babies.

 

[ChickNanny13]

Just read this post ... You may want to try the Elecane - Mini Anti Barking Collar?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/finally-got-my-roo-to-stop-crowing.1337386/

 

[Granitestater]

Forgot to include in my response that I asked the avian vet a drug induced neutering and I had ever found an article a it myself but it was in Australia. He said not legal in USA but was going to research it more for me before we do surgery. The one in Austr. was an implant that lasts 6 mos. May I ask, what state r u in?