I tell you what. I have books on the subject and its on my to-do list, but I haven't done it yet. I can try to explain, but even if you read the books, as I have, it would still be scary. Now you want to keep your roo......how about one that you don't want to keep? If you have one that you don't care about, why don't you slaughter him and after he dies, you do as the books say and caponize a dead rooster for the experience. As a matter of fact, I have one that I might do the surgery on very soon. I could have done it earlier, but didn't. My bad. It would be a good skill to have. Really though, if you don't know how to preform the surgery, I wouldn't do it if I wanted the roo to live. If you can find someone that knows how to do it around you, I would make arrangements with him/her. I believe the recommended age is about 3 weeks.