Will a young caponized roo not crow or stop crowing?

[rarebear]

I have a 10 week old Lavender Ameraucana that is looking like a roo. Sadly he is my favorite and tamest chicken. He hasn't started crowing as of yet. I live in the city and cannot have roo's. My second favorite chicken, a Buff Cochin, is 16 weeks old and has started a weak early morning crowing routine when 'she' hears me coming. (She was supposedly sexed as a female at a hatchery) If I have them caponized will that stop them from crowing? Also, there is no way I could do it. I did give the 14 chicks I incubated the Marek's vaccine as I was taught by a vet to give my dog a shot every month. But I could never cut a chicken. Where can I get caponizing done. I live in North Carolina.

 

[Judy]

I would suggest a search on here or Google. I doubt you will find anyone to do it for you unless it is a private individual. If you are in the UK, it is illegal. It is done without anesthesia and carries some mortality. It is best (safest) if it is done at 2-4 weeks. Worse, I can't find it at the moment but I don't believe it guarantees they will not crow.

There is a procedure to "de-crow" a rooster that some vets might try for you, but it carries a fair amount of mortality. I know one of our members had it done to a favorite roo, who died from it. Unfortunately, the only practical things for most people to do with an unwanted rooster are to find him a good home, eat him, or give away/sell him for food.

It's not unusual for a roo who is tame at 10 weeks to become human aggressive when they mature in a month or two. It may even be more likely that a tame one will become aggressive. Perhaps, if he remains friendly, you can find him a good home. You could list him in our Buy Sell Trade forum.

Personally, I hate that so many places have laws against roos. A "real" city, a large one, is much, much noisier than any roo ever thought of being, and the noise is 24/7. Perhaps you could work to have your local laws changed. We have a forum for that, too.

 

[Time-Out]

I heard caponising a cockerel won't stop it crowing and nor can de-crowing it guarantee that.

It is very true that a sweet grower doesn't guarantee a sweet cockerel. I have read so many soties on here of favourites turning into terrors.

If you decide that nothing on earth will separate you, do you have any allotments? I had the same issue with a Sebright cockerel, but there was no way he was going anywhere. It was a bit of luck that I found an advert from a chap who had a few old, run-down allotments and was looking for some people to get together and use them. We now have 12 chickens and 57 chickens on there and my Sebright cockerel is king
My other half has now accepted the fact that Orion will be with us for the next 16 years of his life (

) and our next house will have to be farther from our neighbours!

 

[rarebear]

I would suggest a search on here or Google. I doubt you will find anyone to do it for you unless it is a private individual. If you are in the UK, it is illegal. It is done without anesthesia and carries some mortality. It is best (safest) if it is done at 2-4 weeks. Worse, I can't find it at the moment but I don't believe it guarantees they will not crow.

There is a procedure to "de-crow" a rooster that some vets might try for you, but it carries a fair amount of mortality. I know one of our members had it done to a favorite roo, who died from it. Unfortunately, the only practical things for most people to do with an unwanted rooster are to find him a good home, eat him, or give away/sell him for food.

It's not unusual for a roo who is tame at 10 weeks to become human aggressive when they mature in a month or two. It may even be more likely that a tame one will become aggressive. Perhaps, if he remains friendly, you can find him a good home. You could list him in our Buy Sell Trade forum.

Personally, I hate that so many places have laws against roos. A "real" city, a large one, is much, much noisier than any roo ever thought of being, and the noise is 24/7. Perhaps you could work to have your local laws changed. We have a forum for that, too.

Thank you for the good info. I would hate to jeopardize his life for my own selfish desires so I will look for a home, hopefully one that will not eat him. I make a very bad farmer!

 

[rarebear]

hahaha, where there is a will there is a way!

I am going to find him a good home. My city and area has a lot of chicken lovers and farms so hopefully he will be able to live a good life. Thank you.