Well, I attempted to caponize 7 of my 8 cockerels. There's a really steep learning curve. I didn't have success until the last bird. Yes, I just posted a picture of testicles... Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk
I don't have the right tools so I tried to use tweezers to pull the rooster-parts out. That really doesn't work. They're attached fairly firmly so two things happen... The testicle ruptures (heh) or you tear a hole in a big vein that is next to the testicle. If the testicle ruptures, even if you pick out the pieces, you'll still end up with a bird full of testosterone. Any bits of testicle left will regrow in a rooster. (you men should be so lucky!) If I tore a hole in the vein, I had to stop, pour some Celox (clotting agent) into the bird and wish it luck. On the very last bird, I said a quick prayer and went in... this time using a tool that Kendall made for me. It's sort of a copy of the tool the Chinese use to caponize birds. Using a bit more caution and all my determination I was able to lift out both testicles, intact on that bird. Now I have an idea on how to do this. The tool definitely made a difference, I wish I had figured out how to use it earlier on. So far, all of my victims are still alive. Eating, walking and some even running around acting normal already. Only my runty cockerel looks rough, he had the worst bleeding of all of the birds, in fact I thought he would be dead in a few minutes but the Celox seems to work pretty good at stopping the bleeding. The other young roosters all went to eating almost immediately after the procedure... which is pretty amazing. In some ways, this procedure was tougher on me than the birds. The first cockerel I worked on ate after the procedure and then just stood there and glared at me the whole time I was working on the other birds. It was unnerving.
Cockerels that still have a testicle (or bits of one) left in them are called 'slips'. They will still act, taste and grow like a rooster. (crowing, fighting, stringy meat) So those birds will be headed for the stew pot as soon as they become to obnoxious to have around. A true capon will get fat and remain tender, even a year from now.
There is a day care center on the road to my shop, from some of the behavior I have witnessed just driving by, I think you would be a perfect fit there.
I would never do that to any male species! There is another way to get the same results....keep him in a pen and fees him Bacon grease for 6 months...
If we get a male piglet, it will be castrated. Male lambs will be banded. I guess I have it out for testicles. 'Cept for Kendall's of course. You know how hatcheries drop all those unwanted male chicks into a grinder right after they hatch? I figured caponization was still better than that.
One group of spring cows and calves If I what about hour or so can get some pics of some getting preg checked might go along with Christine's testicles ha.
