. Practical poultry production . Poultry. CAPONS AND CAPONIZINO 187 Most suitable breeds for capons. Owing to the fact that large capons bring the best prices, it does not pay to caponize males of the smaller breeds, such as the Leghorn. Breeds with yellow legs and skin, such as the Plymouth Rock, Cornish, Brahma, Langshan, and Wyandotte, as in other classes of table poultry, are the most desirable for this purpose. Of these the Light Brahma and Barred Plymouth Rock and other American breeds are most generally used. Time to caponize. Cockerels should be caponized when they weigh from 11/^ to 3
. Practical poultry production . Poultry. CAPONS AND CAPONIZINO 187 Most suitable breeds for capons. Owing to the fact that large capons bring the best prices, it does not pay to caponize males of the smaller breeds, such as the Leghorn. Breeds with yellow legs and skin, such as the Plymouth Rock, Cornish, Brahma, Langshan, and Wyandotte, as in other classes of table poultry, are the most desirable for this purpose. Of these the Light Brahma and Barred Plymouth Rock and other American breeds are most generally used. Time to caponize. Cockerels should be caponized when they weigh from 11/^ to 3 pounds, or when they are from 2 to 4 months old. The general-purpose breeds can be caponized when a pound and a half in weight or when 2 months old, while cockerels of the meat breeds should be about 3 or 4 months old or about 3 pounds in weight. Ordinarily cockerels should not be caponized when larger or older than just stated, as there is considerable danger in losing the birds by pricking the arteries which he near the testicles and thereby causing them to bleed to death. Capons are in the greatest demand beginning with the Thanksgiving season and until the end of March. Considering this fact and remembering that it takes about ten months to pro- duce a well-finished capon, it will be evident that it is important to hatch early in the spring in order to have cockerels of suitable size to caponize in June and July. Preliminary requirements. Cockerels that are to be. Figure 186.—Barred Plymouth Rock cockerel of smtable size to Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lamon, Harry M; Kinghorne, J. W. (Joseph William). St. Paul, Minn. : Press of Webb Publishing Co.
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