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<blockquote data-quote="USMCRanchGirl" data-source="post: 368972" data-attributes="member: 6043"><p>Only if you want them to grow bigger for the freezer. If you don't caponize them, you have to butcher them earlier before the meat starts to get tough and dark from their sex hormones; plus, they won't have as much meat (although still good for stewin'!). If you caponize them, though, they grow meatier and you can fatten 'em up longer ... and they actually look more like a pullet (uh, female for those that don't know).</p><p></p><p>Still don't know too many people that do it anymore. We butcher the cockerels at about 4 to 6 months, depending on the size, instead of going to all the work to caponize them and using more feed to fatten them up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="USMCRanchGirl, post: 368972, member: 6043"] Only if you want them to grow bigger for the freezer. If you don't caponize them, you have to butcher them earlier before the meat starts to get tough and dark from their sex hormones; plus, they won't have as much meat (although still good for stewin'!). If you caponize them, though, they grow meatier and you can fatten 'em up longer ... and they actually look more like a pullet (uh, female for those that don't know). Still don't know too many people that do it anymore. We butcher the cockerels at about 4 to 6 months, depending on the size, instead of going to all the work to caponize them and using more feed to fatten them up. [/QUOTE]
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