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We have decided to give the turkey a miss this year. We will have a nice big fat chicken instead. Now could somebody tell me what a capon is? I heard it is a chemically castrated c0ckbird. But I find this hard to believe. If it is, what is the chemical used? I quite fancy one but not if I am going to grow tits.

Hahahahahaha, sorry i couldent help it Ace.

Thats exactly what it is ACE. I thought it had been banned though, they do make extra big birds.

Gawd knows what chemical they use, maybe you could let us know how you are afterwards ;D

I'D never thought about it before. I suppose I thought they used 2 bricks. A Capon - almost a gentleman, someone said

I think you'd look good with tits Ace.  :P        ;D ;D ;D

I do as well but a serious answer.

A capon is a castrated rooster. When I was a girl this is waht my grandma always had instead of turkey. I think in the "old" days the capons used to be castrated...........properly as it were. As the process moved to more factory industrialised processes they were chemically castrated by using oestrogen implants. Basically given a high dose of female hormones. I thought that production of capons was banned in the UK on animal welfare grounds - but maybe not if you castrate rather than add chemicals?

I made the mistake of asking one of my organic farmng neighbours about capons when i didn't know any better and wanted to have one for Christmas when my gran etc came round. I got full details on what they were and why they were bad - we had a large chicken instead.

"The caponisation of poultry is banned in the United Kingdom on animal welfare grounds, though the meat itself is not illegal."

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capon"

There are a few advertised on the net. A bloke over in the forest can supply me, I will have to ask him if he has just removed their nadgers or if it is chemical.

Quote from: rosebud on November 20, 2008, 20:54:28
Hahahahahaha, sorry i couldent help it Ace.

ROFL  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

I used to caponise cockbirds in the 60's. Simple injection of a female hormone pellet in the back of the neck. Produced 10 - 12 lb. big birds with a lovely fat coating. Very good eating they were. Couldn't sell them for 6 weeks due to the hormones but they competed well with turkeys.
But hey! that was then?

Same as telboy. We did the same many years ago when we kept birds for Christmas. I understand that procedure was banned quite a while ago.