Originally Posted By: Myridon
Are you concerned about offending any skunks who may be reading?

(Kidding).

A capon is a cockerel (a male Chicken whose reproductive organs were removed at a young age). Typically, the castration is performed when the chicken is between 6 and 20 weeks old.
The benefits are a non-aggressive male that can serve as a mother for baby chicks. (hmm...) They also produce ample, tender meat when butchered and as such are a choice poultry meat in some locales.
The caponisation of poultry is banned in the United Kingdom on animal welfare grounds, though the meat itself is not illegal.
(?).

Although neither hens nor capons crow,.......
Roosters were castrated to make them shut up, while human males were castrated to make them sing. It's a weird wide world.

Last edited by BranShea; 03/22/2008 2:07 PM.