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If it's not appropiate, I do apologize!
Skunks, while not a popular pet in many areas, are available in a domestic variety. Many early settlers kept them, because even a descented skunk deters predators from chicken houses and such. They're behavior is similar to a cat. Currently, there are several states that permit skunks as pets, though many states do not recognize rabies vaccinations on them, which is concerning since it means the family pet will be put down if it bites someone.
But back on topic...there are a variety of terms for a castrated animal, such as capon for an ex-rooster...Is that more what you were looking for?
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I suppose the only use for a capon, apart from soup, is to keep the hens in line? Otherwise it wouldn't be worth the effort I should think. And does de-sexing them stop them crowing early in the morning? I recently had to dispatch three chickens the Pookwife bought that turned out to be roosters, when they started crowing (we live in town not on a farm).
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I never heard of a capon being used for anything than being eaten. Don't imagine they're going to be kept much past the stage when they become big enough to eat anyway. It beats losing half your output if you're raising them from eggs.
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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.
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There is apparently a new procedure to which our butterscotch male (named of course Butters) was applied that removes the interior contents but not the bag itself and I wonder if anyone knows what it's called
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Scooping out like a melon?
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Found some stuff: gelding, neutering, orchiectomy, orchidectomy, and oophorectomy. And: * Barrow (pig) * Bullock (cattle) * Capon (chicken) * Dinmont (sheep, goat) * Gelding (horse) * Gib (cat, ferret) * Havier (deer) * Lapin (rabbit) * Stag (cattle, sheep) * Steer (cattle) * Wether (sheep, goat) And check the link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castration to read under "Castration in Humans", the last paragraph about China. Oooph!!!
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Roosters were castrated to make them shut up, while human males were castrated to make them sing. It's a weird wide world.
Great observation! My favorite voice is countertenor.
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Roosters were castrated to make them shut up, while human males ARE castrated to make them sing. It's a weird wide world.
Still easy enough to come by if you know where to look and have the money. I don't know what "castrati" would be in Marathi, but I do know that's where you can still buy them.
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