Comment on Tech aims to block hatching of billions of male chicks fated for culling (2021)parentComments−bell-cot3yTHIS.Not quite a century ago, a couple of my uncles raised & sold capons in a small rural American town. It was a side business, male chicks were ~free, and they did the caponization themselves.−Dylan168073yWas that actually using up all of the male chicks? More than half?If not then it's not really a 'solution'.−bell-cot3yEvery healthy male chick that grandma's chicken coup could spare. Plus the coups of several neighbors.Note that a healthy hen contributes eggs to several years of meals. Vs. a capon only graces the table once.
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THIS.
Not quite a century ago, a couple of my uncles raised & sold capons in a small rural American town. It was a side business, male chicks were ~free, and they did the caponization themselves.
Was that actually using up all of the male chicks? More than half?
If not then it's not really a 'solution'.
Every healthy male chick that grandma's chicken coup could spare. Plus the coups of several neighbors.
Note that a healthy hen contributes eggs to several years of meals. Vs. a capon only graces the table once.