Show barred plymouth rock favored to caponize one of the best breeds of poultry tor Is the barred rock its as the sex can be determined at an early age the cockerels cockerell cocker els will be light and the pullets dark and when the chicks are about six weeks old and weigh close to one and a half pounds each the poul cango can yo into ills his colony houses with a spotlight and collect cockerels cockerell cocker els as fast an ag lie he can pick them up in capon caponizing izing such breeds as rhode island reds or white Wyan dottes it Is more difficult to pick out the male birds at an early age says a writer in the michigan farmer considerable accuracy is possible by studying the heads the male birds soon appear more coarse an and dhave have a harsher voice than the pal pullets lets pullets of any color soon curelop what might be called the feminine type of head it Is smaller and more refined than the head of the male bird the heads beaks an and even the undeveloped c combs on male chicks have a different appearance from pullets some breeders bleeders bre eders caponize white leghorn cockerels cockerell cocker els and make them weigh as much lucli as six pounds but bui in general tile the capon caponizing izing is confined to the heavier meat breeds like the barred plymouth rock jersey black giant or light brahma |