Hi,
I realize this is a very late post, but I thought the info might help someone. I read an article (below) where it stated that neck pulling was the most "humane" way to slaughter a chicken, at least according to the Humane Slaughter Association (HSA)...
We keep at least two, currently we have four. Among all the other benefits, having the Alpha busy watching and chasing the Beta means he is to busy and distracted to worry and chase us humans. I only had to put the Alpha in his place once. From then on all the roosters learned from him not to...
I am planning a project similar to yours. Have you started yet?
In my project I plan to use a Raspberry PI (or ODROID C1 or Pine A64). Here are my use cases:
Door automation:
I will have a system that will open and close the chicken door based on light detection. Door operation will...