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Quote: This method has worked fine on every adult bird I have had to put down, but it has only been 1 and she was a bantam silkie. I could see it working ok for a silkie.....I was thinking large fowl adults.

Any auto parts store will have it. It's starter fluid.....not starter for charcoal...starter fluid for engines.

I use ether (starting fluid) sprayed on a rag in a tightly covered coffee can. I don't recommend using this method for an adult bird, but it works well for a small chick.

I just had a thought....When I used to have some bantams I would have to grind the starter crumble.....the unground stuff was just too big for them. Have you tried that?

I guess I've become what most people would consider hard-hearted about chicks like this. I don't cull them right away, but if after a couple of days of vitamins and extra care in feeding they aren't making a big turn around I cull them. I use to try and save each one but it seemed like too...