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Thanks, that explains a lot and makes sense; but then makes me wonder why some people use a hatchet, and others just wring the neck and kill them first.

I have a dumb question. When butchering, why can't you put the bird in the cone and just LOP OFF the head completely, instead of slitting the throat and bleeding them out while still alive? Shouldn't they still bleed out without the head? I haven't butchered yet put plan to give it a try next year.

I only have 8 hens I got as chicks last spring. They have been off laying. I got maybe 1 egg every 3 days, if that. This last week I've been adding vitamins and electrolytes to one of their water dispensers and in the morning when I give them their laying feed I've put a small amount of water on...