Need Advice From Experienced Cullers on Broomstick Method

flossyandprissy

In the Brooder
6 Years
Jan 14, 2014
69
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Utah, but from Georgia
Had to cull a chicken. Used broomstick method. Read and read about it. Watched a few YouTube videos. Think I still did it wrong. No neck breaking sound. Chicken looked to be gasping for air while flapping. Lasted only about 1 minute tho. Did I crush windpipe and not break neck? What should I do differently next time?

 
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Had to cull a chicken. Used broomstick method. Read and read about it. Watched a few YouTube videos. Think I still did it wrong. No neck breaking sound. Chicken looked to be gasping for air while flapping. Lasted only about 1 minute tho. Did I crush windpipe and not break neck? What should I do differently next time?


 
Had to cull a chicken. Used broomstick method. Read and read about it. Watched a few Youtube videos. Think I still did it wrong. No neck breaking sound. Chicken looked to be gasping for breath a few times. Lasted only about 1 minute though. Did I crush windpipe and not break neck? What should I do differently next time?

 
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Well of course that worked. I'll try one last time.

Had to cull a chicken. Used broomstick method. Read and read about it. Watched a few Youtube videos. Think I still did it wrong. Chicken looked to be gasping for air a few times. Only lasted a minute or so. Did I crush windpipe instead of breaking neck? What should I do differently next time?
 
Maybe, but it is likely you were just seeing the normal involuntary muscle movements. I have heard stories from my grandma of dead chickens running in circles with its head cut off (it is where the saying comes from)
It is a very hard way to get wrong mostly because birds bones are very weak. As long as you trapped the head and gave a good hard jerk, most likely you did just fine.
 

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