Non violent way to kill a chicken

So sorry for your loss, I know your pain all to well....................
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So sorry! It sounds like you did the humane thing. I would be so afraid to use this method -- seems like too many ways to screw up. Why was this better than the axe, I have to ask?
 
I asked my regular vet yesterday if they can put a chicken to sleep if it ever became necessary and they said yes.
Nice to know I have that option.
 
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Dry ice is Carbon Dioxide. I THINK it would work, would certainly not fizz and smell like the baking soda/vinegar, BUT Carbon Dioxide does do different things in a biological system than Carbon Monoxide.

When the CO2 levels get high in your body, you get the urge to breathe in order to get rid of it. It's part of basic animal respiration. So I can only imagine that if you were in an environment with high CO2 levels that it could cause a burning sensation on your lungs (CO2 + H2O makes carbonic acid, a weak acid) and also a sense that I NEED TO BREATHE OH GOSH I GOTTA BREATHE WHY ISN'T THIS WORKING I NEED TO BREATHE and a panicking sensation.

When I was a teenager I used to hang out at a skating rink. One day some of the boys were goofing off and trying to hyperventilate to make themselves pass out. If you hyperventilate, you get rid of your CO2 and fool your body into thinking that it doesn't URGENTLY need to breathe. Then you can hold your breath for a while longer until your Oxygen is depleted and you can pass out. If you just try to hold your breath WITHOUT hyperventilating first, you can generally not make yourself pass out, as your CO2 levels are still building to the point where they MAKE YOU breathe.

Carbon Monoxide, on the other hand, latches onto the red blood cells more strongly than Oxygen, which basically leaves you short on Oxygen (without giving you the I GOTTA BREATHE panic that you get with increased Carbon DIOXIDE). The Monoxide would thus have the same effect of suffocation but without the "panic" that comes from the CO2 levels being high.

Logically, the dry ice method would probably result in a panic sensation similar to the baking soda/vinegar scenario.

DISCLAIMER - I have never used either of these methods, I am not a physician but I am a chemist and have taken some biology and biochemistry. And I did watch some silly kids at a skating rink make themselves pass out...

I had to use the vinegar/baking soda last night and it worked well.

Someone had posted an articke of how to do it where you make them fall asleep first. Besides one deep breathe, my bird went peacefully.

So it did work just fine.
 
I have had my sweet girl sick for a some time.. She was gettting better then took a turn for the worse..
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I really need (notice i didnt say want) to put her out of her misery.

The thought of doing anything with removing or breaking just makes me sick to my stomach..

I think of more of a peacefull death..

would someone please make suggestions..

I really didnt want it to get to this point but she has gotten so bad..

(if someone can tell me where I could find a vein I do have syringes)

My husband has lortab pills too .. would morphine do it humainly..

I know this is not the most pleasant post. But we really have done everything we can possibly do, she is not good, and her life is not good. It has taken me weeks to get to this point. And it breaks my heart. Please be gentle.
So many people suggest a vet. Unfortunately not many people bring chix to the vet, they might have to do research from Dr google. Vets usually branch out in Vet school to specialize. Small, large, equine, exotic the list is a long one. I definitely would call the vet and ask if thevve had experience......just saying. Most vets actually learn after they graduate....on their clients. I know a Vet that worked for a company that did home Euth. She was an expert....one time she had to Euth a duck......she said it was VERY stressful.........for her, the owner and the poor duck.
I know I couldnt do it, but a husband or neighbor? I think the knife or neck twist is the fastest and prob the most humane on the chix. You dont have to watch. I know animals, take them away from their home, go vet office, dont struggle while an unknown puts a needle in you....that seems harder for the animal then the other. Just saying
 

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