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I have no idea what you did wrong. I will tell you how I killed mine and they died in a very short period of time. I tied their legs together with baling twine and hung them at a convenient height. I used a box cutter to sever the jugular veins on both sides of the neck. They flopped a bit but it was all over in a minute or two and they bled out very well. When I killed my first chicken, I hung him up as described but I used a big sharp pair of heavy duty pruning shears. They were regular limb loppers. I whacked that chicken's head off before either he or I knew what was happening. If nothing else you might try that method.