I prefer the bolt gun. Cutting the neck like people do just causes the bird to release catecholamines in response to this which is a contaminant to the meat. So, if you're whole point of being self-reliant is to eat a better quality of meat, then cutting the neck would not be my method of...
I have the Nature Right 360 incubator that has the rotating egg turner. I took mine out within minutes because it looked like this could easily injure the new born should a leg get caught under the rotating turner. What is the alleged harm by removing them early?