the main difference to me was that geese have stronger, thicker necks. my first kill wasn't clean because i was not prepared for that. so i will pass that on, to make it better for all involved.
they have made a lot fo changes on craisglist trying to defeat spammers. i just checked and now on mine, even the free needs an account. if peole are in an area where spam is not a big problem, then the changes might not have come to your area yet. ours went from no account needed ever to...
hey people will take those too. i was just speaking about roosters specifically as being hard to "rehome" as opposed to stewpot them. you can give them away or offer for a couple dollars depending on their age. same forum on craiglist.
it seems like there might be another way to authenticate besides phone. they didn't use to do that before all the spammers. most things i want to do on there, there seems to be another way. you can also post under "free" which is in the section that has furntiure,jewlery, etc for sale. you might...
while well intended, it's perhaps misleading to think that every unwanted rooster will get a "good home" when the folks who brought him into this world can't do that themselves. if you can find that, great, but more realistically is to offer them for free and if you don't want to know, don't...
ask around. you might be surprised at who will take them off your hands. i get lots of free meat that way. i find it easier to eat other people's than my own, too. lol
even the tiniest chihuahua i used to have who weighed three pounds dripping wet would pluck, albeight very daintily, feathers from chickens. it really can't be overstated that it's not just playing with them. playing with them leads to death. my cat is fine with the chickens. if one of my dogs...
sue ellen is right on the money. managing your flock is a "highly FUNCTIONAL love.. anyone can snuggle a chick, but not everyone can do what you are going to do for her."
the original poster said clearly that she had more and larger birds in the same set up before AND that she was going to be...
the link said it wasn't recomended for animals over two pounds. i only bring this up becuae a failed experience where you had to resort to something else would be quite distressing.
well, if you can't do a butcher knife or it's too freaky, the least physically challenging thing i can think of would be like suffocation. but i'm not sure that is quicker or less painless. (and people please don't write me that i'm advocating random suffocating of innocent chickens) i really...
maybe you mean with less blood? but then again, that is your comfort level. all the ways i can think of that are bloodless take longer which means more suffering for them. i can't picure you being able to wring her neck.
hugs. can you ask someone else to do this.
"I'm talking quick and painless, so that leaves out axes, cuttings, guns, etc."
confused. do you mean painless to you? those ARE the quickest most painless methods. my grandmother hated axes and shot her chickens in the head.
hugs. i know it is hard. hang in there.