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Isn’t it interesting how no matter what you post on here, the odds are really high that someone will contradict you? I think part of that is that so many different things work that there is no one right way where everything else is wrong. We all have our own unique circumstances so in some...

Do you think perhaps you are “over-thinking” it? That just maybe the way it has been done for thousands of years isn’t all that contaminating. Have you actually looked at the lungs of chickens that have been killed using different methods so you could compare, say chop block versus killing...

Have you ever tried it? I've never had one lift its head and get out.

I think the one you can do without flinching is the easiest. I grew up using an axe to kill chickens for the table, split wood for kindling, cut down trees, clear fence rows, make fence posts, and who knows what else. For me it is a natural tool to use. The hatchet is even easier to control...

I agree with Redsoxs. A hatchet is easier to control than an axe. I’m right handed. I have some nails driven into a chopping block. I put the chicken’s neck in the slot formed by the nails. Hold the chicken’s legs with your left hand. Gently pull to snug it up. Swing the hatchet with...

I don’t do it that way so I have no idea what you could practice on. I do wish you luck. Hard as it is for some people it is often the right thing to do.

What method are you planning on using? There are many different ways you could do it. Loppers you use for pruning trees, hatchet or ax and chopping block, cone with a knife, or something else? Machete, butcher’s cleaver? What you are using and the method would really help us give useful...