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I too appreciate the post pnwoldie. BYC has the nicest people online by far. It IS very hard sometimes to get the meaning across when the voice is not there to hear the inflection.

I agree that the cone produces a contained method with limited flapping. Full head removal in a cone was how my aunt did it when I was a kid. A few times the cone came off the nail and there was a lot of flapping then. When I took my birds to be processed they used the cone and jugular method...

When the spinal column is severed the flopping is involuntary nerves firing. I did not watch the video but assisted as a small child during chicken processing day. Even when the head is fully removed ther is flopping. They are dead for sure but the nerves react to the interruption in connection...

I am sorry you lost her. I too have experienced this early passing shock. Like bobby-j said sometimes they go for no obvious reason.

Something occurs to me..... We all do care about our chickens and we all, at some point will deal with their passing. For me the decision had to be made before the chicks came home. I am a planner too. I am actually ok with processing them for food. We eat chicken... eating the ones I raised...

And when the time comes that they are starving because they can no longer eat? Laying there gasping for breath? Death is not pretty or kind when it happens. It rarely involves happily scratching about. I vote for a quick end while still healthy enough to go in a stock pot. Having lost a few...