The dispatcher has been my kill-method of choice ever since my RIR hen suffered a viscious attack from a large owl (she had been blinded in both eyes & had other severe facial injuries). She was bleeding and shrieking and the whole thing was truly horrifying. It was obvious she could not be...
For straight-up killing (no processing), there is a tool you can get from a company in the U.K. called a Poultry Dispatcher (they come in chick/bantam and Standard size, and even a big one for turkeys). The dispatcher (the Std. size one) looks like a pair of pruning loppers - except that instead...