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HooBoy, he was a stunner! 'Friendliest' cockerel chicks are often the meanest, especially if you cuddle them.

You'll get better with practice...which can take quite some time if you're just culling a layer flock.

Grats!! Yep, it's a bittersweet mix of bad and good. Nice looking carcass. Did you scald for plucking? Purging the intestine is the main reason I crate at night then slaughter in morning, but you still have to be careful not to cut the intestine around vent or crush the gall bladder when...

Ohhhh that should be fine....it gets dark earlier, as long as you have a lighted area to see to clean the carcass...don't cut your finger off! I'm not a night owl.

They are much easier to catch after full dark. Some folks hang a carcass(dead bird) before actually cleaning it(plucking, gutting)... ...I'm not comfortable with that. I like around 15-20 minutes between kill and chill.

It will be easiest well after dark. Keep the flashlight dim and pointed away from an avenue of escape. Give him water in cage, I withhold feed to purge intestines but slaughter by 9am....last meal of scratch 15 minutes before kill to fill crop making it easier to remove. Good Luck...you can do it!

This is the only Cervical Dislocation video I found that does not remove the head. When slaughtering for meat, I prefer to slit the carotid and jugular(and not esophagus and trachea) so bird bleeds out well. But for euthanasia of a bird I do not intend to eat, CD is the way to go. Cervical...

Boy, that's for sure! Here's my first harvest story....might find something there that will help.