➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!

[Kiki]

Hi Tessie!

 

[Tesumph]

Hi Tessie!

Haha heyo. Good job butchering! You did it! Can’t wait to see if y’all like the meat.

Out of curiosity, what specifically bothered you? The post mortem seizing/flapping, or just having to restrain a live animal while killing it?

I don't know if this applies to quail, but I've found that at least in chicks the skull will just gush before you get a clean pull.

Are you referring to the “rip the head off” method?

 

[sdm111]

I don't know if this applies to quail, but I've found that at least in chicks the skull will just gush before you get a clean pull.

I've culled many a birds and that's just terrible

 

[Kiki]

Haha heyo. Good job butchering! You did it! Can’t wait to see if y’all like the meat.

Out of curiosity, what specifically bothered you? The post mortem seizing/flapping, or just having to restrain a live animal while killing it?

Are you referring to the “rip the head off” method?

Having to restrain a live animal AND the having to feel in my hand the seizing.
If it flip flopped or what ever by itself then it wouldn't bother me but there is no way I could actually hold it to kill it either.
These quail didn't even move much at all from what I could see.

 

[BantyChooks]

Haha heyo. Good job butchering! You did it! Can’t wait to see if y’all like the meat.

Out of curiosity, what specifically bothered you? The post mortem seizing/flapping, or just having to restrain a live animal while killing it?

Are you referring to the “rip the head off” method?

No, CD.

I've culled many a birds and that's just terrible

Don't worry, it was already dead. Fresh dead, but dead. I practice culling methods on naturally passed birds before using them on lives.

 

[Tesumph]

Having to restrain a live animal AND the having to feel in my hand the seizing.
If it flip flopped or what ever by itself then it wouldn't bother me but there is no way I could actually hold it to kill it either.
These quail didn't even move much at all from what I could see.

Hm. Yea, I’m not a fan of the after death seizing in any animal. That’s when I check they’re really dead/dying and walk away. If it’s a pet then I’ll hold them but that’s generally when the waterworks start.

I would fashion a mini cone for them for sure. You could get a pretty good system going: cone them, chop the neck, let them flop and drain into a bucket, process.
I’ve also had success with tightly wrapping chickens in towels and laying them on their back off of a ledge (I used a trailer), but the concept is the same. Restrain, kill, walk away. Not only is it less upsetting (if that’s a problem), but it’s more efficient and less messy.

 

[Tesumph]

No, CD.

Don't worry, it was already dead. Fresh dead, but dead. I practice culling methods on naturally passed birds before using them on lives.

Oh I see. So it all just kind of mushed instead of snapping? Do you think it was because the bird was too small, or was the skull too soft?

 

[Kiki]

Hm. Yea, I’m not a fan of the after death seizing in any animal. That’s when I check they’re really dead/dying and walk away. If it’s a pet then I’ll hold them but that’s generally when the waterworks start.

I would fashion a mini cone for them for sure. You could get a pretty good system going: cone them, chop the neck, let them flop and drain into a bucket, process.
I’ve also had success with tightly wrapping chickens in towels and laying them on their back off of a ledge (I used a trailer), but the concept is the same. Restrain, kill, walk away. Not only is it less upsetting (if that’s a problem), but it’s more efficient and less messy.

For now I hope he continues to be willing to do it for me.
If I end up having to do it maybe I could use something like this to hold it so I don't have to feel it?

 

[RUNuts]

I thought for sure that the stem/branch shears I bought would work.
@RUNuts add pipe cutters to your list.

Also, while I am thinking about it. If I am not mistaken my feed store sells both the incubator and the turner for 55 each.

the incubator warehouse appears to have the best prices. $200 for turner, fan and heated box. meh.

I have kitchen shears. The feathers are the hardest to cut. You aim for the spinal cord. It cuts easy enough. Try getting around the feathers? The pipe cutter will solve your issue.

A quail cone. Like a 1 liter bottle? Cute thought.

 

[BantyChooks]

Oh I see. So it all just kind of mushed instead of snapping? Do you think it was because the bird was too small, or was the skull too soft?

Yeah, the skull caved in instead of pulling away from the base. It could have just been due to young age and not due to size.