Anyone ever have Pet Sematary happen to them?

[Florida Bullfrog]

It happened to me today. This morning in one of my chick brooders I found a sickly chick. Lethargic and emaciated in spite of having plenty of food. I cull for any sign of sickness, so I rung its neck, nearly pulling its head off in the process. I threw it out in the bushes for my dogs to eat.

Hours later, its walking around fine. Better acting now that it was this morning. Figuring its not its day to die, I caught it and returned it to the brooder.

Surely I failed to break its neck. But I cannot imagine how I didn’t.

Anyone else have that happen?

 

[nuthatched]

Is the Bush ok? Glowing?

 

[McChooky]

Its an omen.Never kill another chicken.

 

[Cheekychook12]

Maybe it needed a neck massage?….

 

[McChooky]

Maybe it needed a neck massage?….

He opened its airway when he wrung its neck

 

[McChooky]

Maybe it needed a neck massage?….

My brother swears a dead cat he buried came back.

 

[DemeterAD9]

I’ve used the broom stick method several times and it works just fine… usually. I was culling extra cockerels, after I had caught and broke all their necks (all did the typical flopping thing with their head all floppy and clearly internally decapitated) I went inside to get the scalding pot ready. Came back out some minutes later to find one looking at me like “how could you?”. I felt awful and immediately went over with a knife to cut its head off. Another time I culled a pullet for leg issues and after flopping around she continues to blink and gasp for air for a bit. That broke my heart as I had been planning to keep her for breeding and tried nursing her back to health for 2 weeks prior. But she ended up tasting soooo good breaded and deep fried.

Since then I’ve switch to the trusty pellet gun. Simply grab the bird by the feet, hold them so they are laying on the ground and shoot them in the head with a pellet gun. Instant game over. It also comes in clutch when a wild cockerel gets away from you. The way I see it brain death is the quickest and most humane method. But I will still probably resort to the broom stick method with meat birds, it worked well last time I raised them.