Anyone heard of the CO2 cull method?

[galanie]

From everything I've read about gassing chicks, it causes them much more suffering than just decapitating them. I think sometimes we make them suffer more because *we* don't want to suffer, and come up with all sorts of justifications for it.

 

[mother o' chicks72]

I would never be able to cull a chick. if it were in alot of pain and it seemed apparent it wouldn't die soon i would take it to get euthanized.

 

[MrPaloma]

Put it in the search box. You will see some horror stories.

[Try Helium!] I used dry ice in a box; it worked, but, the very ill chickens shrieked and tried to jump out. I will never forget. Then I read somewhere that the CO2 INCREASES the sensation of needing air, then I recalled my knowledge. CO2 in blood is the mechanism that tells the brain to breath! So, in attempting something I thought would make the process easier on my girls, and also easier on me, I have to live with that I ended up torturing them to death. At least it was pretty fast. Anyway, look up on youtube "helium pass out" and you will see countless examples of people inhaling off balloons to talk funny, and forgetting to breath air in between, because this CO2 mechanism was blocked, apparently. After two or three inhalations, they drop out. Just one step short of death I should think. And I wonder if people accidentally die doing this. I have yet to try this with a chicken, but plan on buying a couple party balloons next time I need to cull. Remember, HELIUM is lighter than air, so, perhaps, 'fill' an upside down box or bag with the helium, and lower it down over you chicken, slowly. Maybe do so in a dark room, which has virtual effect of sedation on them, I think because they can not gather much light into their small eyes, so, they perceive more darkness than we do. I think they won't really notice a box being lowered down over them if dark.