Best way to euthanize a chicken?

[oellian]

Eenie meenie miney moe... I think I'd go with the knife.

Will you report back with your necropsy results?

Thanks, Kiki, I may well do that. And, yes, I will happily share the results. I should have linked to my first post in this saga, when Speckles first displayed her symptoms. I'll sew all three posts together when I get the report.

The post is called "Hen teeters, stumbles, and sometimes falls"

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-and-sometimes-falls.1508291/#post-25313098

 

[oellian]

I dispatched poor Speckles this morning. She's on her way to the State lab for necropsy.
I used my Felco loppers, tuned up and sharpened for this application. It was quick, and effective. She only convulsed for about five seconds, and then it was over, thankfully. Bad week for poultry around here. A got fox through my double fence line and took my favorite Polish, the bastard. They are tenacious, vigilant creatures.

 

[Chicken poppy]

I have a sick bird that I need to euthanize before taking her to the state lab, who no longer performs this procedure.

you hold the base of its skull Find and feel the place where the skull and neck meet. Once you do, snap the chicken's head downward and outward.

thats what i heard on how you would be how you snap a neck in a unpainful way,
unsure if that’s something you want to do though

 

[oellian]

you hold the base of its skull Find and feel the place where the skull and neck meet. Once you do, snap the chicken's head downward and outward.

thats what i heard on how you would be how you snap a neck in a unpainful way,
unsure if that’s something you want to do though

If you read my last post, you'll see that I already euthanized her, and how I did it. I was considering the method you describe, but it sounded like the decapitation method is more reliable, as well as quicker, so that was the deciding factor for me.

Also, your description is a bit ambiguous, so I'd encourage anyone thinking of applying this technique to look at the linked article in the ChickenChick site, where there are clear detailed descriptions and photographs.

 

[Chicken poppy]

If you read my last post, you'll see that I already euthanized her, and how I did it. I was considering the method you describe, but it sounded like the decapitation method is more reliable, as well as quicker, so that was the deciding factor for me.

Ah. there is many ways, decapitaton and neck snapping is the best in my opinion, very humane. I hope everything went well for you.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

I dispatched poor Speckles this morning. She's on her way to the State lab for necropsy.
I used my Felco loppers, tuned up and sharpened for this application. It was quick, and effective. She only convulsed for about five seconds, and then it was over, thankfully. Bad week for poultry around here. A got fox through my double fence line and took my favorite Polish, the bastard. They are tenacious, vigilant creatures.

"When the need arises - and it does - you must be able to shoot your own dog. Don't farm it out - that doesn't make it nicer, it makes it worse." - Robert A. Heinlein

Much respect for recognizing the need and doing the deed yourself. Glad it went smoothly. Appreciate your commitment to share the Necropsy results as well. Hope its good news for the rest of your flock and won't require either further culling or flock management changes on your part.