Butchering for first time- tips?

[The Golden Egg5]

This was peep. He really was a handsome boy. He was the sweetest chick, but the meanest cockerel.

 

[BantyChooks]

This was peep. He really was a handsome boy. He was the sweetest chick, but the meansest cockerel.
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Very pretty. It's a shame he was mean.

 

[The Golden Egg5]

This was peep. He really was a handsome boy. He was the sweetest chick, but the meanest cockerel.
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Thanks! It really is. I have some great girls that could have been good for breeding!

 

[aart]

We loosened the esophagus pretty far down, but I think we could have done better.

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

 

[aart]

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

 

[AllenK RGV]

I have never tried this b4 either but it is in my future. A youtup video about handling manhating cocks I watched prior to ever getting chicken this year. The guy really calmed the cockrel down by putting Johnsons baby oil on his hand and covering the cocks head forcing it to smell the baby oil. On the video that manhating cockrel stopped its pecking and biting after about 15 seconds of that. and was real easy to handle.

As I said before this is only my experience based on a youtube video. I offer this up only since nobody offered this up and the question was asked on how to calm them if needed.