California - Northern

[lawatt]

Strange. Could it have scraped it on the wire?

no wire to scrape on: they are living in a cardboard-box brooder (its the box my kitchen sink came in, so pretty large), with their EcoGlow + plastic food and water containers sitting on pieces of 2x6" wood to raise them up off the floor. and they have a oak branch to sit on/peck at.

my concern is that it could be a respiratory infection getting started somehow, but not sure what i could do at this point anyway? just wondered if anyone's ever seen something similar...

 

[EZFarms]

Whats the best way of killing a rooster? Meaning the quickest and most humane. we have killed a few but it ended up not being so humane.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Are you going to use the Beekissed method and let the free range?

She has a video.

I can't totally free range, the large fox is still on patrol - my dog scared it off again a couple weeks ago. (plus hawks, raccoons, skunks, bobcats, etc) But I'm putting them in a moveable coop/run, so I can move them around. They will get sunshine, fresh air and nice dirt to be on, plus a nice coop to sleep in.

no wire to scrape on: they are living in a cardboard-box brooder (its the box my kitchen sink came in, so pretty large), with their EcoGlow + plastic food and water containers sitting on pieces of 2x6" wood to raise them up off the floor. and they have a oak branch to sit on/peck at.

my concern is that it could be a respiratory infection getting started somehow, but not sure what i could do at this point anyway? just wondered if anyone's ever seen something similar...

I don't know. I've had some scrape that area on wire, but nothing like you're describing.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Whats the best way of killing a rooster? Meaning the quickest and most humane. we have killed a few but it ended up not being so humane.

We use a stump with 2 nails to hold the head and a sharp hatchet. It's very quick. The muscle spasms are quite weird though. One was still moving in the bucket several minutes later. My 14 year old son did one. My DH does the killing, but I watched this time. He is "grossed out" by the cleaning, so I do that part.

 

[EZFarms]

We dont have a sharp enough hatchet so any other ideas?
the process of cleaning doesnt bother me i just cant do the killing
ive seen videos of people slitting the vein in their neck and letting them bleed out. it doesnt seem humane though

 

[lizanne]

We dont have a sharp enough hatchet so any other ideas?
the process of cleaning doesnt bother me i just cant do the killing
ive seen videos of people slitting the vein in their neck and letting them bleed out. it doesnt seem humane though

It is if you do it right, and use a sharp knife. They bleed out quickly, and "pass out" before the actually die. You could always break their neck.

 

[ronott1]

We dont have a sharp enough hatchet so any other ideas?
the process of cleaning doesnt bother me i just cant do the killing
ive seen videos of people slitting the vein in their neck and letting them bleed out. it doesnt seem humane though

Cutting both veins in the neck is quick.

Another way it to break the neck. All you need is a stick, like a broom handle. You still need to hang them and cut the veins though. They need to bleed out if you are going to process them.

You can hang them by their feet, get a trash can and put a weight in the bottom and then trash liner. Get a very sharp knife and cut both of the neck arteries, right side and left side but do not cut the esophagus. At this point you can walk away for a while. 10 minutes later the bird will have died and bled out so now you can dip into the 150 degree water for plucking.

 

[EZFarms]

How do u use a broom handle to break their neck? and i may use the bleedimg out method. i just dont want to be torturing them. id ratger dp it humanely and get it over with

 

[ronott1]

How do u use a broom handle to break their neck? and i may use the bleedimg out method. i just dont want to be torturing them. id ratger dp it humanely and get it over with

Grasp the bird by the legs and lay its neck on the ground. Place a broom or rake handle across the neck. With one foot on each side of the neck, stand on the handle and firmly pull the bird upward.

After the neck as been snapped, hang the dead bird by its legs with a piece of twine. Cut the neck on both sides and bleed out.

 

[EZFarms]

Thank you @ronott1
i figure i should find a more humane method now instead og later cuz the chicks im getting from cackle will be straight run and we will only keep silkie roos not the others