Can BB gun kill chickens and...?

[silkiemama2612]

pellet gun works better. had to kill quite a bit of birds with one. pellet to the head is really quick

What kind of pellet gun did you use?

 

[Egghead_Jr]

https://hatsanusa.com/collections/p...ished-mod-95-vortex-combo?variant=40518407636

This is a good break barrel pellet gun. Will produce 20 ft-lbs energy, more than capable to shoot .22 cal pellets up to 18.13 grains (think JSB). Very good refurb deal straight from Hatsan USA above. Combine it with 500 tin of Votex .22 pellets 14.66 grain. They shoot well out of it. If you purchase other pellets it prefers larger head size. JSB pellets are larger and H&N sell pellets of different head size- 5.53mm or 5.54mm field and trophy would be perfect. Just a fun gun to plink with so you may want two tins.

If your shooting chickens you need to hit the head behind the eye. It's a point blank thing as a miss would be cruel. This gun can also be used to dispatch predators up to raccoon size. I wouldn't attempt large racoon unless point black head shot in a trap. To humanely take large racoon or fox you should use .25 cal and 30 ft-lbs gun in my opinion. That's Hatsan 125, 135 break barrel or 155 in underlever.

 

[XanderWiFi]

An air rifle/bb gun will kill it-but not humanely. Of the various options I have to put down an injured bird I prefer a 20 gauge bird shot. No risk of missing, no death dramatics, moderate noise control. Granted, I do not live in the city or a suburb in terms of noise control.

 

[Brooke_R]

I know nothing about guns of any sort, but need some way to kill the occasional failing chicken. I've never killed one before, and the only way I think I could do it is with a gun. I just cannot imagine chopping the head off or breaking the neck, but could imagine pulling a trigger.

Like I said I know nothing about guns. Can a bb gun quickly and humanely kill a chicken? If so, what kind of bb gun do you suggest?

And, although this is off-topic, can a bb gun kill a cat? The reason I ask is that every once in a great while, I find a cat maimed in the road in front of our house, obviously hit by a car. Seriously maimed, but the police cannot shoot it because it is a domestic animal, and therefore could be someone's "property". So animal control officer has to come and get it, and take it to a vet, the only person who can make the decision of whether to euthanize or treat a domestic animal, so I am told. This just happened today: cat had one crushed, mangled, dangling hind leg, and the other hind leg was not bloody, but was folding in ways that a leg is not supposed to fold, so obviously broken. Did not recognize it as any of the neighbors' cats. You could hear the cat groaning in pain, but it was terrified of people, hissing, and pathetically dragging itself away with front legs when approached. Animal control officer and cops eventually captured it with a catching pole, shoved it into a carrier and took it to the nearest vet who was open today. A long and drawn out day of torture for the poor suffering cat. And what vet in his right mind would not euthanize it? I deeply regret calling the police and wish I had had a gun to put it out of its misery. It might not have been legal, but the appropriate action here was obvious, and going the legal route clearly prolonged what must have been intense suffering for this poor creature.

I wouldn’t use a BB gun, it might not do the job quick enough. I think your best bet is a .22. Or at least a pellet gun.