Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

[ShrekDawg]

Seriously? You are going to shoot him while holding him on your lap???

Oh no! I would never shoot him while holding him! Haha I’ve seen some people hold them while they slice their throats so thought I might try that.

 

[FarmersWifeForLife]

I know this isn’t the correct forum, but I’m looking to find out why my 9mo BR hasn’t laid any eggs yet. Any ideas?

 

[SnapdragonQ]

Seriously? You are going to shoot him while holding him on your lap???

Well, that would be...interesting. And not in a good way.
Perhaps she means while a relative dispatches by hand?

 

[ShrekDawg]

I mean ya I can butcher them like a pro, but those are no names and I'm not bonded with them. We usually give named roosters to our friend. He never tells us what he does with them so I'm okay with it. That's where Squatch went.

I talk to my eggs daily

I think I might be even softer than you because I don’t think I could do meat chickens or not get attached

I talked to my eggs I. The incubator too lol

 

[FortCluck]

Yeah, I was worried about that too but idk. I saw somewhere once that some people held their meat chickens when they did them. They thought it was kinder and kept them calm. So I thought I might like to do that. But it does seem a little too close/personal to me. Like making it harder. But I don’t want to stress him out. I was thinking I could put a towel over my lap or something and then just calmly and quietly slice his throat.

Better have a VERY SHARP knife and slice the side of the neck. If you don't it won't work then it gets stressful for both.

I like the cone, it stops them from flailing around. It sometimes takes over 5 minutes for them to stop twitching and such. I couldn't hold a chicken that long and feel it twitching.

 

[Beer can]

Also Spanish, hence the name of the beer.

There was a lot of news out there on Corona beer also, that they were hit hard sales wise because of their name.
Fake news, turns out sales for Corona beer is doing great, partly from panic buying if it's their favorite beer and afraid it'll disappear like TP, and no joke, partly because of their name

 

[FortCluck]

Seriously? You are going to shoot him while holding him on your lap???

No that's just her doing it with a knife... No gun

 

[ShrekDawg]

You are welcome but that ^^^ wasn't my point...
You may not be ready to do it yourself, and that is ok. Have a relative take care of it or ask the vet when you call. They can draw whatever vials of blood needed before euthanizing if that is what is needed. Sometimes they can take care of the transfer to a state vet or Uni too, but it's going to cost you.
It's a lot to digest and you need to figure out what you are going to do/where to send him. Focus on making the plans....not beating yourself up about being as much of a ninny as I am.

Oh no I know it wasn’t and was not what you meant at all! No worries! You’ve been nothing but nice. but that is what I am telling myself. And that I’m too emotional and sensitive and not cut out for chickens.

I suppose I should probably make plans first like you said but I am a major overthinker. And my mind is loving having something new to overthink majorly.

 

[ShrekDawg]

No that's just her doing it with a knife... No gun

Yeah, gun would be very dangerous in that situation!

 

[ShrekDawg]

Better have a VERY SHARP knife and slice the side of the neck. If you don't it won't work then it gets stressful for both.

I like the cone, it stops them from flailing around. It sometimes takes over 5 minutes for them to stop twitching and such. I couldn't hold a chicken that long and feel it twitching.

Oh gosh. I didn’t realize they twitched for that long! I was thinking maybe like a few seconds or maybe a minute or two but not that long. That might be too much.

I thought about using a cone but it seems like it would be stressful being put upside down so idk. Fine for meat birds but I’m attached