Culling a chicken (sorry if graphic)

[philipchickymad]

has anyone killed a bird with an air gun, and if so is it advisable

 

[donrae]

has anyone killed a bird with an air gun, and if so is it advisable

My honey has used a pellet gun to cull birds several times. It drops the bird nicely, but you have to be a dead on shot. A bird's head is a pretty darn small target, and they're not usually so nice as to hold still for you.

 

[philipchickymad]

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My honey has used a pellet gun to cull birds several times. It drops the bird nicely, but you have to be a dead on shot. A bird's head is a pretty darn small target, and they're not usually so nice as to hold still for you.
[/ is the head the best place to hit

 

[donrae]

I'd think it would have to be a head shot, a single pellet to the body wouldn't take a bird down, just wound it and that's no bueno. My honey used a shotgun once on a rooster that attacked our son when he was a little, we didn't even try to eat that bird cause of all the shot throughout the body.

 

[eracerx46]

If youre simply culling to get rid of cockerels and aren't processing for meat...my preferred method is ether/ starting fluid in a bag with a rag at the bottom. No mess, no blood, no flopping around. They go to sleep within a few seconds and that's it. Tie the bag up when your done just to be safe. I don't like seeing the flopping.