Culling/Euthanizing for those who "can't" break a neck?

[BarkerChickens]

DH tried the breaking the neck method...uh, didn't turn out so well and he swears he will NEVER use it again. He uses the hatchet and a killing cone (put them in the cone and then use the hatchet/machete/sharp object of some sort). It is quick and much more effective in our opinion (uh...what if the neck doesn't break the first, second, etc time? That was our issue

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I would never try the back idea...that sounds like a bad way to go.

 

[acire67]

Years ago, we had neighbors with lizards, geckos, bearded dragons, etc. When they needed to euthanize one because it was injured, sick, they gave it some kind of gas. If I'm recalling correctly, they put it in a fishtank with the gas. I can't remember what the gas was, but it seemed to put them to sleep. Not sure if it would work the same way on chickens...

 

[NEK38583]

Honestly, if you haveing this much trouble if time ever come where one had to be put down I would just take it to the vet. I know where I live it const around 15 dollars to have something put down. It may be worth it. They could just give it a shot and that would be it.

If you are culling for excess birds that are not meeting the breed standard take them to a auction or post ads on the internet.

I hope that helps.

 

[arch_cpj]

Im a shoot it person 22 behnd the ear quick easy and painless pretty clean too... 22 shorts work well for this Culling is a part of the flock and raising any animakl particularly farm animals...

 

[dragonlair]

exhaust is not an easy way to go, it takes time, stinks and is not pleasant for animals or humans. They don't just go to sleep.

 

[rancher hicks]

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Well, thank you Martha Stewart!

I got my son-in-law to "Cull" (kill) the last one. He put it on the ground and put his foot on her head and yanked her up by her feet. Quick and fast. This is a method a friend told me about and I've read about. The first time I did it, I put a board acrossed her neck and pulled up her feet quick and fast. I didn't like it so I had my son-in-law do the next one. I had two chicks to do and it was winter so I put them in a brown paper bag and put them in the garage. Chicks are quite fragile and go very quickly. These were a day or two old. Not something I would recommend for older chicks. I recommend if you must kill (cull) a sick bird do it at night. Chickens are calmer in the dark and no one sees you cry afterward.

Responsible owners get the job done even if it means finding someone else to do it!

 

[fancbrd4me02]

I just want to offer this as a practical suggestion to new chicken keepers or people who are uncomfortable culling (killing) themselves. I have noticed that a lot of the time that people don't think about what they will do if one of thier chickens needs to be put down until they are faced with the problem. I suggest that you try to decide what you will do ahead of time so that you are prepared (that's why this is a good thread) and who will do the culling. For instance, although I can cull if I have to in serious emergency, culling is something that my brother or father is tasked with normally. We have a very sharp hatchet just in case of emergency, and a special stump. Luckily, we havn't had to use it much.

 

[Chicken0Boy]

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I agree about everything you said! I could not have put it better!

 

[cassiadawn]

Putting something in a bag and attaching it to the exhaust pipe would be a very unpleasant way to go - exhaust is hot when it comes out of the car! Also, the concentration of oxygen to CO/CO2 would go down too fast - whatever was in the bag wouldn't "peacefully fall asleep", but would rather go out gasping for air.

Here's a link to the AVMA Euthanasia report from 2000: http://casemed.case.edu/ora/arc/Text Documents/AVMA_panel_Euthnasia.pdf , it's interesting reading.

 

[suburbanminifarm]

Has anyone used one of those "humane dispatcher" things? The ones that look like pliers?
http://www.ascott-dairy.co.uk/acatalog/Poultry_Processing_.html#aPY17