culling hens, sadness 😭

[Josip]

Part of adulting is bearing responsibility for one's actions and inactions both.

You have a situation, predictable when you started chicken keeping, which you have analalyzed and devised a solution for. Its not a decision you reached lightly, and like all adult decisions, it bears consequences - which you recognize, and are feeling.

You have the skills needed to do the deed.

Now, as soon as you have enough light, go out and do it. We have every confidence in you and your abilities. Prolonging it will only increase your suffering. Then, I would recommend your ladies do a final duty in the stew pot, the stock pot, or in sausage.

Culled five of my own birds today. Part of responsible chicken keeping.

/edit and like you, I could have sold these birds - but I won't damage my reputation by selling inferior stock.

its my fault, i Always check pelvic bones in pullets to decide wich to keep, but beacuse this hens was from new rooster and i wanted New blood i never check them they were Like 100%keepers. But when i noteced something wrong was when they started laying and i check their pelvic bones when they were year old and huh i never ever seen hens with that small pelvic bone width. Its Like less then finger. But i named them and have no heart to cull them but now its Like time. And thanks for your comment i really needed that kind of support.

 

[_-Captain BRM-_]

Do you think you could give 'em a few more weeks and try to give them away or sell them? Culling is so sad but of course necessary.

 

[Josip]

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Do you think you could give 'em a few more weeks and try to give them away or sell them? Culling is so sad but of course necessary.

Can sell them but as i said i dont want sell what i would not buy.. i know people do a lot bad things on animal market. And i dont want someone other breed them and hatch chicks from them and keep bad gens on. Someone must put end and its on me as hard as it is ans it is hard belive me

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

Take it from someone who has bought birds that should not have been sold-you're doing the right thing.

 

[3KillerBs]

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Can sell them but as i said i dont want sell what i would not buy.. i know people do a lot bad things on animal market. And i dont want someone other breed them and hatch chicks from them and keep bad gens on. Someone must put end and its on me as hard as it is ans it is hard belive me

It's hard. But you are doing the right and honorable thing.

 

[Poultrybonkers]

If you dont want to sell them give them away for free and let them decide what to do with them. Some people take free birds to eat anyways esp old hens

 

[Ridgerunner]

The way I see your problem is that you have some chickens that your integrity will not allow you to sell. You cannot keep them. But you really don't want to kill or butcher them. You have identified one option, butcher them yourself, but you really do not want to do that. To me it is refreshing that some people have integrity.

Can you check with a zoo and see if they could use them to feed their animals? Or maybe contact a wildlife rehab. They often need food for the animals they are rehabbing.

Check with a minister, pastor, or priest. People in need go to them all the time. There is a good chance they know of an organization that will take them to help feed people in need, even if they are small, or they may know an individual that could use them.

 

[Josip]

The way I see your problem is that you have some chickens that your integrity will not allow you to sell. You cannot keep them. But you really don't want to kill or butcher them. You have identified one option, butcher them yourself, but you really do not want to do that. To me it is refreshing that some people have integrity.

Can you check with a zoo and see if they could use them to feed their animals? Or maybe contact a wildlife rehab. They often need food for the animals they are rehabbing.

Check with a minister, pastor, or priest. People in need go to them all the time. There is a good chance they know of an organization that will take them to help feed people in need, even if they are small, or they may know an individual that could use them.

Its done today i call few my friends who have little kids, i do hard job just beacuse know i know i must do it beacause that kind of things Will happen someday again. So i butcher them and give all meat to my two friends with little kids and am happy those kids will eat super quality chickens.

Maybe its stupid from me that i can butcher and eat my roosters but i know from start i Will eat them but those hens have had names and i loved them so i can not eat them..but someone else can it was huge deal for me but i feel now more honest to talk about raising chickens beacause sun is sometimes behide the cluouds

 

[Josip]

Last egg from them

 

[Josip]

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