Culling methods

[TabbiMae]

I do CD, although I'm wondering about integrating a killing cone somehow just because of how tedious it is to hold the chicken through death throws. Longest death throw was from chickens I had a day or two, cockerels I wanted to practice postmortem caponization on and it was a minute. My cockerel I had for 10 weeks whom I loved dearly lasted the shortest amount of time, 3 seconds.

 

[bigz1983]

I do CD, although I'm wondering about integrating a killing cone somehow just because of how tedious it is to hold the chicken through death throws. Longest death throw was from chickens I had a day or two, cockerels I wanted to practice postmortem caponization on and it was a minute. My cockerel I had for 10 weeks whom I loved dearly lasted the shortest amount of time, 3 seconds.

Here's a idea mount a kill cone to something solid wall, tree etc then take a short piece of rope and put a slip know on one end. Wrap the slip knot around the chickens head while it's upside down in the kill cone. Pull the rope running backwards. Pop

 

[aart]

Here's a idea mount a kill cone to something solid wall, tree etc then take a short piece of rope and put a slip know on one end. Wrap the slip knot around the chickens head while it's upside down in the kill cone. Pull the rope running backwards. Pop

Not sure that would work well, you have to break at a very specific spot, right where the skull meets the neck, or it won't be clean and swift. While searching for techniques I saw plenty of botched CD's, from not killing to head torn right off.

 

[cassie]

You don't need to make things more complicated than they have to be. When you put the chicken in the cone, just use a sharp knife, I used a utility knife with a fresh blade, and cut the jugular. It will bleed out nicely. I didn't have a cone when i was killing chickens but I had a bar at a convenient height. I tied their legs with baling twin, hung them up, and cut their throats. It was swift and, since the blade was very sharp, virtually painless.

 

[Mosey2003]

I would not use a rope like that. You want a specific angle when you're doing cervical dislocation, it would not go as quickly or smoothly for a chicken if you simply pulled. That's why we use a stick, so that you can pull straight up, which is a little less than a 90 degree angle to the head.

 

[Amina]

https://www.bunnyrancher.com/store/p42/The_Ballista_-_Penetrating_Bolt_Gun_.html
This is what I use when I have to cull. It's a penetrating bolt gun, and for every chicken I've used it on, it's been an instant lights out. I couldn't be happier with it, and I can't see myself ever going back to slitting necks. It looks like they're currently out of stock on the model that I have, but you could ask when they'll get more in, and they have the heavier duty version in stock currently.