DIY HUMANE way to Kill Slaughter Chicken (Stun-kill, Gas)

[SmokinChick]

grhouser, I can see you standing by the box of death crying.
Do yourself a favor and skip this part. Give the birds away on craigslist or a needy family.

 

[Beekissed]

Now, folks! No need to get rough.

There's nothing wrong in exploring new ideas and taking a sounding on them. I do it all the time...usually get slapped down on these forums because I like to think outside the box. (no pun intended) Everyone's got a right to venture new ideas and work out problems they are trying to figure out~even if they sound a little silly. Some folks just aren't made for the fortitude it takes to kill an animal but I give them kudos for even wanting to take responsibility for their food supply or for knowing that providing death is sometimes necessary for owning chickens.

I only urge folks to consider the chicken more than they do themselves on these devised methods of killing and try to be objective as to what is really happening in the dying process.

 

[punk-a-doodle]

I support all humane methods of killing meat animals, from cleanly chopping heads off to bleeding out to breaking necks to appropriately implemented gassing. Using something like nitrogen gas on a chicken is not the same as drowning it, choking it, smothering it with a pillow, etc. Nitrogen and helium gas are rare in that people can actually report about their effects as both gases are used in suicides and suicide attempts (not too many accounts of people getting their heads chopped off and living to tell about it). People report simply drifting off. This matches the scientific data collected on chicken pain/stress responses to these gases, as chickens are likewise unable to detect oxygen being replaced. Appropriate steps should be taken when using such methods to ensure that death is achieved. I've posted in-depth scientific articles and personal accounts of the effects of nitrogen and helium gas before. For those interested in learning more about what different gases actually do and do not do, a forum search should pull these up.

I also encourage people to try to pursue methods that are the least stressful and painful to their animals. Gas used appropriately is one such method. Encouraging people to get involved in their food is an incredibly positive force. Be careful about discouraging people from trying methods they are comfortable with simply because oneself is not.

 

[FVRM]

I think the most humane way to kill a bird is by chopping the head off. Without the head it can't feel any pain and it dies instantly. If you use any kind of gas, you might end up hurting yourself. If you honestly cant bring yourself to cutting the head off, you could make a device that does it for you like a guillotine or something.

 

[Phoenixxx]

I know if I was sentenced to death, I'd much rather have my head lopped off than be stuffed in a box with feelings of fear, confusion and wondering "what is going on?" Please, if I am to die, just be quick about it! I LOVE to breathe and I KNOW when my air is lacking oxygen - I would take that one breath of whatever gas you pick and FREAK OUT! On top of already being nervous about being stuffed in a box...

Yup, if I am to die, please let me be outside in the open air watching the sailboats go by and just lop my head off.

 

[Beekissed]

Duly noted!

 

[bachbach1]

GAS? what purpose can that possibly serve. To each his own, and you can do a bird in any way that you choose, still I think about what is real, what is cruel, what is necessary, and what is wasted effort/resources. Severing the head is instantaneous 100% death, it can be done with less trauma to the bird than shoving it into a box in my humble opinion.

We could send chickens into space, and the lack of oxygen as we approached the upper atmosphere would make them pass out, and as they reentered the atmosphere the heat would burn the feathers off and cook them Yum, just get out a net and catch em. In the process we would break the world speed record for the fastest bird too, LOL

No animosity, ill thoughts, or tension meant at all here, just my attempt at a funny, and showing that you can over think anything. Chopping block, hatchet/cleaver end him, humane fast, no wasted resources. Rough on the newbie chicken killer human, easy on the bird. Well as easy as it can be.

 

[cassie]

AMEN!!

 

[punk-a-doodle]

It is rather convenient that chickens are standing free watching the beauty of the world unfold and completely oblivious when having their head cut off, but roughly manhandled and hyper-aware and emotional when being gassed. Chickens may be the most versatile of birds. X)

 

[Beekissed]

It is rather convenient that chickens are standing free watching the beauty of the world unfold and completely oblivious when having their head cut off, but roughly manhandled and hyper-aware and emotional when being gassed. Chickens may be the most versatile of birds. X)