Eggs for food vs eggs for chicks...sound off please

[BReeder!]

Cannot do the cone. Watching an animal bleed out is beyond my scope of capability. Might do it to make a quick cut but no artery snipping for this gal. Idk why but to me the cone method seems very impersonal and barbaric and scary for the animal...upside down in a device with someone pulling your head. I considered a cone type something for at the chopping block. My dad never had issues though. Have to be pretty bad to miss a 2 inch neck with an 8 or 10 inch cleaver lol. I saw him hold them but never watch him strike them. They did nothing more than look frozen stiff once held down. But yes I do have more research to do. Thinking my buddy down the road will have to come do these 2 cockerels while I learn. Maybe her method will be something I am capable of.

They will certainly be more than stiff. Be prepared for the wings to flap and legs to kick after the head is off. I don't mean to be grotesque, but you should be made aware that they don't just go stiff suddenly. You need to hold them down else they will flail quite a bit. I butcher quail, and even they can move enough that they will slip out of my grasp. Wrapping a towel around the wings snugly and holding the feet is helpful. Its similar to s come in effect, but softer and possibly comforting for the bird to keep them calm.

 

[aart]

I don't mean to be grotesque, but you should be made aware that they don't just go stiff suddenly. You need to hold them down else they will flail quite a bit.

Exactly....that's why I prefer the cone.

 

[Beccazon]

Yes as I said, my dad held them. When he did, they froze. Scared before the cleaver. They did not move enough to miss his mark. Rarely a wiggle. Then I would look away or go grab the next bird. Yes more often then not, AFTER the chop, they were crazy sometimes. The one that ran across the driveway was the big joke. "Why did the chicken cross the road?" "To go find his head dad!" Lol not a memory you forget.

 

[RoosterML]

Cannot do the cone. Watching an animal bleed out is beyond my scope of capability. Might do it to make a quick cut but no artery snipping for this gal. Idk why but to me the cone method seems very impersonal and barbaric and scary for the animal...upside down in a device with someone pulling your head. I considered a cone type something for at the chopping block. My dad never had issues though. Have to be pretty bad to miss a 2 inch neck with an 8 or 10 inch cleaver lol. I saw him hold them but never watch him strike them. They did nothing more than look frozen stiff once held down. But yes I do have more research to do. Thinking my buddy down the road will have to come do these 2 cockerels while I learn. Maybe her method will be something I am capable of.

I use the axe and stump method and a cone. It can be done by one person but better off with two. I cut a log about 32-36” high to act as the stump and place 2 nails to slide the neck down into close to the edge. I mount a cone on the side of the log/stump just under where I hold the bird. Once the chop is done I drop the bird head end down into the cone. Works beautifully at holding the bird. I also place an old bag under the cone to collect all the blood and heads.

 

[Beccazon]

I use the axe and stump method and a cone. It can be done by one person but better off with two. I cut a log about 32-36” high to act as the stump and place 2 nails to slide the neck down into close to the edge. I mount a cone on the side of the log/stump just under where I hold the bird. Once the chop is done I drop the bird head end down into the cone. Works beautifully at holding the bird. I also place an old bag under the cone to collect all the blood and heads.

Thanx! I am considering ways to coordinate cone and stump together. By chance do you have a pic of the set-up so I know I am understanding it correctly? Would be nice if my hubby was a little less animal loving sometimes and would do the messy work lol. Man in all other things but not in animals! Animal stuff turns him into a little girl lmbo

 

[RoosterML]

Thanx! I am considering ways to coordinate cone and stump together. By chance do you have a pic of the set-up so I know I am understanding it correctly? Would be nice if my hubby was a little less animal loving sometimes and would do the messy work lol. Man in all other things but not in animals! Animal stuff turns him into a little girl lmbo

Currently enjoying a long weekend on the coast but when I get back home I will snap a picture and post it.

 

[Beccazon]

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Currently enjoying a long weekend on the coast but when I get back home I will snap a picture and post it.

thank you! Sounds relaxing! (On the coast on vaca talking chicken. Haha love it)!

 

[Svaness]

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Roosters raised with just flock mates often become bullies. You mentioned children, if they are under 6, I STRONGLY recommend smoking all three of your roosters. Roosters can go from the darling to the nightmare in [/QUOTE]
Just watching this thread for insight. What does smoking mean... slaughter and wood smoke? Or is it chicken slang? Ahahah

 

[Beccazon]

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Roosters raised with just flock mates often become bullies. You mentioned children, if they are under 6, I STRONGLY recommend smoking all three of your roosters. Roosters can go from the darling to the nightmare in

Just watching this thread for insight. What does smoking mean... slaughter and wood smoke? Or is it chicken slang? Ahahah[/QUOTE]
Lol I had said I was going to send my roosters to the smoker. No slang hehe. It was a wood smoker

 

[FlyWheel]

Used to do both; chicks when needed, food the rest of the time. However The town we're living in now is a rooster-free zone, so I guess the question has become moot...