Emotional support needed to kill mean rooster

[sealer39]

If your going to be processing chickens I would recommend not getting into the habit of using a .22 to kill them. Those little .22s are just too unsafe due to ricochets. Darn little bullets will ricochet off of anything and turn angles you didn’t think possible. I’d just pick one of the methods mentioned in the above posts that works best for you, much safer that way, and you can save your .22 ammo for the squirrels.

 

[Sea Wolf]

If your going to be processing chickens I would recommend not getting into the habit of using a .22 to kill them. Those little .22s are just too unsafe due to ricochets. Darn little bullets will ricochet off of anything and turn angles you didn’t think possible. I’d just pick one of the methods mentioned in the above posts that works best for you, much safer that way, and you can save your .22 ammo for the squirrels.

By all means, do NOT EVER, use a .22 to kill a bird you are going to eat. The bullet will damage and distribute intestinal contents through the meat as well as leave lead fragments that you will probably not find and end up eating them. Axe is quick, effective and painless for the bird. A cone will help with the flapping but then you have to angle your blade to cut sideways and not down. I've seen the meat processors use special knives for this process. I break the neck with one HARD strike with a heavy stick. The problem with this is that the head is still there so you would be better off with the axe/hatchet, cut it off and let the bird flop until it has bled out. If you miss with the stick you are not going to feel good about it. I can't say I have ever noticed any difference in eating a bird that bled out or not.

 

[EggWalrus]

do NOT EVER, use a .22 to kill a bird you are going to eat. The bullet will leave lead fragments that you will probably not find and end up eating them. Axe is quick, effective and painless for the bird. A cone will help with the flapping but then you have to angle your blade to cut sideways and not down. I've seen the meat processors use special knives for this process. I break the neck with one HARD strike with a heavy stick. The problem with this is that the head is still there so you would be better off with the axe/hatchet, cut it off and let the bird flop until it has bled out. If you miss with the stick you are not going to feel good about it. I can't say I have ever noticed any difference in eating a bird that bled out or not.

That's hilarious!
Lol!

Have you ever even seen or held a real gun in real life?

 

[Sea Wolf]

That's hilarious!
Lol!

Have you ever even seen or held a real gun in real life?

Yes. Do you know anything about ballistics and what happens to lead at high speed?

 

[equustears]

Find a good Amish Processor . For the few dollars you’ll pay , you’ll get a clean carcass back.
Or any meat processor if you’re not in Amish country.
There’s no easy , good way to kill something. It’s just part of life , I’m told, so I try to make it easy as possible

 

[EggWalrus]

Yes. Do you know anything about ballistics and what happens to lead at high speed?

Yes, I do.
I'm quite knowledgeable in ballistics.
I was small arms instructor as well as fire control. And no, not a fireman. Fire control is calculating a firing solution to put a projectile on target up to many miles away.

A .22 will not shatter when hitting even a bone of a chicken. If it's modified ball ammo (hollow point) it might fragment but all fragments would probably exit due to the inertia, and the fact that chickens aren't very thick.
As for the meat becoming tainted, that can happen with a gut shot. A head shot to a chicken is pretty hard with a .22 unless you're a marksman since they seldom stand still for long. . Better to shoot them toward the front of the chest so it's less likely to tear open the intestines.
That way if you do hit the crop or upper G.I.tract is less likely to taint the meat.

 

[Folly's place]

I have shot a couple of chickens with our .22, but only head shots, which are humane. Either the bird is in a live trap, so immobile, or too injured/ ill to move. And there's always in a safe location!
Gun safety is too important to mess up.
Mary

 

[EggWalrus]

I have shot a couple of chickens with our .22, but only head shots, which are humane. Either the bird is in a live trap, so immobile, or too injured/ ill to move. And there's always in a safe location!
Gun safety is too important to mess up.
Mary

You must be a pretty good shot, Mary!

 

[AltonaAcres]

I personally just send them off to a processor.

 

[Folly's place]

I'm not a great shot, just careful. At close range, easy, and best for a sick or dying bird.
Mary