I've tried it both ways. Hands down, my vote if for the axe.
The birds do flap around but that is 100% reflex. I'd estimate that the trauma of beheading kills the bird within a couple seconds, where as bleeding takes a minute or so.
Think about how you would prefer to die, of course I don't think chickens have ANY cognitive concept of life and death. But, would you prefer to die a sudden death (i.e. beheading) or would you prefer to slowly bleed to death?
Each of us has our own "justification" and preference but that may be a good way to determine the best procedure for killing chickens.
The birds do flap around but that is 100% reflex. I'd estimate that the trauma of beheading kills the bird within a couple seconds, where as bleeding takes a minute or so.
Think about how you would prefer to die, of course I don't think chickens have ANY cognitive concept of life and death. But, would you prefer to die a sudden death (i.e. beheading) or would you prefer to slowly bleed to death?
Each of us has our own "justification" and preference but that may be a good way to determine the best procedure for killing chickens.