ChickyMudder
Songster
I use the cone for my meat birds and sick hens. I buy a super sharp knife and tilt the chin out so I can get to the artery on the side. It’s just a small pinch and then they go to sleep as the blood leaves. Just make sure to get the artery and I avoid the trachea so they don’t suffocate. That seems to scare them.I have taken them to vet. They gas them first, which puts them to sleep. Then they give the shot with a long needle in the heart which stops it. They charged me for a "pocket pet".
If you do it at home. Use a cone, they go into head first and are upside down. Hanging upside down, they fall asleep, very asleep because of the blood rush to the brain. Then use a sharp pair of pruning shears and cut the head off. Let it bleed into a bucket with water. There is no flopping around.