Hen Killing Roosters???

[MissChick@dee]

Just shoot the bird in the back of the head and be done with it.

Should of gone with the pocket knife

 

[roosterhavoc]

There are firearm ordinances in many locations and lots of people don't own any. An air rifle might work. I would still suggest some sort of restraint as hitting a moving target isn't that easy. But I did consider it an option for a bird I didn't plan to eat but decided to dispatch after giving time to heal from an eye wound that did not get better... Seems like an easy option, if you have it.

We had to dispatch a cat that my 3 dogs caught and were called off of but was beyond help. It is difficult to KNOW the movements taking place are nerve firing reactions in an unfamiliar animal and not them trying to get away from... well, pain. Using a smaller caliber (probably 22)... and shooting toward the dirt... able to see the entry wound but not the exit... Taking a life, even out of kindness... it's still hard. Maybe even harder than taking a life to eat.

I agree, any method takes probably takes practice.

If I’m using a .22 I do it at night. I don’t chase them around the yard taking aim. Lol
Cervical dislocation can be done easily by hand too. There’s plenty of videos out there.

 

[roosterhavoc]

Should of gone with the pocket knife

Never going to happen. I’d bet less than 10% of people even carry a pocket knife anymore. Of those 90% probably don’t know how to sharpen it. Lol

 

[Mimi13]

Never going to happen. I’d bet less than 10% of people even carry a pocket knife anymore. Of those 90% probably don’t know how to sharpen it. Lol

But unfortunately true.

 

[Kathy Golla]

Omg you guys this is like “the dark web” of chicken keeping!

 

[micstrachan]

 

[roosterhavoc]

Omg you guys this is like “the dark web” of chicken keeping!

Do you want to know the secrets?

 

[Kathy Golla]

Aaahhh!

 

[chickenMamee]

Hello!! For some reason we have a white bantam hen who if we put any roosters in with her she will automatically kill them? She has killed 2 of our most expensive roosters when we put them in with her(obviously one at a time) and she managed to get in the pin next to her and killed one of our original hens! We had put a rooster in with her one time and we of course watched and she like snapped his neck quicker than we could even reach in her cage to get the rooster out. She is NOT aggressive towards people i just dont understand why she is killing roosters. Any ideas why a hen would kill the roosters? Its usually vice versa?

I wonder if she has a problem with her vent area. I know that sounds weird but breeding may be painful for her. ?

 

[Shorty22366]

I wonder if she has a problem with her vent area. I know that sounds weird but breeding may be painful for her. ?

But why kill the other hen?