How do you cull unwanted chicks ?

[silkiechicken]

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But then how are you supposed to make chicken curry out of them?

 

[hsm5grls]

O.K. This is probably stupid but I have to ask. Can you use the gassing(either,starter fluid) method to kill them and then dress them out to eat? It is the cutting the throat thing that I think I will have trouble with. Probably can't do it that way but was just wondering.

 

[Kimblee]

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But then how are you supposed to make chicken curry out of them?

I don't know about you, but I'm not cleaning and plucking a chick for a mouthful of meat.

I bury the little critters under my pear trees. Doesn;t seen to harmt he trees much.

 

[silkiechicken]

No, if you gas an animal, it will get into the meat so you do not want to eat it. Haha, and yeah, don't think a chick would have even a mouth full of meat, maybe half a teaspoon. LOL

 

[hsm5grls]

That's what I thought but like I said I had to ask or I would keep wondering and driving myself crazy LOL

 

[jenichick]

If you use ether make sure you leave them in at least 15-20 minutes. This is a sad story but true. I learned a valuable lesson it's a sensitive subject to me now.

I had a baby chick that couldn't stand at all, couldn't eat or drink and was almost two days old. I put that chick in a closed container with a rag with plenty of ether on it for almost ten minutes,. It died quickly and peacefully, I then took it's dead body out wrapped it in a paper towel and put it in the trash can that was about to be taken out with the shells from hatching.

About 25 minutes later I get the can to take out and hear chirping, the chick came to life, I felt horrible and got all teared up, wanted to save it but I know ether damages eyes and lungs, and I had to get DH to take it outside and finish the job. I felt so bad, I feel like I did it more harm than good, DH said I should have listened to silkiechicken and cut it's head off with a pair of scissors. I just couldn't do it because I'd been trying to save it's life for two days.

That's why I cannot use the bator again for a while because it seemed cruel to me.

 

[Kimblee]

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How sad!

I'm mean, I leave mine for about five hours. (Takes me that long to steel myself enough to lift the fluffbaby out.)

Need a hug?

 

[lacyloo]

jeni chick, :aww

 

[jenichick]

Thank Kimblee and Lacy, I do need a hug....

5 hours sounds good, I thought I read on here that it took about 10-20 minutes.

I'm taking a little break from hatching, cuz it's like after having labor pains you kind of forget about until you have the next baby.... I have to get over this incident before I can hatch more...

 

[Nupine]

I like the ether idea. Is it humane and painless like the injection euthanisia that vets use? I am a vegetarian and could never take their heads off. If I have a sick chicken I have my dad kill it, he uses a shovel and chops their heads. Kinda weird. If it's humane, I would probably go with the ether idea. But they would have to be like crippled.