Humane or fast ways to 🔪🐥 baby chicks?

[Sara S]

Hi people, does anyone know of any humane ways to do this? my chicks got attacked by my cat and I feel like they may be suffering. Just in case it gets worse or I can’t help them. Thanks and here’s where I posted about their injuries yhsnks
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/hwlp-baby-chick-attcked-graphic-images.1506298/

 

[HollyBerrie]

IMO two minuets is too much time to suffer oxygen deprivation before death. It's much faster and humane to simply use a very sharp knife, and slice the head from the body on a hard surface, like cutting a vegetable. It takes only a second, and since the brain is disconnected from the body it cannot think of pain.

However, if you simply cannot do this best to take to the vet. Then you can get more of an idea how bad the injuries are, and the vet. can euthanize if necessary.

In my experience, with chicks and chickens, the injury always looks worse than what it really is, and chickens are very resilient, unless of course, the injury is into the cavity of the body.

 

[Banana01]

But I don't think the injuries are too bad

The injuries do appear very minor and even with no treatment the chicks could recover. But with proper treatment, they would heal rapidly.

 

[Banana01]

The vinegar - baking soda chamber method is supposedly like going to sleep. Detailed instructions on the internet. But when you put baking soda in a tray and add vinegar, it bubbles and releases CO2, which replaces all the oxygen in an enclosed container. They fall asleep and are gone after.

 

[Sara S]

I don't think it would be too expensive. Euthanizing a medium sized dog (lab for example) costs around $30

I edited my post and removed the two minutes, its supposedly painless. I agree with everything you say (except for taking it to a vet) but of all the methods I have searched for, it is the most "hands off" way to end a chick.

Well mine me aren’t in at all bad condition, just in case I needed to know though thansk

 

[Sara S]

@Wyorp Rock has a link to an article in her signature

Thank you I just read it. i don’t think I would be able to do it though

 

[Sara S]

@Wyorp Rock has a link to an article in her signature

im gonna call all the local vets todsy and see if they take chickens…. Hope it’s not too expensive

 

[Silkie Princess]

im gonna call all the local vets todsy and see if they take chickens…. Hope it’s not too expensive

I don't think it would be too expensive. Euthanizing a medium sized dog (lab for example) costs around $30

 

[Silkie Princess]

@Wyorp Rock has a link to an article in her signature

 

[Vampiric_Conure]

I've also heard that helium is good for knocking out birds not being used for human consumption. Similar to the CO2 method, but you use helium instead. You can find the canisters of helium where they usually sell balloons.

Helium tricks the brain into thinking it's oxygen, so the bird just falls asleep. No suffering