i feel guilty for haveing to kill my baby chick

[I see egggggs]

this morning i came downstairs to give the chicks we have in are kitchen tell they are older some more food and watter and when i came downstairs i saw one of are chicks on the floor i thought it was dead i sighed and said he is in a better place now but when i picked him up to put him in a paper towl then go barry him i saw he was still breathing so i set him down on the floor and to see if he could stand he just fell back ward and becuse all my family had allready left the house i knew i had one option so i took the sicors and some more paper towl i went out to the back porch pulled its head higher and snip :'( i barred him but now i feel like the worst person on the world cus im so guilty but i know that it was the right thing to do it would have sufferd this is the first time i have had to even kill a animal for people who have can any of you give me some help

 

[locke2121]

You did the right thing! You ended his suffering instead of letting him linger on in pain. You shouldn't feel guilty at all. You did the poor mite a favor.

 

[I see egggggs]

ya it's just that i wish i could have done something for it besides that

 

[En Plein Air Farms]

Taking responsibility is part and parcel of animal keeping. And if we could do it without feeling regret for the need and the loss of a little life we wouldn't be very good humans would we?

((hugs))

 

[I see egggggs]

i know it is part of being a pet owner but i just cant get that feeling out of my gut that feling like it is a dryer going round and round and roun....

 

[jacobkelly15]

i do this all the time! i have chicks born with insides hanging out of there buts and stuff and i just wrap em in a paper towel then pull there heads off.

 

[Darin115]

I had a turkey polt last week that came out of the shell fine. The next morning he could not walk and was going down hill quickly. I typically just take them to the back deck and sharply hit their hed across the railing. It is instant. I prefer not to pull the head completely off.

Darin

 

[Gofygure]

I had to kill my first chicken the other day, too. It was a poor little Silkie who got cornered by my adult birds. I had to put it out of its misery as quickly as possible, so I gave it one last little pet and snapped its neck. I don't feel bad about the actual killing, but I still feel so awful that it even happened, and I keep flashing back to that dread when I first saw it on the floor. I don't mind killing cockerels for the meat, but a harmless little Silkie felt like such a waste, you know?

I guess its something we have to get used to with livestock. I feel lucky that I made it well over a year without any fatalities.

 

[Zany Chick]

Taking responsibility is part and parcel of animal keeping. And if we could do it without feeling regret for the need and the loss of a little life we wouldn't be very good humans would we?

((hugs))

Nicely worded and something we all need to remember.

 

[I see egggggs]

i do this all the time! i have chicks born with insides hanging out of there buts and stuff and i just wrap em in a paper towel then pull there heads off.

ummm........why would u pull there head off