It's official. I'm not a cold-blooded murderer after all ....

[Ol Grey Mare]

I hope this doesn’t come off as rude, but why would you just throw her into the woods to be eaten? In my eyes that’s a little inhumane.

There are much better ways to euthanize a chicken.

Apparently you missed the part where OP believed they had dispatched the bird THEN tossed the believed to be dead carcass into the woods......

 

[rosemarythyme]

Apparently you missed the part where OP believed they had dispatched the bird THEN tossed the believed to be dead carcass into the woods......

I guess the lesson here is make 100% sure the bird is actually dead, as tough as that may be under the circumstances. I admit I have a fear of not finishing the job properly, so anything I've ever had to dispatch, even a pest, I always check back a short while later to make sure it's dead as dead can be.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

I guess the lesson here is make 100% sure the bird is actually dead, as tough as that may be under the circumstances. I admit I have a fear of not finishing the job properly, so anything I've ever had to dispatch, even a pest, I always check back a short while later to make sure it's dead as dead can be.

As do I, outcomes such as this are one reason "wringing the neck" is not an approach I use. I prefer very final methods (decap)

 

[AmyJane725]

Wow. Well, I guess the bird has spoken. She's not done yet.
I'd just keep nursing her. Was she hungry when they brought her back? I feel like most physical injuries will heal over time if they're not super horribly infected or a flesh wound that severs an artery or something. Humans can take a long time to heal from a broken leg or a sprain or whatever. I imagine chickens are the same. Give her time. She's a survivor apparently.

 

[2 many chickens]

Maybe next time you kill her, make sure you actually do it right and she actually dies before you go tossing her like a volleyball into the woods.

Poor thing. That's really sad.

 

[AmyJane725]

Maybe next time you kill her, make sure you actually do it right and she actually dies before you go tossing her like a volleyball into the woods.

Poor thing. That's really sad.

You don't need to be mean. This was her first experience "killing" a chicken, and she was upset to have to do it. When you're nervous and doing something for the first time mistakes are bound to happen.

 

[2 many chickens]

You don't need to be mean. This was her first experience "killing" a chicken, and she was upset to have to do it. When you're nervous and doing something for the first time mistakes are bound to happen.

I'm not trying to being mean.
I'm just giving a little advice without sugar coating is all. Maybe I'm a bit too blunt about things?
Basically, make sure the next thing you kill is dead before you go tossing it in the woods. Maybe try another method besides wringing the neck because apparently that doesn't always work.

 

[AmyJane725]

I'm not trying to being mean.
I'm just giving a little advice without sugar coating is all. Maybe I'm a bit too blunt about things?
Basically, make sure the next thing you kill is dead before you go tossing it in the woods. Maybe try another method besides wringing the neck because apparently that doesn't always work.

Yeah, it just came off as kind of condescending or snarky. I'm not trying to start anything though. I'm pretty blunt too, but I basically never say what I'm actually thinking out loud...get myself in trouble that way.

 

[cheekychick3]

Hi Jenn.
Wow, i read your first post and i am so happy for you all. Those weeks you
nursed her and put slings on her ect, proves you did help her. If you think about it,
so well done you. You only done what you thought was best, at the time, not for her to suffer. Would have loved to see your daughter + hubbys faces though. lol Your daughter
hit the nail on the head, now calling her Zombie lol. How lucky was she that no predators
had her, what a determine girl you have, bless her. Not going to lie, but i have had a
giggle over it, i was picturing her keeping her eyes out, for her enemies. lol To think,
she survived all them days, is a miracle.You have asked now, what do you do, well
what you do best, nurse her love her, and try your best. Is she eating /drinking hope
so, all you can do is keep her warm, see what meds will help her, and give her time.
We are all praying that she will pull through it. Fingers crossed.

 

[FowlWitch]

If she ends up needing euthanasia in the near future, either decapitate or place her in the freezer. Poor mama, though, I hope she can recover