Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[JackieandChicks]

Where are located? What color is the one you want to rehome? My daughter really wants a buff Orpington if we try another roo.

I may be interested in an EE rooster. I just hatched 27 EE chicks and I'm sure there will be several roosters in the bunch. I've read not to breed them back with the pullets. So if what I've read is true then I will need a new blood line roo to take care of the pullets once them mature enough to breed.

I have a blue EO...and am setting up my '\bator for some EEs that would be a nice outcross for yours. I am in Zeeland but plan on Chickenstock...

If you scroll back you can see a pic of one of the blue roos...I can't get it to reload here for some reason today.

 

[zndzant]

Hey everyone. What's the best way to dispatch my roo? He's just too rough on my girls and he attacked my mom twice, so it's time. I have a girl who has a huge sore mon her back from his claws. Noticed yesterday she was fluffed up and away from the others, but was drinking. Today I slathered her with triple antibiotic ointment hoping to get her through to Monday so I can get some antibiotics from the vet.
But back to the roo...whats the best way to dispatch him? You can't get hold of him. I could try pulling him off the roost after dark. Then what? Just break his neck?

 

[Folly's place]

Off the roost at night is best, and then either to a poultry processing plant (like Munsell's in Fowlerville), or cut his head off. Bitter experience here; It's much harder to wring the neck of a large rooster, then of a hen. Strong neck muscles, weak woman. Hope you can do better than my first attempt. Mary

 

[1muttsfan]

Pull him off the roost after dark by firmly grasping his legs above the hocks with one hand, allowing him to hang head down until he quiets down. Put his head on the ground and lay a rake handle or other sturdy pole across his neck just behind the head. Stand on the pole with a foot on either side of his head, and pull firmly on his legs with both hands until you feel a clear "pop". Be prepared for flopping around.

It is possibly to decapitate them if you pull really hard.

 

[aart]

Pull him off the roost after dark by firmly grasping his legs above the hocks with one hand, allowing him to hang head down until he quiets down. Put his head on the ground and lay a rake handle or other sturdy pole across his neck just behind the head. Stand on the pole with a foot on either side of his head, and pull firmly on his legs with both hands until you feel a clear "pop". Be prepared for flopping around.

It is possibly to decapitate them if you pull really hard.

This is the only broomstick cervical dislocation video I've found that does not violently remove the head.
Has worked well for me to euthanize if I'm not going to harvest the meat.

Actual CD happens at 1:00.

Notice the divot in ground under neck.
Notice that she slowly and fully stretches out neck and legs before doing the jerk that breaks the neck.

When I harvest for meat I use a cone and jugular slit.

 

[Folly's place]

x3. I believed the folks who said 'it's easy" to dislocate the neck. Only true with hens!!! Mary

 

[jasonvanorder]

I know I can't be the only one here that has had a kiddie pool of chicks in their house right?

 

[1muttsfan]

No more chicks in my house beyond 2-3 days. Ever.

 

[wcbpolish]

No more chicks in my house beyond 2-3 days. Ever.

My wife's with you on that. I can keep babies in the garage in sub freezing weather though.

 

[bigmrg74]

I know I can't be the only one here that has had a kiddie pool of chicks in their house right?

Miss Belle would love this set up, but I don't think Mom would like me to set up this kind of a brooder in my old room.