Most humane way to put a chick down?

[GibsonChicks4U]

Yep correct

 

[1muttsfan]

One of the best reasons for killing an animal is to relieve suffering. Small chicks - up to few weeks - can be quickly euthanized by cutting off their head with a pair of heavy scissors like kitchen shears. It is as close to instantaneous as any method I have used.

 

[Gingersnap722]

Nicolae Ceausescu was a Romanian dictator in the 1960's who was like the Communist version of a Republican. He outlawed contraception and implemented policies to grow the Romanian population far beyond the nation's ability to produce food. This produced a lot of children who could not be cared for and who were put into horrible state run orphanages. Scientists noticed that even when the children received the basic necessities they needed, they still didn't grow. It was discovered that children who have no interaction with a nurturing parental figure simply do not grow or develop, regardless of meeting other physical needs. The researchers were not supposed to touch or hold the children, as they would scream for hours afterwards.

Dictators are wonderful.

You can add parents who don't want their children to that "wonderful" list. Two out of four of our adopted daughters were failure to thrive. I can't even tell you how many other issues they now have because the attachment cycle didn't happen.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

You can add parents who don't want their children to that "wonderful" list. Two out of four of our adopted daughters were failure to thrive. I can't even tell you how many other issues they now have because the attachment cycle didn't happen.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Update:chick has passed away naturally....

sorry for your loss, i know you did every thing that could be done. i do admire you for your plans to put it down. its a hard thing to do sometimes.

 

[red horse ranch]

I have a week old chick with twisted legs. When I get up my nerve I will put a BB gun to the back of his head and pull the trigger. He'll never know what hit him.
I DREAD IT!

My poor twisted legs baby was put down today. And the BB made death happen immediately. He didn't suffer but I sure did.

 

[ChickensLoveTV]

You can add parents who don't want their children to that "wonderful" list. Two out of four of our adopted daughters were failure to thrive. I can't even tell you how many other issues they now have because the attachment cycle didn't happen.

Fully 20% of pregnancies in the United States in 2008 were unwanted. Over 50% were unintended.
http://www.politifact.com/texas/sta...-states-and-canada-together-lead-industriali/


If I continued to talk about this, it would be impossible for me not to go on a feminist tirade, which has nothing to do with chickens. So I will leave you with those two facts.

 

[FVRM]

Well I guess i spoke too soon, one of my eggs hatched with a twisted leg and weirdly shaped abdomen. I used a wet paper towel to suffocate it. It took a minute or two but I didn't want blood and gore everywhere.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

check you humidity FVRM

 

[FVRM]

check you humidity FVRM

Could that be it? I kinda neglected this batch of eggs, and I was 1 day late at prepping for lockdown. I also opened the incubator quite a few times to get some of the chicks out. Would it have cause this because I opened it during the hatch or during the incubation period?