Need to cull chick and wondering about the starter fluid method

[Sunny Side Up]

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Please, let's not compare chickens with children.

And please, read the OP's initial post, read the description of the severity of this chick's problems. It really is amazing that it could even hatch itself out of its shell, but it's not long for this world. The OP could let it live a brief unhappy life & slowly starve to death, if injury or infection doesn't take it first. Or they could quickly end its troubles by culling.

There's a wide spectrum of attitudes towards "special needs" chicks represented here. Some folks are willing to devote an abundance of time/effort/funds to keeping such a chick alive, others can or will not. It's up to the individual chicken keeper, and I don't fault anyone for their stance.

But I do have issues with chickens being compared to children, that's entirely different, and only makes a hard decision all the more difficult.

 

[JeffroDull]

I know I'm going to be hated for this and may even get a PM from a moderator but I have to speak up...

Using starter fluid or freezing a chick to death does NOTHING for the comfort of the chick only for the person administering the method. In other words, out of sight out of mind makes you feel better but the chick still suffers.

Starter fluid is at best ETHER, a poison used to anesthetize patients YEARS ago. Other methods have since replaced ether as it is extremely stressful (physically and mentally) to the patient to be put to sleep with this poison. Ether poisoning is not instantaneous and it is not peaceful. Take a deep breath of wood smoke sometime and you'll catch a hint of what it feels like, minus, hopefully, the passing out part.

More likely though your starter fluid is a mixture of propane or butane and alcohol. How would you like to die in a cloud of those gases?

As for freezing: think about it....is any amount of time freezing to death going to be comfortable? Again the only thing peaceful about this is the sound insulating freezer door protecting you from what's going on inside.

You are responsible for this creatures existence. If it is suffering and needs to be put down, consider how much worse it is for the creature than it is for you. End it quickly for them, not for you. The quickest way is to destroy the brain. This is achieved a number of ways but the neck pull seems to be the easiest.

No one likes to kill, not even me. But when I do I do it so it's easy for the killed not for the killer.

Sorry for the rant...

 

[jvls1942]

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It's brain is exposed.. how long do you think it will live? It is a chicken, not a human.. no comparison..

kill it.. I like the scissors method..
snip,,,done..

no starter fluid, no gas..

..........jiminwisc.........

 

[catwalk]

I've only had to do it once. I put him in a paper bag and smashed him a few times with the side of a hammer. You won't have to look at it or touch it after the deed. Just make sure you do a good job, and do it quick. No timid taps around the edge.

 

[adoptedbyachicken]

Thanks to all who participated within the rules. I'm sure the OP has enough information.