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If you do the hatchet method, have a bucket or other container ready to drop the chicken into while it thrashes. I have had a chicken flop out of the cone while it was thrashing and blood was splattered around the area, including on me, so I speak from experience. Also, if they flop around, they can break bones and damage the meat. A 5-gallon bucket is good for this.
It seems everyone is telling me that the bird thrashes a LOT more when you chop off their head. Is that the truth?
What about hanging the chicken up after you cut off the head? How much more thrashing is there? Is there a video of it?
I watched some videos and the chickens thrashed when bled. Is it a lot worse when you cut the head off?
I think bleeding them out is probably the kindest. I just don't think that my son can do it. I might have to do it.