Slaughter by insulin?

[margaretanne]

I am a medical doctor and if I were to overdose a chicken/cat with anything I would choose an opiate. In fact that is what I did to one of my cats which was in pain and her back legs were paralysed. Not sure whether it was an injury or an embolus, but when rang the vet they gave me "an appointment" for later in the day. I gave her oral tramadol which cause respiratory arrest shortly after, with loss of consciousness and cardiac arrest a few minutes later. Unfortunately human doctors do not receive training in how to kill, it isnt permitted.
Margaret

 

[lcheshire]

Thank you for some very interesting replies! And the video is the most helpful and clear I have seen (I have seen several).
I have 4 young cockerels as a result of an unplanned hatching of 10 chicks about 8 months ago. I have several female bantams who live wild in my garden; one went missing for several weeks and eventually emerged out of a thicket with her chicks in tow, 4 of whom turned out to be male. If I keep them, in the spring I am worried that a) they will fight and b) they will father more chicks and I shall be inundated.
Besides these 4 young cockerels I have 2 older ones who are now almost 6 years old, Napoleon and Boris Pecker, one of whom was the father. I think that it won't be long before they die naturally. I regard them as pets and shall not kill them unless they fall sick. In the past we have had chicks and our neighbour despatched the males but he is elderly and has not the strength in his hands to break their necks any more. So I think it is about time I took on the task.
I have advertised them, but no-one round here wants males. I could give them away to someone who will slaughter and eat them, but I would prefer to do the deed myself - if I can find the right way I think this would be less stressful for them - and then give them to my neighbour for cooking, or discard them if my neighbour doesn't like the idea of eating an insulin-laden carcass (if I use insulin, that is, not decided yet). That isn't to me the issue - it's the method of slaughter that I am concerned about. I want one that I know I can do well and not botch.
Best wishes from rural France
Valerie

Hi Valerie. How did it go, did u end up using insulin? I am currently in the same situation, looking for guidance with insulin od for chickens.

 

[Sally PB]

@lcheshire, this thread is 9 years old. The original poster hasn't been on in many years.

 

[McChooky]

There's no bloody mess to clean up using the broomstick method and its quick. No waiting on them to die