Slaughter cone alternative?

[Keara]

I've used cheap nylons. Put the bird down the leg head first, cut a small hole for the head and neck. I have found this works well to keep the bird from thrashing, though you still need to tie them up by the legs to suspend them from something. I use a low branch on a tree in the back yard.

 

[dancingbear]

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You mean like hardware cloth type mesh? It probably would. Only thing is, I can't work with the stuff without cutting myself up on the sharp ends.

 

[trunkman]

Check ebay, I've seen cones for sale on there from someone on this sight..

 

[twentynine]

onion sack

plastic wally world bag

cloth shopping bag

milk jug

traffic cone

bleach bottle

large paper bag

cardboard box

 

[sred98]

I agree...gallon bleach jug. You will have to cut the head opening larger, and it is a little tight on the larger, heavier birds. If you use the squattier type jugs, they are wide enough. You just have to look for them.

I nail mine to a tree, and usually save up about 3-4 before DH goes on a cleaning spree in the garage.

Good luck! It's the easiest and cheapest thing I've found!

Shelly

 

[dancingbear]

Some of my DP roos won't fit in a 2 gallon jug, much less 1 gallon. I need to buy bleach in 3 gallon jugs, I guess! I've got a roll of some kind of easy to cut metal, I might try that. I tried sliding a knee high stockings over a bird, but it slid back off when the bird started flapping and got all tangled around his head. I should've tied it around the legs.

Somebody posted about using sleeves from old shirts, legs from old pants. Those sound good, too. And washable. I personally don't care if they're stained.

 

[Beekissed]

I had a Blue Orpington roo that weighed 14 lbs...he was as big as a young turkey. He fit in the 2 gal. size perfectly...actually, this is why I used the 2 gal. instead of the 1 gal.

 

[vaiger]

I really like the metal cones. I made one a few months ago and made two more today. The metal is under $5 and they only take a few minutes to make. I made two in about 20 minutes or so today.

 

[rhoda_bruce]

I had never bought my bleach in such a large bottle before, but I did recently, esp for the bottles to be used for this purpose. I have warned everyone in the house not to throw them away. Not sure how well this will work out for me. I hang my birds by their feet and slit the throats anyway. The cone will stop the flapping. Maybe I will be pleased with the end result.

 

[dancingbear]

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14 lb orp? Now that's cool. I had a buff orp roo that probably weighed about 9 or 10lb. The only orps I've had were hatchery stock, they didn't get nearly the size the better quality orps do.

Mine DP cross-breeds wouldn't fit into the jug. I couldn't get them in past the shoulders. They're part Brahma, really broadly built birds. That's just the biggest ones, the ones that dress out over 6-7 lbs.