Slaughtering Ducks

[Life is chickens]

So I'm slaughtering a few (3-4) ducks in about 6-8 weeks so I wanted to know what kind of knife would work best and if there is any "test" to see if the knife is sharp enough because I really wouldn't want the ducks to go through any undue pain. From my research, it looks like boning and paring knives work best but I would like to know for sure. Thanks!!

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I'm no expert, but my husband uses a filet knife. That's a sharp knife.

 

[Jpat]

100% truthfully and honest my favorite knife to use is an olfa knife. Its so sharp you dont have to pull or stress the meat at all
And ive tried and own alot of knives

And i dispatch with a sharpened fiskars hatchet

 

[Wezdin]

Agree with jpat, the sharper the better. I would look in to a Havalon Piranta, those things are razors with a more comfortable and controllable handle.

 

[Jpat]

After re Reading your post i assume you are going to slit the throat the drain the bird, ive tried all the usual ways of dispatching birds and the most compasionate way seamed like the axe

I could only pray to go as fast as that

 

[CatWhisperer]

Posting with the word slaughter is so not PC these days. Haven’t you heard? We are supposed to be culling or dispatching. Perhaps we could say killing or butchering. Slaughter just sounds sooo messy. Like having a massacre in your back yard.

 

[CatWhisperer]

Just messing around people.

 

[MeganFair]

We use a filet knife. However, I’m seriously thinking of switching out our set up if the hubby (who does the actual dispatching) agrees with me to using an axe. We’ve had a couple of animals that seemed to not . . . die. We knew he hit the jugular but . . . Yeah.

 

[DiYMama540]

Posting with the word slaughter is so not PC these days. Haven’t you heard? We are supposed to be culling or dispatching. Perhaps we could say killing or butchering. Slaughter just sounds sooo messy. Like having a massacre in your back yard.

Tough crowd tonight! I understood the sarcasm!

 

[Life is chickens]

Posting with the word slaughter is so not PC these days. Haven’t you heard? We are supposed to be culling or dispatching. Perhaps we could say killing or butchering. Slaughter just sounds sooo messy. Like having a massacre in your back yard.

haha lol