Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (WARNING! GRAPHIC!)

[chickenzoo]

You win the Bad Day Award...... so very sorry.

It's hard to but a pet down but I've had to do it may times over the years with chickens and to have to do it in that situation... I'm a sap and swore I never could, but when you have over 300 birds it's bound to happen, so I broke down and bought a pair of very sharp adjustable handle limb loppers. I place the chicken in a feed sack, place loppers in position around the neck then lop..... it's quick, I don't see it happen, they might move for a minute but then it's done and they are already in a sack to be buried or whatever........

 

[Mom2sixpeeps]

This is one of those situations that's horrible when it happens but someday you guys will be laughing histerically and telling the story over and over. Or at least that's what would happen in my family. No one is perfect and life presents so many different and exciting events. You've gotta laugh, eventually.

 

[theoldchick]

Just awful! But you are not the only one who has terrible stories such as this. Long ago, the inlaws wanted their child to experience chicken processing day at our house. The girl was probably 3 or 4. I expressed much trepidation but nobody listened. Being in the mountains, processing chickens was pretty simple. Chop, hang, scald, pluck and disembowel.

The girl watched with horrified eyes as the carcasses dripped from the line. She kept out of the way but horror of all horrors a headless rooster raced in the direction of the little girl. She shrieked a high pitched squeal of horror and bolted. Lord have mercy, somehow that living carcass chased right after that young 'un until he finally died. Took the girl a few months to get over that.

I never did.

I never processed a chicken again.

 

[crossgirl]

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What she said.

I can't imagine how absolutely horrifying that whole experience must have been for you and the kids. I hope your children's nightmares are shortlived and you are kind to yourself. It was a horrible thing and it's over and you'll never go through it again. My kid's witnessed me trying to kill a cottonmouth that wouldn't die. I was crying and pleading with it to just die already as I tried to get the shovel through it's neck (?). It's harder to do than you'd think. The will to live is very, very strong in all creatures.

 

[DebiSmith]

My heart goes out to you. I had to put down a dear critter friend and when I was at the vet's weeping and sniffling "This is the worst part about having pets!" the sweet vet assistant reminded me "it's the ONLY bad part of having them! All else is gold". At least we have a safe place to share our sorrow here. By the way, a guy on NPR said his humane method of putting chickens down is to slip a sock over the head and stroke them gently so they get kinda hypnotized and relax their necks and then...well... at least we are learning mercy and compassion from these wonderful feather and fur people, just to name a few of their boundless gifts to us. It's not the animals who need to evolve, its us and they show the way.

 

[lotzahenz]

Big Hug to you:

Tincture of Time will help.

 

[lillie2202]

I am really sorry that this happed to you. I am going to tell you what my mom always tells me now matter how bad things in life get just remember this to shall pass. Also remember that one day your baby will understand what happed and he will not so up set. Hope things start to get better for you.

. My fingers are

for things to start looking up for you

 

[AnaD]

I have to say that this story totally freaked me out and I only read it. I am so sorry for your loss...and the way you lost it! Perhaps, you should move to Australia

 

[tgperg]

I hear some days are like that even in Australia.

Traci

 

[SunnyCalifornia]

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LOL, that's what I was thinking!