This weekend....... *UPDATED WITH VIDEO*

[Linkoso]

Thanks...... Okey, then I think i'll post.

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Yes, I also do it on quails and also on sick animals.

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Exacly what I wanted to tell. I don't want my animal to suffer or feel the "way on their death". I have read about some who has cut WRONG and the bleeding death takes a loooong time, and the bird is conscious all the time from the cut until it at last died in blood loss. It means, they FEEL when the knife is cutting in them, they feel the way to their death. It doesn't sounds so humane in my ears.

So no... Here is it - First: Hold you bird in your arms gently and make it relax - Then - Stun it! It goes so fast the animal do not have time to perceive what is going on untill it's KNOCKED DOWN, FAINTED, NOT AWAKE - And at last, fast cut or chop it's head of - It's now dead and the last it's brain could remind was the calm moment in my arms. The brain will die before consciousness returns.

 

[prov31gal]

i think that sounds fine. i dont get what all the fuss is about. personally i cant stand the cone, my husband likes it, and thats his preference, but the kill cone strikes a weird nerve with me, maybe im just weird. it seems like i would like to be knocked unconcious with a quick blow before i even knew what was commingm much more than i woul dlike to be hung upside down with my throat slit, its just , i dont know, so bbblllllllluuuuuguugugughhhhhh, (SHIVERS DRAMATICALLY). personally i prefer to whack them , then chop off the head. they dont know what hit them, and they are dead before they can remember, plus no flopping wildly around. i hope that doesnt sound to raw. but it is what it is, and i guess we all have a certain way that we prefer, it doesnt make one bad or one good, its just different ways to get the same job done. i would love to see your pics or video.

 

[CoopCrazy]

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I do this with my quail as well and will probably do it with my chickens and turkeys.. Much less stressful for the animals and I hate to think of them consious while i bleed them out..

 

[BigSkyChickens]

Good, good thread. I like the idea of stunning so they just don't know what happened, and don't feel the blade.

I'm a meat bird section lurker....sponging up as much info. as I can. Thanks all, for sharing.

 

[TipsyDog]

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I don't understand. If I'm holding it in my arms, what do you stun it with? Are we talking about a 2 x 4 wack to the head? I've never done this but I'd like to. How exactly do you stun it? Thanks.

 

[crazybarnlady]

Yes, I'd like to know too. I like the idea of them being out cold, but I'm afraid of not doing it right or hard enough and just tormenting them instead.

 

[OccamsTazer]

I'm following this thread!
I want to know more about how exactly you do it, too. The pain/fear of my birds is always in the forefront of my mind when I slaughter. Right now I do the snap-and-slit method, but I think your method sounds kinder.

I have a mental image of a 2x4 set up like a sawhorse, and I could hold the bird until it is calm, and then just grip the legs and slap it quick across the board to stun the head. Is this about right?
Thank you for sharing this method that is new to me

 

[CoopCrazy]

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This is how I do it with my quail.. I havent tried it with chickens yet just quail. My plan with the chickens is a quick thump then into the cone and slice...

 

[CTChickenMom]

It sounds odd that I'm looking forward to learning how to effectively kill a chicken but before I actually start this endeavor, I'd like to learn how to make it as easy as possible for the birds involved be it chicken, turkey, or quail.

There must be some finess to this so that you don't break the neck or is that okay? I've heard breaking the neck makes for tougher meat.

 

[CoopCrazy]

I havent heard that breaking the neck will cause tougher meat.. Its my understanding that you dont hit the head hard enough to break the neck just to stun the chicken .. You need the heart pumping to get all the blood out , with my quial I would just hit their heads on the side of my table and they would stiffen up then snip and hold while the blood drains...