Unbelievable incident

[Sbevi]

I wanted to share a story that I know no one is going to believe but I have no reason to lie and this really just did happen.
I came into the coop to find one of my hens lying down legs outstretched Wing to the side head cocked but still alive I thought perhaps she had been attacked by something but she obviously was not doing well.
I assessed her for a while and then made the difficult decision to end her suffering.

Sorry to get graphic here but it's important to the story. I use the broomstick method which I'm familiar with. I pulled her up and felt and heard the snap.

I took her by her legs and carried her about 3 minutes away. Upside down, not moving.

I set her lifeless body on the ground. When she jumped up on her feet and stood there like nothing had happened.

I picked her up and took her back to the roost. Not knowing what was going on but figured well I would find her dead in the morning.

In the morning I found her in the coop, she's absolutely fine, there's absolutely nothing wrong with her. I am sure I broke her neck but she shows no sign of it, it somehow brought her back to life how could this possibly be?

 

[Kiki]

The only explanation is you did not correctly perform the broomstick method way of killing her.

 

[_-Captain BRM-_]

That is insane... Kiki's right. That's the only answer. But, oh my word... That is crazy! I would be freaked out of mind!

 

[Sussex19]

I agree that if it was done properly this is not possible, maybe the snap was actually her head slipping out from under the stick?

 

[madsnbot]

maybe she passed out at first and that’s why she acted dead..? not sure but super weird lol

 

[HeatherKellyB]

You probably felt the adjustment of the birds spine (they have 15 to 18 vertebrae). The bird may have been in shock from this or whatever caused her to go down in the first place. Cervical dislocation did not happen though. I'm happy she's doing better and hope this continues

Chiropractor care has been done in poultry before

 

[Sbevi]

I mean yes of course something went wrong, unless it's a miracle. But I'm telling you I've performed this many times. Her head didn't slip, I was standing on the stick, I pulled hard, I heard the cracks. But yes I think I must have just given her an amazing chiropractic treatment!

 

[Sbevi]

There was one big difference.. now that I think back... No death throws. She just went limp. But I still feel like Dr Frankenstein!

 

[tripletfeb]

This happened to me when I had to get rid of two bullies. One's head came off and the other just cracked. I thought the bird was dead then it flew across the yard. I had to retrieve the bird and made sure the head came off the second time

 

[NorthwoodsChick]

Zombie chicken!