What tool do you use???

[rebel-rousing-at-night]

Any one ever heard of laying the chicken down as on the ground.Put a broom handle ,hoe handle or the likes behind its head and just pull and the head comes right off?

Oh yeah, you stand on the handle to keep it close on the neck.

 

[louloubean]

traffic cone and a filet knife to bleed out.
we use the heads for soup.

 

[galanie]

Here's a great way. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63S3gLIeQCA

Basically kill cones and they cut the jugular. The chickens simply pass out calmly and die. After death, then their bodies flop when they're bleeding out.

I've eaten chickens killed this way and they are more tender. I guess cause of the way they die? No idea.

 

[Wife's Chicken Killer]

Haven't yet, BUT in 4 more weeks... It'll be:

large bleach bottle from Walmart
4" rapala fillet knife (razor sharp)

Attempt to pith (after much, and I mean MUCH reading)
slice neck bleed out

Skin, not pluck bird... This works best for my wife and I

Pithing may or may not stay part of my routine. We will see.

 

[Salt and Light]

Don't pith. Just slice both sides of their neck.

 

[booker81]

I found I like to hang them in the garage from the gambrel pulley system we use to hang deer - I remove the gambrels, and then tie the rope to the hook the gambrels go on. I raise it up on the pulley to cut the neck (the rope is long enough to stand on to keep it at the right length), and I just keep a knot in the rope to stop at the pulley so they can only lower down to about 1" off the ground. We have a 5 gallon bucket full of trailer hitch balls, and I line it with a heavy garbage bag. Cut the throat, and then lower into the bag, and it's dark and quiet while they bleed out. When they start flapping, it's tight enough they can't really break wings, and it keeps the blood in one place since I'm indoors

 

[zazouse]

I use tree loppers to dispatch

 

[Sunny Side Up]

Something that is VERY SHARP!!! That make all the difference. I've used a fish filet knives, utility knife blades, even good paring knives. I put the birds in cones, pull their heads through and stretch their necks a bit, then bend their heads to the side to expose the bare place right behind the point of the jaw. That's where to make the cut, on each side.

Lately I've been favoring blades like this http://www.amazon.com/Wallpaper-Str...ref=sr_1_5?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1301627803&sr=1-5 It really helps to wrap a bit of duct tape around one end for a better grip, and to tape a loop of twine on the end. That way it can be hung safely between cuts & doesn't get lost in the grass. No one wants to find that by accident!

 

[2buckskins]

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Do you put the bird in a kill cone first? I was thinking of using something like that, but am not sure how I would hold the head and cut at the same time..?