Whats the most humane way to kill a chicken?

[TEWNCfarms]

Well who cares what I said this chicken thing is a No Go for me! The frackin State still has to come out and inspect me to harvest for meat, which means they're going to make me spend Thousands to get an operation up and going! EVERYTHING IS ILLEGAL in this "free" nation. Everyone should read Thomas Jefferson's second annaugural address, there were No internal taxes or regulations At All, not even property tax, Everything was paid for by Import Tariffs and Duties which oh wait None of the conglomerates pay today when they produce everything from Slave labor overseas and import it for free, and are headquartered in states like mine NC where corporate income tax is abolished. This really makes me angry!

 

[jvls1942]

tewncfarms, it sounds to me like you went and did the "proper" thing.
"checked out" the statutes and asked questions about what you could and could not do.
in other words, you drew attention to yourself.

that is a big problem with younger folks today.

us old timers just go ahead and do ,,
don't ask for advice or check to see if a license is needed.

instead of crying about what is wrong, go and do something about it. buck the system.
get dumb statutes changed.

......jiminwisc.......

 

[TEWNCfarms]

tewncfarms, it sounds to me like you went and did the "proper" thing.
"checked out" the statutes and asked questions about what you could and could not do.
in other words, you drew attention to yourself.

that is a big problem with younger folks today.

us old timers just go ahead and do ,,
don't ask for advice or check to see if a license is needed.

instead of crying about what is wrong, go and do something about it. buck the system.
get dumb statutes changed.

......jiminwisc.......

I love this! Thanks Jim! You're so right! That's what this Great friend of mine an old timer who works with who is "technically special needs" but is smarter, wiser, and works harder than Most anyone else my own age let alone his age! And he said that too he was just like man just do it stop asking questions and just do it. I just see and hear of so many people doing that and then Bam someone rats them out and the law comes down on them hard spending time in jail even, and I'm not talking about drugs! And all the law says is "ignorance is not an excuse for not obeying the law..." I love your mentality. That's what my buddy said, just do it and they won't duck with you, they want their money and I would be providing it through my products. I just have other things going on right now too I definitely don't need something stupid like a poultry or pork infraction to add to it. Frackin Rats! That's something else these youngins today are, rats who pretend to be your friend. Nothing new under the sun the right?! Thanks for your reply

 

[Lauravonsmurf]

I would not use gas... I work around vehicle exhaust and when the exhaust is escaping into the driver's compartment it is unpleasant, causing painful headaches on top of the drowsy and nausea it creates... I and others have driven many a vehicle we have argued with the mechanics and had to prove was poisoning us! No not painless. Hypnotize the chicken to sleep and snap their necks... there is no good way to kill... fast is best not slow. Psychologically you want no evidence of pain so if it looks peaceful you assume no pain... as one of the poisoned employees I can say it is untrue they will suffer longer with gassing than with snapped neck or cutting the head off.

 

[Sydnee Fisher]

We kill our meat chickens every year and they die quickly with 'the chop' they only still move because the nerves are still active

 

[anatess]

I didn't read past page 3... I just wanted to share my experiences.

I grew up in the Philippines with a slew of backyard chickens and pigs and vegetable and fruit gardens in a tiny property in the city. Anyway, I was about 8 or so when I got to be tasked with killing a chicken for dinner. My mom showed me how to do it and after that, everytime my mom asks me to kill a chicken, I just go and do it all myself. The hardest part of it for me, growing up eating our own harvest, was catching the chicken!

Anyway, this is how I was taught at 8 years old...
1.) Catch the chicken. Put your hands over the wings and down the sides of the chicken so she doesn't flap around.
2.) Calm the chicken down by putting the chicken on your lap and running your hand down its back while praying or singing church songs of thanksgiving softly (I'm not kidding - this is part of the process that I was taught).
3.) When she stops wiggling and her breathing is calm, lift up her wings very slowly and turn the chicken around and pin the chicken's wings between your legs with her head away from you. Then run your finger down the side of her chin down her neck over and over until the chicken looks like she's sleeping.
4.) Tilt your knees down a bit so the head is lower than the body and bend the chicken's neck down a bit and feel around the neck for the beating nerve. Pull a patch of feathers from her neck to expose the beating nerve. If you don't see the beating nerve, tap the area with the side of the knife. The nerve should become more visible.
5.) Make sure the chicken is still in meditation mode (like she's sleeping). You might have to run your finger down her chin again and sing to get her to sleep throughout this process (yes, you have to either pray or sing softly so the chicken can hear you). Then take a VERY VERY SHARP knife - this will only work with that special knife my mom keeps super sharp for killing chickens, you'll have a big mess if you don't use that knife and my mom will give you a whooping! - so take that sharp knife and with one hand still holding the chicken's head, quickly slice the exposed neck where it is beating. You can't hesitate or be squeamish about it. It has to be deep and swift! The hand holding the head and the wings trapped between your legs is very important because the chicken will still jerk around even after it is dead and you'll make a big mess.
6.) After the jerking ends and all the blood has drained, you can stop singing. You then take the chicken and put her in boiling water. After a bit of boiling, you should be able to take off her feathers by just grabbing fistfuls and pulling in the direction of the feathers. Some pins might still be left behind - you can take pliers and pull those with it.

That's all there is to it.

Interestingly, I've done that so many times while living in my mom's house without a problem. But now that I have my own chickens, I can't seem to bring myself to kill my chickens. I need to stop naming them. I think that's the problem. That's the same as our pig growing up. My mom can't kill the pig because we named him. So instead, she sells the live pig to the butcher and buys an already dead pig with the money. Yeah, it makes no sense.

 

[jvls1942]

"the chop" I like that..
the question was, what is the most humane way

the quickest way is the most humane way.
although I don't do it, "the chop" seems to me the quickest way. therefore the most humane, painless way.

snapping the neck does not appeal to me.
who's to say the chicken is dead with no pain.
probably just paralised until it dies.

gassing has been covered quite well already.
I wouldn't do it.

how about hitting them with a car at 55 mph ?
blindfold them first so they don't see it coming
.

 

[Lauravonsmurf]

Thank you for sharing... that is a respectful way to kill. I pray out loud to when I have had to kill them. I think the jerking is what freaks people out... but if in first the calm hypnotized sleepy meditation state first it is best for them. Naming them is what makes it harder.

 

[Sydnee Fisher]

"the chop" I like that..
the question was, what is the most humane way

the quickest way is the most humane way.
although I don't do it, "the chop" seems to me the quickest way. therefore the most humane, painless way.

snapping the neck does not appeal to me.
who's to say the chicken is dead with no pain.
probably just paralised until it dies.

gassing has been covered quite well already.
I wouldn't do it.

how about hitting them with a car at 55 mph ?
blindfold them first so they don't see it coming
.

'The chop' is I think the most humane way..

 

[jvls1942]

anatess, how long would it take you to butcher 25 chickens ?
it seems to me I read your story before.
I still enjoy it..