I prefer bird faceing away from me, in the cone upside down.
(im right handed)
Ill pinch the comb and pull down useing my left hand,although not entirely always a good choice if the bird is struggling.
For a more secure hold, I hook my left index finger under the beak holding the beak down, restraining the head. Wrapping my thumb around the back of the head and catching the back of the comb.
I use a long blade 8" knife for a long sweeping cut. Just above the ear lobe were the feathers start. starting toward the front (side away from me) just before the midline of the bird (avoiding the trach), makeing the cut upward at a slight angle toward the rear as if you were drawing a line from the front of the bird up around the ear lobe to the side of the kneck.
The veins/artery's are on the front side (not the back). After about the 5th bird or so you start to get a "feel" for how effective your cut is.
The above will leave 2 long cuts cutting both veins leaving the trach intact allowing the bird to continue to breath, and more importantly the heart to still beat thus pumping out as much blood as quickly as possible.
Clean quick humane kill.
(im right handed)
Ill pinch the comb and pull down useing my left hand,although not entirely always a good choice if the bird is struggling.
For a more secure hold, I hook my left index finger under the beak holding the beak down, restraining the head. Wrapping my thumb around the back of the head and catching the back of the comb.
I use a long blade 8" knife for a long sweeping cut. Just above the ear lobe were the feathers start. starting toward the front (side away from me) just before the midline of the bird (avoiding the trach), makeing the cut upward at a slight angle toward the rear as if you were drawing a line from the front of the bird up around the ear lobe to the side of the kneck.
The veins/artery's are on the front side (not the back). After about the 5th bird or so you start to get a "feel" for how effective your cut is.
The above will leave 2 long cuts cutting both veins leaving the trach intact allowing the bird to continue to breath, and more importantly the heart to still beat thus pumping out as much blood as quickly as possible.
Clean quick humane kill.
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