YO GEORGIANS! :)

[ChickDancer]

So are you in or out?

I think I'm in, although I MAY have to leave early. I'll ask you questions via text about selling eggs there.

 

[Flowerbh]

In this case, we're going to give it to my huge over-grown nephew and have him step on it. I hate the idea of drowning, and breaking the neck of a tiny chick might be too difficult, since it may still be flexible like a human baby's would. But I want to do something quick and painless, so squishing may be the answer here.

I hope you are joking. That seems awful. I had to put a baby chicken down once. It was really weak. I held him in my hand close to my heart and put my finger over it's nostrils while I sang it a song. I cried like a baby. It only took about 20 seconds and it did not struggle. It is something I hope never to have to do again!

 

[GAMarans]

Thanks to Robo, it would seem that our new Mallard duckling has been named ...






















... wait for it ...


































Gator

 

[Sonya9]

In this case, we're going to give it to my huge over-grown nephew and have him step on it. I hate the idea of drowning, and breaking the neck of a tiny chick might be too difficult, since it may still be flexible like a human baby's would. But I want to do something quick and painless, so squishing may be the answer here.

At least try to put cover over the chick's head so he doesn't see it coming. You don't want the little baby's last moments in life to be full of fear as he sees a predator slamming down.

I am not sure what the best way would be, I would probably consult my vet. I do know that for snakes (when even decapitation can keep the brain alive for an hour or so) a massive and quick blow to the head that destroys the brain is considered the most humane. Sort of like a well aimed bullet to the brain.

If it were me I would ask the vet for something that would make the chick make the chick buzzed and euphoric and sleepy ahead of time (and that may in and of itself do the trick).

 

[buddy phoenix]

hello everybody. beautiful day today

 

[Flowerbh]

Unfortunately, Flowerbh refuses to eat her babies, so we do not have the luxury of reducing the flock by eating them. I also built Flowerbh a 4x4 coop to begin with. We are now a 16x16 Chicken Condo with lights, automatic watering system and electric fence to keep the bears out. Tell your husband good luck and I am trying to find the cure!

Flowerbh's husband

 

[GAMarans]

Hi buddy

 

[GAMarans]

Unfortunately, Flowerbh refuses to eat her babies, so we do not have the luxury of reducing the flock by eating them. I also built Flowerbh a 4x4 coop to begin with. We are now a 16x16 Chicken Condo with lights, automatic watering system and electric fence to keep the bears out. Tell your husband good luck and I am trying to find the cure!

Flowerbh's husband

My husband is the problem here. I really enjoy my birds but he's lost his mind. My current 30x70 pen isn't big enough for him. He's building a 50x100 pen with a building in the middle ... the lot of it divided into 4 equal areas, each with a 25x50 yard and 8x8 coop.

 

[buddy phoenix]

hey gam . how u doin? where robo ?

 

[ChickDancer]

I hope you are joking. That seems awful. I had to put a baby chicken down once. It was really weak. I held him in my hand close to my heart and put my finger over it's nostrils while I sang it a song. I cried like a baby. It only took about 20 seconds and it did not struggle. It is something I hope never to have to do again!

Well, not really. We did cover him, and I told my nephew aim for the head. I didn't want him to suffer, so taking out his head without actually decapitating it was my favored method. It has been shown that humans, at least, still have brain activity after decapitation. So it is possible that they still feel the pain of decapitation. Thus breaking his neck or chopping off his poor head like they do for full grown chickens headed to the dinner table, isn't something I wanted to do. I wanted to take his brain out somehow, quickly, where he wouldn't be able to feel the pain. And this method was about the same as a hammer to the head (which would simply knock a human out, but they wouldn't feel pain after that because of it). I knew somehow, I had to destroy the brain first to keep him from feeling anything.

Yeah it's sick, and sad, but once I actually analyzed it, I realized that it was actually probably the LEAST painful way to put him down.