http://blog.poultrykeeper.com/tim-chicken-blog/the-correct-method-of-dispatching-a-chicken/ Blogs from the users of poultrykeeper.com Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:41:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.poultrykeeper.com/tim-chicken-blog/the-correct-method-of-dispatching-a-chicken/comment-page-1/#comment-511 Frank Fri, 18 Jun 2010 23:53:47 +0000 http://blog.poultrykeeper.com/?p=219#comment-511 Have found the easiest method with any hen I have to despatch (and there have been quite a few over twelve years) is to gently wrap bird up securely with old towelling so that wings and legs are imobilsed. If the bird is used to being handled a lot (my birds are used to being handled daily - this may make things easier for me than for others..) I then take hen and myself to a quiet place in garden out of sight of other hens together with preloaded full power .22 air rifle with ideally flat headed pellet, plus several spare pellets handy. Place bird on ground gently, settle her with soft sounds, apply rifle nozzle to just behind base of combe and pull trigger. Results have been instant 'lights out'. Towelling wrapping stops bird struggling and also saves me sight of usual convulsions. I actually take a second (backup) air rifle with me also preloaded in case anything goes wrong but have not had to use it yet. Decided to do this after watching experts dislocate neck and noticing stress on bird in process of wrapping hands round neck in for dislocation method. My method my be fussier but visually my bird die stress free as far as I can see. And of course, birds being used to being handled a lot behave differently to birds that are rarely picked up. Have found the easiest method with any hen I have to despatch (and there have been quite a few over twelve years) is to gently wrap bird up securely with old towelling so that wings and legs are imobilsed. If the bird is used to being handled a lot (my birds are used to being handled daily – this may make things easier for me than for others..) I then take hen and myself to a quiet place in garden out of sight of other hens together with preloaded full power .22 air rifle with ideally flat headed pellet, plus several spare pellets handy. Place bird on ground gently, settle her with soft sounds, apply rifle nozzle to just behind base of combe and pull trigger. Results have been instant ‘lights out’. Towelling wrapping stops bird struggling and also saves me sight of usual convulsions. I actually take a second (backup) air rifle with me also preloaded in case anything goes wrong but have not had to use it yet.
Decided to do this after watching experts dislocate neck and noticing stress on bird in process of wrapping hands round neck in for dislocation method. My method my be fussier but visually my bird die stress free as far as I can see. And of course, birds being used to being handled a lot behave differently to birds that are rarely picked up.

]]> http://blog.poultrykeeper.com/tim-chicken-blog/the-correct-method-of-dispatching-a-chicken/comment-page-1/#comment-443 Jon Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:46:55 +0000 http://blog.poultrykeeper.com/?p=219#comment-443 Amiable dispatch and this mail helped me alot in my college assignement. Thank you as your information. Amiable dispatch and this mail helped me alot in my college assignement. Thank you as your information.

]]> http://blog.poultrykeeper.com/tim-chicken-blog/the-correct-method-of-dispatching-a-chicken/comment-page-1/#comment-438 Tim Daniels Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:26:03 +0000 http://blog.poultrykeeper.com/?p=219#comment-438 Oops! Thanks. I have corrected this.. Oops! Thanks. I have corrected this..

]]> http://blog.poultrykeeper.com/tim-chicken-blog/the-correct-method-of-dispatching-a-chicken/comment-page-1/#comment-431 lisa Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:44:31 +0000 http://blog.poultrykeeper.com/?p=219#comment-431 Practiced...not practised. Practiced…not practised.

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