[wildwitchy]

Arrh, He was lovely 

[Craigx]

Hey wild,

before i decided enough time had passed, he was on alot of sites, so as loverly as he was, it had tobe done.

Craig

[nuzuki]

We culled a rhode island red cockerel yesterday who was corn fed. The head came clean off, this is the second time this has happened now. Once I did the culling by hand and the head came clean off. This time I used a broom stick method and it still came off.

[CDave]

We culled a rhode island red cockerel yesterday who was corn fed. The head came clean off, this is the second time this has happened now. Once I did the culling by hand and the head came clean off. This time I used a broom stick method and it still came off.

There's a knack to it. Its not just about "pulling" its about bending and pushing the bird back over itself - over the broomstick - to help disclocate the neck while you pull. Wish I could describe it better for you!
This might help - practice makes perfect!

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[Craigx]

Hello, CDave,

you explained better then me..

nuzuki  if the heads are comming clean off, i think maybe your doing it to hard...



Craig

[nuzuki]

The first time it was by hand, it wasnt my cockerel but a lady offered me a chance to kill one of hers as a practise. She said do it harder so I did.... lol

But this last time it happened (broomstick technique) the head kinda went off the edge of the paving slab we were using and something tells me not to readjust things half way through the job as he'll suffer more so just to keep going and apply the tension. I do feel the click your talking about but then I tend to pause and keep the strain/tension up just till it stops flapping/twitching and this is when the head came off. I'll concentrate on technique and lining things up right next time rather than brute force.

Thanks for the video link