[hermon]

forget the vets i'm gonna do it when i get home i was thinking of putting her in a black towel so it is dark and having her on my lap and pulling her neck hard just above her head i can't put her through the vets and i guess keeping hens i will need to do this at times so i may aswell start now :cry:  :cry:  :cry:  any better ideas?

[Aunt Sally]

Have a look through this article bu Munty first Hermon  :!:

http://www.chat.allotment-garden.org/viewtopic.php?t=8581

[hermon]

i have but it seems to complicated!

[Aunt Sally]

Talk to Munty then my dear  

[muntjac]

i have but it seems to complicated!

 your nervousness makes it hard for you to undrerstand hermon ,and i can understand that ,if you feel you can not do this properly folks .please dont try it  :o

[hermon]

munty i have sent you a mail i leave work in ten mins have you recieved it yet?

[muntjac]

pm?

[muntjac]

recieved one and replied hermon

[hermon]

well i did it :cry:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:
not in the way i was planning to do i just couldn't bring myself to break her neck i had her on my lap covered in a black bath towel to keep her warm and quite (she was anyway poor thing) i kept getting myself in position but i found her neck thicker than what i thought they where and i was scared i didn't have the strength, so i did it another way please don't be angry but i hit her hard over the head with a heavy spade, she was still under the towel and i was behind her so she wouldn't have had a clue but whats bothering my is when i did it the movement under the towel was a lot, i know i must have knocked her out even if i hadn't killed her as it was an almighty blow i made sure she was dead, it took my nearly an hour to bring myself to do this i just hope the neighbours didn't see!
when she was dead i tried pulling her head to see how hard it would have been and for me the spade was the only way, i am going to look today for proper tools that will do this as i never want to do that again i feel barbaric :cry:

[GrannieAnnie]

Not the ideal way to go about it Hermon, but with that force, she probs was dead.  the movement you saw was the nerves still twitching that's all.

Dispatching tools are best.  My OH has a proper electric stunner, but hand ones can be found in lots of places.  Look at this one!


http://www.ascott-shop.com/acatalog/Poultry_Processing_.html

[hermon]

would the small hand one do ex-batts?

[muntjac]

just buy , the dispatcher.that will do any bird you need to worry about  

[Aunt Sally]

I really feel for you Hermon but don't stress over the poor bird you dispatched.  You did your very best by her and from your description I'm certain she went immediately, so there was no suffering.  You sound like a very caring chook keeper to me    

[Selkie]

hermon, please don't beat yourself up over this, you did the right thing for her and that's what's important.
i know i wouldn't be able to do that, which was why i'd said about taking her to the vet.

[Aunt Sally]

I had my Gerty dispatched by a vet but it was quite expensive  

This company have some good wall mounted ones which look easier to use than a hand held one.

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