Follow our journey, as we re learn the skills that were common to our forefathers, but seemingly lost to our generation. We left the city and the rat race that comes with it, for a quiet life in a small town in Southern BC. We purchased 45 acres of bare land and are working to develop it into a farmstead that will make us as self sufficient as possible.
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Thank you for sharing how to compassionately dispatch a hen. One of my hens had a prolapsed vent which went back in with Epsom soaks but I saw it had an abrasion before she pulled it back in. I suspected she wouldn’t recover. It’s been two weeks today is her last. She was a sweet hen who laid a lot of great eggs. She will be missed ❤
Does the size of the chicken determine which method to use? I watched one homesteader who seemed to know what he was doing, and he was struggling with a big rooster with the first method.
Not sure why you give the post pounder such a bad review ? Try pounding them in with a post mall. Lol. I have and its a work out. Put muscles in your tan't
Thanks for the video. I just did the first method. Looked like she was still breathing afterwards. Does that happen? When I went to go pick her up. She took off running. Did I not snap hard enough? Or is that possible. I ended up using a hatchet to finish the job for sure. Thank you!
I want to thank you very much for being willing to show this on film. In all the years we've had chickens, I suppose we've been "lucky" because our deaths have always happened naturally (found the chicken dead) or after a short illness (found dead after just 24 hours of being separated in a kennel in our in-home chicken ICU. However, for the first time, we have one who's been ailing for days now in the chicken ICU, and it's obvious that she's suffering but not dying. Now I feel like my efforts to hydrate her and feed her are making things worse instead of better. It's very hard for me to kill her and I am not skilled enough to use a knife/axe. I've read so many articles on the cervical dislocation method - and how to do it - but I felt like I needed to see it. So I'm very grateful you were willing to show this so I can have more confidence with what needs to be done.
Organic store bought kombucha has a SCOBY in it, so you can buy one bottle at your health food store and pour it in your jar of freshly made tea, cover with cheese cloth or coffee filter and wait for it to ferment.
Thanks. I have to do this today and I appreciate your serious and respectful attitude toward your birds. Your thoroughness of explanation is extremely helpful for such a tough but necessary task. I feel sad but at least I now feel more prepared.
Life comes in the womb in phases and it exists in phases. There is no such thing as a snap exit. When the body is broken, life tries for a fraction but it eventually leaves. If you don't value life, just look at the other planets in our solar system.
I prefer your method too, but do you not bleed them out after? In your opinion: does the meat taste differently if you don't bleed them out? What's pros & cons from bleeding out as opposed to not?
Good job thank, question for ya my chook has been staggering around drunker than me she has lost a lot of feathers too and winter is approaching in Tasmania she did have scale mite but took care of that and it's been 2 weeks of staggering, she still digs with the others and can run straight when I get the treat bucket out , wondering if she will get better or is it time for the snap back thanks for your Intel in advance
Not sure how you've done since, but I've heard clover is a good way to fight it. outcompetes it as it comes earlier AND it's excellent green manure for the soil!
03:53 Like my dad and me. As similar as we look, none of us can deny our relationship. That's so cool! 😁 Very educational video by the way. Thank you for that! Since my first language is not english, I don't understand the phrase "pulling the head off". Does it mean the broomstick method? Or does it mean cutting off the head with a hatchet?
Thank you for making it so easy to understand. I just had to cull 3 young roosters. The first didn't go so well and I feel like crap now. The other 2 went the fast. Now I know approx how hard to pull, I appreciate you showing from begging to end it helped a lot.
Thank you! I have a sick chicken and my husband refuses to help me put it down. I have to do it today on my own 😔 your instructions will help me put my beautiful chicken to rest.
I’m very sensitive about things like this. Hearing you and your son and you talk about these things in a respectful and scientific manner is really helpful. My boyfriend and I wish to have a farm one day and these are things I may have to learn. Thank you so much for making this video !
Dang it, I tried this today and failed 3 times. I'm not sure where I went wrong. Maybe I didn't pull hard enough or at the correct angle? I felt terrible for my sweet hen, who suddenly became terrified of me and tried her hardest to get away after the pain of those failed attempts... it was hard to see after she trusted me all her life. Ended up having to use a pellet gun to halt the horrible experience we were both going through. I need to figure this out. I wish there was such thing as a practice model, like the ones used in CPR training.
