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I just wanted to say thank you for sharing. When I had a sick chicken in December the only broomstick method I found on you tube was aweful. Not helpful at all. It scared the crap outta me. But being a homesteader, I know it's part of the process. Thank you, thank you.
Hey beautiful, thank you so much for your content.. do you or anybody else on this channel know, if frogs eat them? I have bugs/beetles and other things that are killing my garden and I do not want to use pesticides..
You told us 6 to 12 weeks but you didn’t tell us how to feed them do you taper down the milk you said you go to one feeding a day but then do you just quit all of a sudden or do you start giving them less and less milk with each feeding?
Being new to chickens just this spring, I have to say, I don't know where else you can bring so much happiness and fun into your life for only $1-2 each. Great video, because I'm integrating a small group of three chicks (bought a couple weeks later) into another small group of 6 including a rooster right now. The six aren't even full grown adults yet, they are just a little over 9 weeks old themselves and the newest three are about six weeks old. I integrated them just as you did with the separate enclosure inside the main run, the last two days I took them out of the separate enclosure for good and now they are mixing fairly well with the others in the main run and coop, still some minor pecking but nothing serious as they work out the new pecking order.
We keep chickens as part off the family and the last of the hens we got when the kids still lived at home had become very ill. I needed one of my adult daughters to help me put her down but this daughter has never been a part of this. She was upset about helping, but I gave her my phone with your RU-vid video on Humanely Harvesting Chicken on it and had her sit down and view it. Afterward she said she was so glad I had had her look at it. She felt your compassion shown through and she could help the hen without guilt. We managed to put the hen down swiftly, and while I think it might still have been difficult for my daughter, she helped without reservation and the lovely old hen has been relieved of her suffering. Thank you so much for putting up a very warm and helpful video.
Thank you so very much for this video, we had a hen that was suffering from ascites and wasn’t getting any better and I was able to be brave enough to do this because of your video and the beautiful prayer over your chicken. Listening to you gave me peace and courage that I needed to do what was right for my hen. God bless you and your homestead journey ❤
Just like many others I really wanted to say thank you for this video - yesterday was the first time I had to do this for a rooster and your video was so helpful both in coping with it and ensuring he could go quickly with no pain. I really appreciate it, and I think your way of viewing responsibility and ability to look at the reality of where the meat comes from is absolutely amazing, and I will be bringing that mindset with me forwards.
My blind grandmother would cull a chicken when she needed to. She had 6 kids and a farmer husband to feed. I always believed that the neck was her favorite part of the chicken. Years later, I realized that was the only part left.
Thank you so much for this video. We got a rooster with some chicks I bought and he had just started crowing. We aren't allowed to have roosters in our area and I had already been and apologised to the neighbours for the early morning wake up calls. This is not a task I would want to do often, but thank you for making it relatively simple and humane.
Question: can anyone please explain why the chicken appears to be gasping for air, beak movement. I'm asking cause my daughters 1st experience, had that and she's worried she done it wrong?? Thank you ✌️ ❤
I always thank Jesus for the animals He grew that I and my family eat and also for the people that have that job of processing them, that, they’re emotions will be healed and they will treat the animals with Love while being raised and at that moment they leave Earth. They are health to us! 💖 You didn’t yank him as hard as I thought you were going too. It is shocking how long they keep moving! I once had a rooster spur me, unprovoked, almost lost my leg over it and it cost us hundreds of dollars!!! I wouldn’t have had a problem sending him away like this, but I could barely walk for a couple of months after that! Instead, I sold him on Craigslist and some people came and got him who used roosters for shows. They said they had to keep them caged where they lived. After they left with him, Jesus Spoke to me and Said, I put him in prison for the rest of his life for his offense against you. So, he got punished and King Jesus had me switch to a country Doctor, who saved my leg and foot from the infection!!! 🙌🤴🙌 Be careful of those roosters!!! It was my pet even!
Marbles in the feed will make them curious, you can also dunk their beaks in water a few times. they also should be on raised wire until they're a few months old.
We are about to integrate chicks and young Guinea hens in with adults. I wasn’t aware there needed to be any conditioning time. But this 100% needs to happen? Our 1st bunch of chickens and guinea were raised together.
T post on concrete works well. I pull from around the wings and breast because my first one i felt like i almost pull the legs off. I guess i just wanted to make sure it was quick.😮
Thank you for making this video. And thank you for making their lives happy with just one bad moment. I have also seen the cone method. One question about your method here, how do you get the blood to drain out all the way before processing it? Awaiting your response, I will search your other videos to see if you answered that in another video. Thank you.
I have had to dispatch a chicken when they are injured beyond help or sick. I have tried several methods and find this the least upsetting for both me and the bird.
I think you should reduce the amount of justifying what you are doing. I understand that getting angry messages or calls to AC makes one feel they have to explain themselves. The amount of this could be cut down because anyone who has any common sense will understand and no amount of explanation will change the other groups mind.
I have a low in the teens coming tomorrow and I’m nervously prepping the rabbits for it reminding myself they love the cold. Where I live it’s usually the summer heat that kills rabbits. I know they handle the winter better than I do. My biggest worry is one of my newest doe’s just kitted yesterday. I hope she keeps them warm enough.
The kits should do ok if the mom pulled plenty of fur. If the hutch/cage is open to the wind, some sort of wind block will definitely benefit Fingers crossed for you that all survive
Why keep rabbits in small cages without mental stimulation, when they are intelligent creatures? Easy enough to keep rabbits inside a building where they are protected from predators and the weather. I use rabbit manure to grow my veggies and 'tea' for a diy hydroponic set up. The idea of eating them is beyond disgusting, and wire cages are totally cruel.
Why leave a comment like this when you know it’s a perfectly normal thing humans have done for ages and you are the weird one who decided to be offended by it.
@@unnamed2737yeah cos if humans have done it for ages means it must be ok right? For example slavery was normal for thousands of years till these modern weirdos decided to be offended by it.
@@osr4152 literally discussing food and you turn it into a conversation about slavery. Did you think comparing eating rabbit meat to slavery would make my statement wrong? Because it doesn’t. Humans have always consumed rabbit whether you like it or not.
@@unnamed2737 Your point was that because it's been done for ages it must be ok. I merely point out that there are plenty of examples of things humans have done for ages which are not ok. The longevity of a practice doesnt make it right. Some Asian cultures have always eaten dog, but I doubt you would be ok with caging and eating Geran Shepherds. I personally don't have a problem with eating rabbit meat in some circumstances. But I do have a problem with keeping these active and intelligent creatures in such small boxes before you kill them.
