How to cull a cockerel

It's always a difficult subject and I've been following this with interest Valerie and others...

I spent quite a while researching the best way to do this and blogged about it here: Dispatching a chicken

I certainly agree with ROS on the plier type devices that crush the neck and can leave chickens in a lot of pain.

At the end of the page there's a link to the article I eventually wrote after my research: How to Dispatch a Chicken.

For birds with a strong neck like mature cockerels, I use the broomstick method. There is no pressure applied to the broomstick until the time comes for the fatal upwards pull.

I appreciate this is a sensitive subject just like killing foxes to protect poultry and think everyone has been marvelous at respecting one anothers views in this post. Thank you all... :-)08
 
A friend of mine had me practising on pheasants that had been shot – when you get it right, you can feel the neck stretch and then feel the gap between the vertebrae afterwards so you know you’ve done it correctly.
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That' for sure ... good training that.

If you are putting mature cockerels in the same league as a big duck or goose I would stand corrected with regard for a different method... I'm a big enough bloke to do it as I do. I have different methods for the "Stout necks" .. tbh

I'm glad we all "Came in under the line" concerning our behaviour boss :-)17 :-)99
 
Yes, a big cockerel can take some strength to kill but I guess I'm talking from personal experiences and I'm a fairly small build. There's a chap I know who kills Turkeys with the neck dislocation method placing the neck across his thigh. He has far more strength than me of course! I'd never attempt that.

"Boss" <cough> isn't really what I'd say :o :oops:
 
Neck dislocation becomes a 'knack' and when you mastered it, it doesn't take as much strength as you might think. I've shown a lot of people how to do it over the years. It's also a much better way of killing rabbits than the 'rabbit punch' to the back of the neck. Creates less bruising and is easier on the hand !

Practicing on a dead body, shot pheasant or a bird that has dropped dead is a great idea - hadn't thought of that one.
 
lol... not wanting to be pedantic or provokative ... but... :ugeek: ... It could be said that the rabbit punch don't hurt the hand if it's done right :-)99 lol. And I don't eat the back of the neck.... :-)19

It truth though and joking aside. The Yank and twist of the rabbit neck dislocation was shown to me and I mastered it. It is a fine way of doing things... I just prefer the "rabbit punch" method for me :mrgreen:
 
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