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Culling birds is just part of the deal along with feeding and watering. You certainly can take the "leave them alone and let nature run its course" and while that is certainly 100% effective and allows you to eliminate bearing witness too it, that method is shirking your responsibility in my opinion. The fastest method in my opinion is off with their heads between the thumb and forefinger but I also recognize alot of people can't stomach that method. The culled chicks don't go to waste as I have a beagle who gratiously accepts them as "scooby snacks". The second method I would recommend is the CO (carbon monoxide) method. You can certainly construct a CO2 generator but an alternative method to this is a shoebox (or other size appropriate tightly sealed box) with a hole cut in it the size of the exhaust pipe on your family vehicle and simply insert the birds into the box, start the engine, slide the hole over the exhaust pipe and go inside the house for a glass of tea.....By the time you are done with your beverage, they will be too and if it makes you feel better since you didn't have to see it then so be it. The job has been done and it's certainly more humane than leaving them to flop around on the floor until dehydration or starvation gets them. I personally raise most of my birds for eating so the blood and guts stuff is something that doesn't get to me but I also understand there are MANY folks who simply want them around for pets and I believe it's important for us to all be compasionate and understanding (that satement is not intended to bash anyone who posted) although I must say I LOVED the mini gullitene (spelling) but at 100+ butcher birds at a time I'd run out of daylight before I got done, not to mention I'd probably loose a finger in it.Enjoy your birds,David
How about pounding a bunch of nails in the roof of their pen so they stick through, then startle them! They'll jump straight up and be hanging there waiting for you to butcher!
Toilet works fine also.