blackandtan
Crowing
I suppose my ritual such as it is depends on the situation; with a sick chicken there’s no hesitation, I shoot her and walk away until the flapping stops, and I tell her I’m sorry.
If it’s an overcrowding situation I usually do it after a fight, when I’m tired of the bickering...and I don’t tell them I’m sorry!
When it’s time for meat hens or turkeys etc to go, my ritual is to give them a treat to eat first, their favourite is melon so “melon day” has become a euphemism for “killing day”, they get separated and shot one by one (shooting never seems to bother the rest), I do feel bad for them because they’re healthy and could keep living, but I console myself with thoughts of the great life I gave them and how much better it was than the life of commercially produced birds.
If it’s an overcrowding situation I usually do it after a fight, when I’m tired of the bickering...and I don’t tell them I’m sorry!
When it’s time for meat hens or turkeys etc to go, my ritual is to give them a treat to eat first, their favourite is melon so “melon day” has become a euphemism for “killing day”, they get separated and shot one by one (shooting never seems to bother the rest), I do feel bad for them because they’re healthy and could keep living, but I console myself with thoughts of the great life I gave them and how much better it was than the life of commercially produced birds.