polyface poultry kill cones w/ grady

[Tazhazzamoose]

are the birds dead instantly? 

[TheMapleDuck]

Vegetarians: everyone should become vegetarians...

animals have right to live in this world

Carnivores: Your killing plants they have the right to live in this world too.

[TheTnhalo]

umm is this good....?

[mtsacricky09]

I dont see this humane way to kill a chicken..The chicken looks in pain..Would of b better to decapitate chicken in matter of 2 secs

[cowpoke1000]

Excellent video. Very humane, stress level at a minimum.

[london1817]

@CommonRaven You are very wise my friend. i feel the same way!

[andrewPHY]

aint nothing wrong with this these chickens have a way better life then any else, there flapping around cause of nerves

[KallyJones]

I almost wish you could give'em a shot of ether or something, but I've slaughtered enough chickens to know that this is the most commercially humane way to "harvest" the chickens and it beats the hell out of the poor birds raised in cage factories or severely cramped pens. These chickens had a good life and got to live outside eating bugs and grass.

[miguelmxdecarvalho]

Thank you for this, but I prefer vegetarianism.

[mysweeteventhorizon]

The loss of that lesson and the intimacy with the world around us and the ebb and flow of life has resulted in incalculable damage, something of which our forefathers would be deeply ashamed and would, upon seeing most of our society, turn away in disgust.

[mysweeteventhorizon]

Besides, teaching children and grandchildren the connection between life, death, and the process of putting quality, humanely raised, free range, non-hormoned/antibiotic, non corporate farmed and humanely killed meat/pork and poultry on the dinner table this seems to be a lesson of incredible value. (and a tasty one at that)

[DinosaurDammit]

Wish there was a way to keep the chicken from seeing other chickens in the cones. Other than that I highly approve of cones. Very human and allows the animal to be confined during bleeding and post death reactions. Wish all slaughter houses took the time to be humane about it.

[maraiis]

@DinosaurDammit When the chicken is placed upside down they actually faint is what I was always told, they don't see the others.

[dagrote]

I couldn't hear the explanation why this is better than taking the whole head off. I think he said that the blood drains better if the heart is still beating for a while after the cut.. Is that right?

[Leathertrampvids]

@dagrote Yes, that's right. If the spinal column and, therefore, the autonomic nervous system isn't disrupted, the heart still beats briefly after the chicken dies, pushing that much more blood from the body. Joel goes on to mention that in the industrial system chickens are electrocuted, which freezes up the nerves and prevents this process.

[lisakaylanemorris]

AND they were happy before they got turned into food.. and they helped the enviornment as well.

[lexichronicle2]

i think trying to say it's dead within a few seconds is being a little optimistic, the reason you're slaughtering them like this is to let the blood drain as it's heart continues to beat. otherwise, it'd be quicker and cheaper to break their necks

[cremaster0]

"They'll be 8 next week!" No they wont... lol

[ruscon100]

I will use this instruction to slaughter my own chickens. Thanks Joel

[ekoukano]

Hell, I want a pet chicken, but I'd >never< want to have to do this to it. It must totally suck the first time doing this, you raise the thing from a little chick all the way up to a hen only to have to do this. That being said, props to the fact that this is the most humane way to do it.

[gabrielou812]

Isn't breaking their necks a quicker death? 10 seconds of that kind of pain is a lot. Unless it puts them into shock enough that they can't feel it?

[DeusadeAgua]

@gabrielou812 When you turn a chicken upside down, they get high on the blood rush and frequently faint. The act of keeping them upside down is a natural pain reliever. I'm still too nervous to try this method, as I want it to be a quick, nigh painless death for my chooks, but it really is a good, and humane way of slaughter. We have only killed two chickens on my mini-farm, one was done in by a broken neck and the other was upside down to get its head chopped off.

[gabrielou812]

Isn't breaking their necks a quicker death? 10 seconds of that kind of pain is a lot. Unless it puts them into shock enough that they can't feel it?

[MatthausBradfield]

@gabrielou812 Better to have a great life and 10 seconds of pain at the end than a horrible life and a pain-free ending. Not just for chickens, but people too. I'm pretty sure being cooped up inside with thousands of other chickens and 1/2 to 3/4 square foot for each chicken counts as being horrible. The chickens in this video are the lucky ones.

[hisblood27]

Polyface farms! right down the street from me in staunton va! Joel Salatin your my new idol! lol!

[lpunchya]

did you guys eat all the chickens or was it for deminstration

[MatthausBradfield]

I'm sure somebody enjoyed eating these chickens and it made them healthier in the process, not to mention it tasted great. Joel would be horrified if his top-quality chickens went to waste. Those chickens were bought before they were even ordered as chicks.

[justinrill]

grisly but still better than industrial farming