DIY Killing Cone

The time comes in every chicken keepers life when some of the old hens have just got to go. My last attempt at this involved an axe and a chicken doing cartwheels around my garden with a broken neck and blood spewing everywhere. To avoid a repeat of that situation I have “created” a killing cone to hold the chicken safely whilst I slit it’s jugular. It’s one of the nicer ways to kill a chicken. Certainly better than hitting them with an axe.

This is how the killing cone began life
This is how the killing cone began life
Version 1 wasn't so good.
Version 1 wasn't so good.
Version 2 is much better.  Braveheart was a tad worried at this point
Version 2 is much better. Braveheart was a tad worried at this point
Killing cone in place
Killing cone in place

Now all I have to do is kill it, pluck it, gut it, cook it and eat it. That’ll be for another day!