Choke my chicken or no?

[Texashiker]

My wife and I have a buff orpington rooster who had something like a stroke. He was paralyzed on one side for close to a month. Over the past few weeks he has gotten better.

He is living in our dining room. Sometimes he makes his way over to the patio doors so he can look outside and see the hens. My wife keeps some towels down to keep the poop off the floor.

6 weeks later he is getting a little better. His balance is still out of whack. He can walk as long as his breast is against the floor.

Should I choke my chicken and put him out of his misery? Or give him more time to recover?

pic right after my wife and I got him,

Thread about when we got him - http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2369046



* Not that I would choke the chicken to death. More like take him to a log and cut his head off with a machete.

 

[dank69]

Yank it like you're starting a mower.

 

[Elixer]

Send it to the CDC for analysis could have H5N1.

 

[DaTT]

WWJD?

 

[mmntech]

WWCCD?

 

[futurefields]

dont kill it man

if its getting better, let it get better

not sure why you would even ask that question jerk OP

 

[futurefields]

i swear some people have no respect for life, doesnt surprise me at all OP is from texas

 

[Texashiker]

i swear some people have no respect for life, doesnt surprise me at all OP is from texas

My wife and I have been hand feeding this rooster with a syringe (no needle) for 6 weeks.

So piss off.

 

[MongGrel]

Texashiker and I have had disagreements, but he has respect for life.

That would be you're call dude.

 

[MongGrel]

i swear some people have no respect for life, doesnt surprise me at all OP is from texas

 

[Fenixgoon]

dont kill it man

if its getting better, let it get better

not sure why you would even ask that question jerk OP

i swear some people have no respect for life, doesnt surprise me at all OP is from texas

so you oppose putting any kind of pet/animal down?

 

[Sonikku]

Was going to say strangle the little fucker but come on.

Look at that thing.

LOOK AT IT. :'(

 

[Brainonska511]

i swear some people have no respect for life, doesnt surprise me at all OP is from texas

I know, right?

 

[Ruptga]

You want to know if you should choke your chicken when it has already had a stroke. To stop halfway would just be rude, imo.

 

[schmuckley]

Dude,you allow chickenshit in your dining room?
Put him outside and give him a few hens
PS: Don't allow Chickenshit in your dining room

 

[MrColin]

You know in your heart what is right here but sometimes we need a friend to validate our decisions. It's not unheard of to get a vet to look at it, even if only to make sure the whole flock isn't at risk.

IMO its more humane to pop the neck than to choke it. If you're feeling squeamish you might consider using a shotgun to remove the head.

 

[poofyhairguy]

Choke your chicken? Seems like what you need is to Rough Up Your Rooster.

 

[Texashiker]

Texashiker and I have had disagreements, but he has respect for life.

That would be you're call dude.

Thank you.

Dude,you allow chickenshit in your dining room?
Put him outside and give him a few hens
PS: Don't allow Chickenshit in your dining room

What else are we supposed to do? He has trouble eating and drinking. If he was out in this summer heat he would not last a day.

You know in your heart what is right here but sometimes we need a friend to validate our decisions. It's not unheard of to get a vet to look at it, even if only to make sure the whole flock isn't at risk.

IMO its more humane to pop the neck than to choke it. If you're feeling squeamish you might consider using a shotgun to remove the head.

No other chickens have presented with these same symptoms.

My wife wants to take him to a local vet, I told her to go ahead and go.

Rooster chicks are cheap. There are places on the internet where you can buy rooster chicks for less than $1.50 each. My stepson bought 100 roosters to butcher for something like 75 cents each. It is the emotional attachment and responsible ownership that is keeping him alive.

We have 3 young roosters in the flock, then my wife and I have an 8 month old Rhode Island Red rooster on loan to my cousin.

The humane thing to do is take care of him and keep him comfortable. Which is being taken care of.

 

[z1ggy]

Personally, I have a soft spot for almost all animals. As long as he could be helped and fixed (especially after a vet visit) I would try to keep him alive, unless he was suffering terribly. Only when there's no more options would I put him down.

I'd also never be able to chop off his head after caring for him like my own child for 6 weeks. I'm guessing they don't euthanize chickens, but I'd make the vet kill him.

 

[Markbnj]

Rooster chicks are cheap. There are places on the internet where you can buy rooster chicks for less than $1.50 each. My stepson bought 100 roosters to butcher for something like 75 cents each. It is the emotional attachment and responsible ownership that is keeping him alive.

Are roosters good eating? Serious question. I don't think I've ever eaten one, unless I didn't know it. I assumed all the chicken in stores was the females.

 

[Texashiker]

Personally, I have a soft spot for almost all animals. As long as he could be helped and fixed (especially after a vet visit) I would try to keep him alive, unless he was suffering terribly. Only when there's no more options would I put him down.

I'd also never be able to chop off his head after caring for him like my own child for 6 weeks. I'm guessing they don't euthanize chickens, but I'd make the vet kill him.

He does not seem to be in any pain. He scoots around the dining room floor, has a certain spot under a stool he likes to sleep at, makes his way to the patio doors and looks outside.

He just can not stand up and walk.

Are roosters good eating? Serious question. I don't think I've ever eaten one, unless I didn't know it. I assumed all the chicken in stores was the females.

Butcher them before the hormones kick in.

You have eaten rooster before, you just did not know it. Where do you think the chickens at the grocery store come from?

 

[dank69]

He does not seem to be in any pain. He scoots around the dining room floor, has a certain spot under a stool he likes to sleep at, makes his way to the patio doors and looks outside.

He just can not stand up and walk.




Butcher them before the hormones kick in.

You have eaten rooster before, you just did not know it. Where do you think the chickens at the grocery store come from?

This is news to me. I thought all the male chicks were immediately ground up into cat food. I would think an adult rooster would make an okay stew.

 

[Markbnj]

He does not seem to be in any pain. He scoots around the dining room floor, has a certain spot under a stool he likes to sleep at, makes his way to the patio doors and looks outside.

He just can not stand up and walk.




Butcher them before the hormones kick in.

You have eaten rooster before, you just did not know it. Where do you think the chickens at the grocery store come from?

I assumed they were females. I used to catch chickens in a chicken house for spare cash when I was a teen, and I think those were all females.

 

[RandomWords]

Choke him? No
Break his neck - better
Take an axe to his head like my dad showed me how when I was little - the best solution - quick and easy - ready to be plucked and boiled.

i swear some people have no respect for life, doesnt surprise me at all OP is from texas

and some people don't know what respect for life entails. That rooster has a better life than any chicken you eat from a package at the grocery store - and it will have a nicer death this way. We weren't meant to be vegetarians - nor was the tiger or wolf - but you don't see people going around telling them they have no respect for life - they would have eaten this rooster first.

 

[RandomWords]

LOOK AT IT.

I'm looking at it... and I see... a chicken nugget. j/k - a joke really... but a rooster isn't a chick. It's a full grown male. The picture could be whoever knows how old - at least a few months from the OP post since "He was paralyzed on one side for close to a month. Over the past few weeks he has gotten better." - and that was a picture of when they first got him.