Injured baby bird, should I put it out of its misery?

Leros

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A nest fell out of a tree and there are some baby birds laying on the sidewalk. The alive ones have broken legs. Should I kill them somehow or just let nature take its course?

I have no idea how I would kill them. Cut off their heads? Or should I just let some cat get them?
 

jhayx7

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Title: Game Bird Stew
Categories: Game, Poultry, Ceideburg 2
Yield: 6 servings

2 baby birds,
-cut in pieces
1 qt Water (or stock), cooled
-slightly from boiling
3 Wild celery stalks, cut in
-long pieces
1 1/2 Wild onions, sliced
1 1/2 c Fresh garden peas (or
-chopped day lily buds)
2 tb Peppergrass seeds
-{substitute ground pepper}
1 ds Cayenne pepper
1 ts Coltsfoot ash {substitute
-salt in same amount}
1 ts Lemon juice
2 tb Flour
1/4 c Cold water

This recipe is suitable for most game birds. Make sure the stew
doesn't boil while the meat is in the liquid.

Place game birds in a stew pot with the water. Add celery and wild
onions. Stew slowly for 1 hour and remove scum from surface. Add
peas, peppergrass seeds, cayenne, coltsfoot ash, and lemon juice at
the end of the first hour. Continue to simmer for another hour. Do
not allow to boil.

Remove meat and vegetables from stock and keep warm. Bring the stock
to a rapid boil. Boil for 20 minutes. Strain.

Place flour in a small screw top jar. Add cold water, cover, and
shake to blend thoroughly. Slowly pour this mixture into the stock
while stirring. Cook over moderate heat to thicken as desired.
Return solid food to thickened stock and serve over steamed rice.
 

Leros

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Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
Look up either wildlife or bird rehabilitators in your area and call one.

I've taken my fair share of birds to the wildlife rehabilitation center, but these things are a lost cause. Broken legs, broken wings. Only a few days old.
 

ColdFusion718

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Originally posted by: Leros
Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
Look up either wildlife or bird rehabilitators in your area and call one.

I've taken my fair share of birds to the wildlife rehabilitation center, but these things are a lost cause. Broken legs, broken wings. Only a few days old.

You should put it out of its misery. Snapping its neck seems to be the quickly, least painful for it. Poor bird :(.
 

DarkThinker

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If no hope, then cut their heads of very fast, make sure you use a sharp and toothless knife.
 

Leros

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I just used a pair of sharp scissors to cut off their heads. :( That was disgusting. :(
 

fleshconsumed

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Originally posted by: Leros
I just used a pair of sharp scissors to cut off their heads. :( That was disgusting. :(

Scissors? WTF? Didn't you have an axe or something?
 

NaOH

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Originally posted by: Leros
I just used a pair of sharp scissors to cut off their heads. :( That was disgusting. :(

Did they keep flapping?
PICS!?!?!
 

aphex

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what a life...

born... fall out of tree two days later, then get your head cut off by some anandtech geek with a pair of scissors...

I think im gonna be sick...
 

Leros

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Originally posted by: fleshconsumed
Originally posted by: Leros
I just used a pair of sharp scissors to cut off their heads. :( That was disgusting. :(

Scissors? WTF? Didn't you have an axe or something?

these things were too tiny to use anything else.
 

dighn

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scissors.. damn. that's pretty gruesome

but hey you showed compassion and guts at the same time :beer:
 

PottedMeat

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Originally posted by: Accipiter22
Originally posted by: fleshconsumed
Originally posted by: Leros
I just used a pair of sharp scissors to cut off their heads. :( That was disgusting. :(

Scissors? WTF? Didn't you have an axe or something?

scissors??? holy ****** that's hardcore

yes, quite hardcore. i guess you coulda drowned them or something.

 

Accipiter22

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Like seriously, I figured you'd say you took a chopping knife and took their heads off....but a ****** pair of scissors??? Couldn't you put the nest back in the tree??
 

Vinfinite

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Originally posted by: PottedMeat
Originally posted by: Accipiter22
Originally posted by: fleshconsumed
Originally posted by: Leros
I just used a pair of sharp scissors to cut off their heads. :( That was disgusting. :(

Scissors? WTF? Didn't you have an axe or something?

scissors??? holy ****** that's hardcore

yes, quite hardcore. i guess you coulda drowned them or something.

dude...you would rather drown? Drowning is a horrible way to die. Why not light the birds on fire? wth is wrong with you
 

ManBearPig

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jesus man...scissors?

you did the right thing though.


is it just me or did that take everyone by surprise?
 

Rumpltzer

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Originally posted by: PottedMeat
Originally posted by: Accipiter22
Originally posted by: fleshconsumed
Originally posted by: Leros
I just used a pair of sharp scissors to cut off their heads. :( That was disgusting. :(

Scissors? WTF? Didn't you have an axe or something?

scissors??? holy ****** that's hardcore

yes, quite hardcore. i guess you coulda drowned them or something.
Hradcore would have been biting off their squeaky heads a'la Ozzy Osbourne and putting it on Youtube.
 

TallBill

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Originally posted by: Vinfinite

dude...you would rather drown? Drowning is a horrible way to die. Why not light the birds on fire? wth is wrong with you

Toss birds in bag, put bag under water. Take out 5 minutes later and put in trash, no blood, no guts, no brain matter.

Drowning is not a horrible way to die at all. Cancer is a horrible way to die.