Originally Posted By: NickD90

Speaking of which....what's the fastest, most pleasant way to dispatch a struggling chick? I could lop off its head.


This.

Kill cone with razor sharp carpenter's knife for adult birds. Lift out legs from cone. With palm to back of bird, slide thumb & index finger down neck to jaw line, exposing flesh and slice down/across with blade tip safely passing between your index & middle fingers. Hold their feet together. If done right, they will openly flow from their near side carotid artery and slowly drift off as BP crashes, bucking a couple times at the very end.