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.
![004 This is how the killing cone began life](https://junglefreedomfighters.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/004-225x300.jpg)
![006 Version 1 wasn't so good.](https://junglefreedomfighters.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/006-225x300.jpg)
![008 Version 2 is much better. Braveheart was a tad worried at this point](https://junglefreedomfighters.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/008-225x300.jpg)
![010 Killing cone in place](https://junglefreedomfighters.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/010-225x300.jpg)
Now all I have to do is kill it, pluck it, gut it, cook it and eat it. That’ll be for another day!