Am I being too sensitive?

[Green Acres Farm]

What IS the most humane/instant way to slaughter?

I have been trying to research it and it SEEMS the most humane way is to shoot it in the back of the head towards the jaw, then slit the throat. I know a lot of people just slit the throat, but I do NOT want that done!

I don't want to butcher any of our goats, but it seems like the best option for a couple of the unfriendly mixed breed bucks who I will never breed and can't sell.

Maybe this is a really dumb question, but when I was watching videos on drawing blood for testing, they mentioned not to press on the jugular vein too long because you don't want them too pass out. Would purposefully doing THAT and making them pass out be a good way to make it more humane right before slaugtering?! Would that be painful for the goat or just uncomfortable?

Oh, and I would have someone else do it, I just want only the most humane method done...

Thank you!

 

[sadieml]

I would think that knocking it out before butchering might not be a bad idea. Soon I will be ordering my first group of "meat birds". I am convinced it is the right thing to do, since I don't care to give up meat and have seen the horrible footage of commercial chicken farms that seem to have given the whole world nightmares! If I raise them, I know they'll have a good life right up to the moment it ends. I hope to raise a feeder pig this fall, but even though I love mutton (sheep and goat) I don't know if I will ever be able to butcher my own babies. I bond to readily with my goaties, and my family will certainly not eat them with me. I'm getting enough flack about the chickens! I am interested in what you guys, @Southern by choice, @Baymule, & @Goat Whisperer, prefer as far as methods go. What say you all?

 

[alsea1]

I sold a batch of kids a few months back and the buyers did a halal slaughter on my place.
I will not be able to do it that way myself, but these people did a great job of it. Each goat was treated gently and killed swiftly.
If it really bothers you to sell kids off knowing they are to become someone's dinner then maybe you should reconsider breeding goats. Not all does are going to be good enough on the milk stand and there are more than enough bucks to go around. There are only so many qualified pet homes available.

 

[TAH]

Most of the time, just toss a handful of grain down… shoot… and the goat is dead before it even finished the bite of grain it was working on.

That is what we do. It is really a easy and completely clean way to me.

 

[Latestarter]

Goats and sheep "bash heads" as a routine... I don't think a club to the head will really have the desired effect. A .22 long rifle would most likely do the trick (fired from behind or side, NOT between the horns/eyes. But if you're not sure that it's enough killing power, you can always step it up to a 38 special or 9mm or something of that magnitude (handguns). As with killing anything, bullet placement is the key. Or go to a center fire rifle round.

 

[Green Acres Farm]

I did NOT mean knock them out!

What I was trying to ask was if pressing on the jugular vein ( with your finger) would make them pass out with minimal discomfort. (Maybe while they ate)

The reason I even thought of that was because when I was watching a video on how to draw blood from a goat, they mentioned not to press on the vein too long because it can cause them to pass out which I thought might be a good thing if you are going to slaughter them... Maybe not...

 

[Kusanar]

Guys, I know you are discussing human ways to do things, but maybe this isn't the thread for it. The OP has already expressed a desire not to hear people talking about killing goats. I don't mind reading it, but the OP would probably rather it went elsewhere

 

[Green Acres Farm]

Oops... Sorry

 

[Southern by choice]

Guys, I know you are discussing human ways to do things, but maybe this isn't the thread for it. The OP has already expressed a desire not to hear people talking about killing goats. I don't mind reading it, but the OP would probably rather it went elsewhere

I agree. Better to have a whole other thread regarding the issue.

Of course like all threads one thing leads to another... we will be talking about rainbows and unicorns by the time it hits page 10.

 

[Latestarter]

Nice that someone came along and slapped us upside the head... DUH! Well deserved! Thanks @Kusanar and Sorry @Dage