Has anyone had to do the neckwringing yet? we did yesterday after a longish saga with a sick hen. Frankly, I was dismayed by the absolute dearth of info about this in the manuals we assiduously read before getting chooks. Obviously, I realised the day might come and I found it quite hard and distressing. Is chicken keeping a bit like 'grow your own' in that this idea is being continually pushed by all and sundry with devious evasions regarding the amount of time, effort and money which the enterprise costs, leading us to have unrealistic expectations - this is certainly evident on my site with a rash of lifestyle growers who appear on odd sunny weekends and faff about for a bit.