Ahh very good post. It is so true, what @freedompoint said. I remember the first time I killed a chicken, it was injured and suffering. It felt very different when I killed chickens the second time, which was when we had too many roosters.
I did it the wrong way. I held their heads on a chopping block and used a hatchet. really not a good way to do it...
Then later we learned about the "cone" and that made it a little smoother. Being able to deliver a swift & quick end to the animal is ideal.
Every time we take an animal to nourish our bodies we know it is also nourishing our soul too.
Quick and swift indeed. The second rabbit i took moved at the last second when i brought the club down, and it took two more hits to get the job done. I felt horrible. I looked around and i think i may do the cervical dislocation and since the bone is snapped just take the whole head with a filet knife. We have quail and goats to get up and going first, but i do want more rabbits in my future. :)
I had a very similar experience. The only animal I've ever dispatched was a rooster with gibbled feet but doing it with a hatchet was definitely not a good way I agree.