theres no point in hanging chickens, but ducks geese definatly need hanging, plucked but guts in, legs upwards, i purchased an old tall fridge for £10 to hang geese/ducks in for 2 weeks, you can get away with it in winter with no fridge............ HERE I GO AGAIN, in PP mag they suggest you can use an air pistol into the brain area from under there chin, clean for the queamish, a meat cleaver is 110% but messy, wear red trousers. i also use a wall mounted dispatcher also very clean and 100% effective. pluck all the birds while warm.