Biosecurity question with dispatching birds outside my flock

[Weetamoo93]

I'm getting four cockerels from someone local that I'm going to dispatch this evening. When I butcher my own birds, I throw the feathers and whatnot back in the run for the flock to pick through/disperse.

The guts and such I planned to feed to my dogs and soldier flies. Would I need to be concerned with throwing the feathers and leg scales into my run? I have another disposal site available if it would be a biosecurity issue.

(Even if mine isn't super strict since my birds always manage to get up next to cages with "visiting" cockerels)

 

[Molpet]

I kept and butchered about 300 ft away from my flock . Washing the area , clothes and boots several times. Of course one of my hens got out and wandered up to the butcher site after the clean up

 

[Weetamoo93]

I kept and butchered about 300 ft away from my flock . Washing the area , clothes and boots several times. Of course one of my hens got out and wandered up to the butcher site after the clean up

Mine are definitely going to wander through the butcher area come morning. My "run" is a 4 foot fence that half the flock hops over. A few wander out my yard on the daily as well. Fences are merely suggestions to them.

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

You could always bury it if you’re worried. I haven’t butchered anything yet but when I dispatch a raccoon I take it up on top of the mountain for the buzzards and other wildlife to pick at.

 

[Weetamoo93]

You could always bury it if you’re worried. I haven’t butchered anything yet but when I dispatch a raccoon I take it up on top of the mountain for the buzzards and other wildlife to pick at.

I do have two plums to plant... Ironically, one goes in the chicken area.

 

[Ridgerunner]

I do not worry about feeding parts of butchered chickens back to the flock if they come from the flock. I figure they have already been exposed to any parasite or disease the butchered chickens may have.
From a biosecurity aspect I would do my best to not expose my flock to anything to do with chickens not from that flock. You don't know what those chickens may have been exposed to.

When I trap mice I feed them back to the chickens. When I get something bigger like rats, possum, or raccoons I put them in the run and open them up so the chickens can get to the insides. Most parasites or diseases that mammals might carry will not affect chickens, especially not the diseases. Any parasites they might share are already in the environment. I have a large area outside where the chickens can forage, which influences my decision. If I managed them differently then my decision might be different.

To sum up, if they are already exposed I don't worry about it. If they have not already been exposed I am very careful.