Biosecurity question with dispatching birds outside my flock

Weetamoo93

Songster
5 Years
Joined
May 11, 2020
Messages
198
Reaction score
302
Points
176
Location
South Mississippi
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)
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 

New posts New threads Active threads

Back
Top Bottom