Disposing of Blood

[RubysMomFP]

Hi There,

I'm interested in ordering meaties for personal consumption and am just starting my research. How would I responsibly dispose of the blood of say.... 12 chickens? How much blood can I expect from 12 Rhode Island Reds? The only option available to me would be to slaughter them at home, but I don't want to pour a bunch of blood in my septic tank. I also don't want to just dump it in the corner of my property. Can I build some sort of a blood composter? Can I compost it with the horse & chicken manure? Will it attract predators?

Thanks,
Lauren

 

[Prettiest Frog]

I've done the cat litter + trash can option before. Normally, I just let them bleed out into a bucket lined with a plastic garbage bag, then toss the bag. Chickens don't seem to contain as much blood as you think they should.

 

[Kiwibird]

I agree, there is not much blood. I bury feathers, innards, etc., fairly deep in my vegetable garden (below the spud zone!). I also rinse the bucket I bleed the chooks into down the hole. Once it is all covered with fresh soil the flies lose any interest they may have shown.

 

[jaku]

I burn everything, but I don't see any irresponsibility in dumping blood on the corner of your property.

 

[Backyard_Chicken_rancher]

grind the innards up and mix it with the blood in a 5 gallon bucket let it ferment with some milk product and then in the summer set int in the hot sun for a few weeks and then put it in some mason jars and sell it as stink bait for cat fish


WARNING................when you open this bucket the smell will knock you on your butt for sure so be ready for it.

 

[Brunty_Farms]

I will pass on that. Believe it or not, you can dilute it and put it on the pastures if you have any available... and you would be surprised how the grass absorbs it. Turns it dark green.

 

[Partyfowl]

If you bleed them into a bucket of grass clipings it makes it easier to burn. However, like Jeff said, blood is a fantastic fertilizer.

 

[pardenx3]

Ours just bled out onto the groung behind our barn. All the guts, organs and heads went to the dogs. They had a feast! You mentioned RIR. For meat birds, look into Cornish x. They are bred to be LOADED with meat.

 

[95yj]

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or sell it to a prison as an alternative to lethal injection...

 

[mike67909]

dig a 2 ft deep hole in the corner of your lot and bury it