How to dispose of dead chicks?

[paxicotrader]

We lost 10 chicks (couple of days old). Is it better to bury them right in the ground or can you burn the bodies?

 

[chickenlady08]

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I always bury all that I have had pass on. I don't like the though of burning them. Sorry for your loss of your chicks.

 

[A.T. Hagan]

I bury mine under the mulberry tree in the pasture. At least a foot deep though to keep varmints from digging them up.

 

[Silkie Sue]

A.T. Hagan :

I bury mine under the mulberry tree in the pasture. At least a foot deep though to keep varmints from digging them up.

by the looks of your chickens, do you need a backhoe to bury them??

 

[justmeandtheflock]

I've never had that many at once but I usually just put them in the garbage. The ground is still frozen here. Sorry about your chicks

 

[Pupsnpullets]

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by the looks of your chickens, do you need a backhoe to bury them??

Good point!!! In fact, if you have too many losses your mulberry tree may turn into a giant redwood!!

 

[Opa]

 

[Miss Lydia]

opa that isn't funny!

 

[Lady Badlands]

When we had baby chicks, and some would die, we buried them in the ground. When we have full grown chickens that die, we cremate them. And we cry.

 

[redhen]

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