Sickening

[blueberry1]

I just came home to 24 dead birds due to a heat spike today. It's so sad and I feel awful. We saw 100 degrees Fahrenheit and they just couldn't handle it. The birds were being trampled by others, had feces on them, and were covered in flys.

What should I do with the carcasses? They could have been dead for 5+ hours and I'd be a bit scared to eat something that got hot.

Any thoughts?

 

[ondrea19]

We burn our dead in a burn barrel but we have never had that many. Normally it's one at a time. The yard smells pretty nice on those days. Mmmm cooked chicken.

 

[eviemethugh]

Aww that's sad! No advice for the ones that are gone. But we try things like dropping a frozen water bottle in their waterers, feeding frozen watermelon. I have also read that them eating during the hottest part of the day isn't good because it heats them up. So sorry for your loss!!

 

[slingshotandLAR]

Wow that's rough....

I would bag them up and take them to the dump, or throw them away with the garbage or whatever.

Tough day for sure good luck with the rest

 

[TXchickenchick]

Wow that's rough....

I would bag them up and take them to the dump, or throw them away with the garbage or whatever.
Tough day for sure good luck with the rest

I am thinking that would be illegal, right?

I would bury them. Whew...that sounds like a job! But yeah, probably the best choice.

 

[slingshotandLAR]

No not illegal, at least not here

If you a bunch of chickens in a freezer that broke you would throw out them out right? I don't think its really any different. Chicken is chicken

 

[collie1470]

I wouldn't think throwing away dead chickens would be illegal, since in the eyes of the law at that point they're unprocessed meat.

 

[cottontail farm]

I vote trash can as well, if you're sure nothing will get in it for the free buffet. Then I would make myself scarce when trash service comes to pick it up.