What do you do with your dead (chickens, ducks, quail, etc...)

[Florida Bullfrog]

I dont ever have sick birds that die. But to the extent I sometimes cull without intention of eating, I use them to bait varmint traps or freeze them for gator bait.

 

[room onthebroom]

I dont ever have sick birds that die. But to the extent I sometimes cull without intention of eating, I use them to bait varmint traps or freeze them for gator bait.

Wow! Gator bait??? That’s super interesting! I’d love to see pics of your place.

 

[aart]

I dont ever have sick birds that die. But to the extent I sometimes cull without intention of eating, I use them to bait varmint traps or freeze them for gator bait.

Do you then eat the gators?

 

[RebelEgger]

Fortunately I haven’t had to deal with this yet, my flock is only little over 3 months old. I’ve been told by a chicken owning family member to dispose of them in compost bin. But my husband and I would most likely bury them. I guess someday we will find out... hopefully a long time from now!

 

[cluckmecoop7]

Hmm... I appreciate you elaborating.

Tone gets lost in text. I’m sure you didn’t intend that last sentence to sound as condescending as it does.

Oops, sorry. I'll edit.

 

[Florida Bullfrog]

Do you then eat the gators?

Yes. What we call the “tail.” Its actually the backstrap that includes the tail.

 

[corriemartin]

I'd toss dead birds in the woods except that I don't want to attract coyotes or bobcats or anything else (more than they would be anyway).

 

[Florida Bullfrog]

Wow! Gator bait??? That’s super interesting! I’d love to see pics of your place.

If you go to Youtube and look for Florida Bullfrog, I have a lot of videos about my homestead and my chickens. You may have to go look in the homesteading playlist because my older videos may not appear in the generic video list.

I don’t gator hunt my own farm even though I have gators here. The state issues permits for gator hunting that authorize the hunter to hunt on specific waterways. If you ever seen the show Swamp People, Louisiana’s gator rules amount to poaching in Florida, and Florida’s rules amount to poaching in LA. Here in Florida we hunt them at night in real time. No trapping or bush hooking. The chicken will actually be thrown to a gator in view. The chicken will have a wood peg attached. When the gator takes the chicken the wood peg will get lodged in the throat and we’ll pull the gator up close for a harpoon or a bow shot. Then we fight the gator until it can be knifed or bang sticked in the brain stem.

 

[corriemartin]

If you go to Youtube and look for Florida Bullfrog, I have a lot of videos about my homestead and my chickens. You may have to go look in the homesteading playlist because my older videos may not appear in the generic video list.

I don’t gator hunt my own farm even though I have gators here. The state issues permits for gator hunting that authorize the hunter to hunt on specific waterways. If you ever seen the show Swamp People, Louisiana’s gator rules amount to poaching in Florida, and Florida’s rules amount to poaching in LA. Here in Florida we hunt them at night in real time. No trapping or bush hooking. The chicken will actually be thrown to a gator in view. The chicken will have a wood peg attached. When the gator takes the chicken the wood peg will get lodged in the throat and we’ll pull the gator up close for a harpoon or a bow shot. Then we fight the gator until it can be knifed or bang sticked in the brain stem.

Yikes! That sounds scary!

 

[room onthebroom]

The next time I’m complaining about birds of prey in my yard, I’ll try to be grateful they’re not gators.