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

[cassie]

This reminded me of something. Years ago some idiot wet-behind-the-ears health inspector in San Francisco's Chinatown decided Peking duck was unsafe to eat because it was not refrigerated. I think it was Peking duck but whatever it was it was not refrigerated. Now the Chinese had been making Peking duck (or whatever) for hundreds of years but that didn't seem to impress this newbie. He wanted those "unsafe" ducks gone to protect the health of the commonity. To prove they were a health risk he sent ducks to the university lab for testing. The university lab personnel were delighted. Only a very small sample is required for testing. Would you care to make a guess as to what happened to the rest of the duck carcasses? Let's just say they didn't last very long.

 

[casportpony]

So when I found the dead opossum I thought it might be best to pick it up off the road, so I did. I was on my way to the store, so I just threw it in the grass. This is what happened a few hours later.

Spoiler: Dead Opossum

 

[room onthebroom]

So when I found the dead opossum I thought it might be best to pick it up off the road, so I did. I was on my way to the store, so I just threw it in the grass. This is what happened a few hours later.

Spoiler: Dead Opossum

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Too bad the chickens didn't find it. It'd be ironic for them to turn the tables & eat the racoon for a change.

 

[casportpony]

Too bad the chickens didn't find it. It'd be ironic for them to turn the tables & eat the racoon for a change.

I saw a couple out there picking at it!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Too bad the chickens didn't find it. It'd be ironic for them to turn the tables & eat the racoon for a change.

That's called payback. If I have time, I grill the raccoons I catch and feed them to the chickens.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I usually don't put a great deal of effort into it. I used to skin and gut them but now I build a fire in the big stone barbecue pit, put a grate on it and throw the raccoon on. Turn it regularly and when the fur burns off I pull the legs off and throw them to each group of chickens and give the rest of the carcass to the biggest group of chickens. It is usually gone in 2 days.

 

[casportpony]

I usually don't put a great deal of effort into it. I used to skin and gut them but now I build a fire in the big stone barbecue pit, put a grate on it and throw the raccoon on. Turn it regularly and when the fur burns off I pull the legs off and throw them to each group of chickens and give the rest of the carcass to the biggest group of chickens. It is usually gone in 2 days.

Brilliant!

 

[Lazy Farmer]

I'm curious what everybody does with their sick or crippled birds? There are no judgements here, so if you don't like what someone says, please keep it to yourself. I'm just wondering, if you have a bird that dies of illness, or sudden death, or an attack, or other unexpected loss, do you;

*Still send it to freezer camp?
*Send it to the lab?
*Throw them in the trash?
*Make dog food?
*Bury them?
*Burn them?
*Compost them?
*Throw them over the hedge into the neighbors yard?
*Other?

I've been known to bury mine, but I'm always interested to hear what other peoples practices are.

Bon fire with pallets/nesting box clean out/tree debris. So hot zero bones can be found. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.. burn the carcass, it's a must.

 

[CatWhisperer]

Throw it in the woods and feed them to critters that don’t mind eating stringy skinny chicken.

 

[casportpony]

I like feeding the vultures!