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

[casportpony]

I don't have a choice my daughter insisted we find a spot to bury them

I do that for my special ones.

 

[Flockincrazy]

I do that for my special ones.

We do it for all of them

 

[Ebony Rose]

If I have a bird 'unexpectedly' die of unknown cause, I either bury it or take it across the street to a vacant lot that buzzards frequent (even buzzards need to make a living).

 

[room onthebroom]

We haven't had to deal with this yet but my thoughts would be bury and/or compost pile (if the pile was deep enough to "bury" it inside so no one else got to it). We process birds but an unexpected death - I would be a softie and need to have some sort of closure.

Ps. I asked my husband the question when he got home from work and his answer? "Viking Funeral if they died a noble death for the flock" (we live in a river and this could absolutely happen ahahah)

I never thought I’d be jealous of a dead bird... until now.

 

[cluckmecoop7]

I've lost 4 chickens over the past 3 years.

1. Taco - This is when I was a beginner, so I traded Taco for a healthy chick in TSC.
2. Midnight - No details, very graphic...ya know, the kiddos.
3. Kiwi - My more Kiwi passed away unexpectedly overnight. She was a little over 1 year old. I buried her and honored her.
4. Zinnia - Same as Kiwi, except she was a chick.

 

[room onthebroom]

I've lost 4 chickens over the past 3 years.

1. Taco - This is when I was a beginner, so I traded Taco for a healthy chick in TSC.

Sorry for your losses. I have no idea what this means. Did you take a sick or dead bird to TSC? Very curious.

 

[cluckmecoop7]

Sorry for your losses. I have no idea what this means. Did you take a sick or dead bird to TSC? Very curious.

Okay, so this was my first time getting chicks from TSC. And the first chickens I've ever owned in my life. (I was raised in town, not on a farm.)

I bought 6 chicks, and soon after bringing them home I noticed that Taco was acting very strange. Not knowing better, I called TSC for help. They didn't have much advice, so about 15 minutes later I took the chick and drove to TSC. They agreed to take that one back and replace it with another one. (Which turned out to be Blamo.) I'm positive the chick passed away in the back room.

Do you understand now?

 

[Tre3hugger]

Interesting poll. I have only had one bird older than a week die where there was a carcass. It was a guinea. I started digging a grave for it, but there were so many roots, so I chose to burn it in my fire pit. Said a few words and had a few moments of reflection. It was ok but I didn't like the waste aspect.
The few tiny chicks I have had passed after being shipped to me I tossed into the woods near my house.
Just today I built a huge compost pile because I hate waste and am processing some meatbirds next week. All my future parts and deaths will end up in there. They will feed the garden that feeds the flock. To me that is the greatest honor for them. A return to the earth with a purpose.

 

[room onthebroom]

Okay, so this was my first time getting chicks from TSC. And the first chickens I've ever owned in my life. (I was raised in town, not on a farm.)

I bought 6 chicks, and soon after bringing them home I noticed that Taco was acting very strange. Not knowing better, I called TSC for help. They didn't have much advice, so about 15 minutes later I took the chick and drove to TSC. They agreed to take that one back and replace it with another one. (Which turned out to be Blamo.) I'm positive the chick passed away in the back room.

Do you understand now?

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.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

If it was a perfectly healthy bird I offed for some reason I would eat it.
Some of them I have buried,
A couple I wrapped up well in plastic and just put in the trash.
circumstances surrounding that was we had something that was digging everything up. Does no good to bury something if something is just going to dig it back up and eat it.