If achickenin your muckle die out of the blue , it ’s important to take cautiousness when disposing of its carcass . Do not just toss it someplace into the Wood or a remote area of the farm ; the poulet may have die of adisease , and if a wild beast or dog drags it onto another farm , the disease will be spread . A lot of large - scale producers take tending to compost their animals or inter them deeply in a pit to control any disease . A backyard - flock proprietor must be just as diligent . There are several things you could do with the carcass .
Burying the chicken carcase is reasonable for most people . You must bury the carcass at least 2 feet deep so creature wo n’t dig it up . Cover it with small-grained lime , which will promote disintegration and keep down odors so animals wo n’t smack it . It might not be feasible to bury a chicken if you have hard mud soil or if it ’s winter and the ground is frozen . you’re able to immobilize the carcase and wait for a time when you’re able to dig up a hole . If you do n’t have a freezer usable and it ’s winter , you’re able to freeze out it out of doors in an shut in cooler until the terra firma softens . Do n’t bury in sandy filth or near a infected tank , a well or a body of water , includinglivestock ponds , creeks , irrigation canals , aquacultural unit or manure lagoons , where the decomposing chicken carcass can perk up into the water aquifier . And never dispose of a chicken carcass in a eubstance of piss because some organisms , like avian flu , last under body of water , peculiarly cold-blooded weewee .
you’re able to incinerate the chicken carcase on a balefire , but it smells horrific . you may also contact your veterinary to find out if he offer chicken - carcass pickup . In this case , you’re able to pay to have it disposed of .
The easy way may seem to be to put it in the Methedrine , but it depends on your county formula regarding carcass administration . If your county does n’t say it ’s interdict , three-fold bag the chicken so none of the feathers will escape and blow out of the landfill . ( Feathers can carry diseases , too . ) you’re able to alsocompost chickensthe same path you compost organic issue , but you need enough moisture capacity and enough heat to be capable to create partitioning . If you ’re doing it right , it should n’t reek big , but carcass composting can be an intensive undertaking for small - scale by-line Fannie Farmer .
— Patricia Wakenell , DVM , PhD , associate prof of avian diagnostics / comparative pathobiology and co - head of Avian Diagnostics at Purdue University
This clause originally come along in the March / April 2011 issue ofHobby Farms .
