What to do with dead hen

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North Devon Dumpling

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What to do with dead hen
« on: April 23, 2009, 20:54 »
As per an earlier post by me we lost a hen today to the fox.  She wasn't taken by the fox as OH disturbed it, so we now have a dead hen in a bin bag in the outbuilding  :( What on earth do we do with her  :unsure: Not tempted to pluck and gut her and use her for stock to be honest, should we burn her on the bonfire or put her in the bin!!!!!! :ohmy: :(  Obviously we don't want to bury her as fox will dig her up and I really don't want him to get his chicken dinner  :mad:

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Re: What to do with dead hen
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2009, 20:56 »
i would say burn her if u can . thats what i got to start doing  :(  i did bury one the other day and so far the fox aint bothered digging her up  YETTTTTTTTT .
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Re: What to do with dead hen
« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2009, 20:58 »
Bin it  :(  ( in the bin bag )
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Re: What to do with dead hen
« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2009, 21:03 »
Or bury her deep in your runner bean trench and recycle her. No different to blood ,fish and bone fertiliser.

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Re: What to do with dead hen
« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2009, 21:50 »
When we lost  our one to a fox.We did put her in the bin :ohmy: It is so difficult. all the best. :)
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Re: What to do with dead hen
« Reply #5 on: April 23, 2009, 22:03 »
When I lost my Mimi, it was a little undignified, but I popped her in a paper feed bag & took her to the tip :( :( :( :( :( :( :(

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Re: What to do with dead hen
« Reply #6 on: April 23, 2009, 22:22 »
Hope I don't offend here but....


Dig a hole and bury these birds, they serve you well as pets / livestock and aren't trash.

Dig a hole 3' and a fox would never dig that deep for something dead.

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Re: What to do with dead hen
« Reply #7 on: April 24, 2009, 13:38 »
I think DEFRA says that you're not allowed to bury poultry as they're classed as livestock, not pets.

so you should bin it or burn it and use the ash on your garden.

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Re: What to do with dead hen
« Reply #8 on: April 24, 2009, 13:47 »
Hi

Thanks for all the responses, it seems to be that there are several ways people dispose of them.  I liked the idea of 'recycling' her, but it is also good to know that if you want to you can put them in teh bin (I thought there might be some legislation against doing this, but obviously not).

Off to go and discuss with OH what to do now.

Thanks again.

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Re: What to do with dead hen
« Reply #9 on: April 24, 2009, 19:39 »
i would burn mine if i was due to have a bonfire but i wasnt { theres nothing to burn yet } and we are to far away from the next rubbish collection day to put her in the bin { cant risk flys etc } . and the old disused plot that was 10 foot high of brambles  etc etc were i used to chuck the dead ones for the fox to clear away that night and they did very good job of it has now been cleared . so in future i am going to have to make sure theres always something left in the burner but i pray that wont be any time soon .



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