[Catsmuvva]

Well I certainly wouldn't use them to bait foxes - talk about entrapment! Mind you, if word gets out that you offer a free feed then who can blame them if they start taking your live birds as well...

As it is, Erica has been buried along with the other girls I've lost over the last couple of years.

[rachelr]

ok just a thougt how about a viking funeral? then they would be burnt and away from your land and if you walk away quickly you wont know who ate them lol

I buried mine in the front garden an put a bush on it just to try and see if it was a good fertiliser.

If the death is not disease the the dogs get them. sad I know but life has to go on and it saves me on dog food for a day

[orchardlady]

For sick hens I'm afraid they go in the bin. For cockerels that are dispatched they go to a friend who takes the saddle and cape feathers for fly fishing tying, not sure what he does with the bodies, probably eats them.

[8doubles]

ok just a thougt how about a viking funeral? then they would be burnt and away from your land and if you walk away quickly you wont know who ate them lol

I buried mine in the front garden an put a bush on it just to try and see if it was a good fertiliser.

If the death is not disease the the dogs get them. sad I know but life has to go on and it saves me on dog food for a day

The viking burial would upset far too many anglers. The banks of big rivers like the Thames would be a mix of the Ganges and the fire fleet during the Spanish Armada.

The dog dinner is much more eco friendly, zero food miles, no smoke.

[Jane-M]

I bury mine deep in the compost heap. When the compost is turned we rarely find even a leg bone!! They have to be well buried though or my cats pull them about.

[LittleRedHen]

Well, we buried our Molly deep and then planted a wild flower garden over her.  The only animals that seem interested in her grave are the Wood pigeons, and truthfully, I think they're after the seeds and small sprouting plants.