[sally c]

Hoorah  :!:  :!: Four new chicks mum doing a great job with little help from me.  
What do i do about the others though. four years old and now very few eggs. is it good night vienna time and if so what do i do with them. I presume they could not be eaten now even if i could eat my friends :twisted:  :twisted:  Any ideas :?:

[alan42]

yep its bye bye. cremation is one option and probably the best bet unless you know sombody with ferrets and dont mind them having them, burying is not to good unless your going very deep as foxes soon smell them and dig them up. and i am not sure of the legal state if its more than a couple of birds.
good luck
alan

[noodledoo]

Cremation is best but would i  be totally wrong in thinking you can dispose of chickens in normal houshold waste bins? Best make sure you put in correct bin if you have numerous recycling bins ? ! lol.

[alan42]

yeah just chuck em in the bin. and i thought i was tactless, wait till aunt sally sees that rofl
alan

[Aunt Sally]

You may well roll on the floor laughing Alan.  Aunty would never "retire" a hen just because she had reached the menopause.   :shock:

[Foxy]

well said Aunt Sally - and shame on you Alan!!!

[richyrich7]

Well depends on your out look I suppose, most commercial egg layers are killed at 72 weeks, lot longer than meat birds 16 weeks?.

 If your hens are pets then keep them, but if not then neck 'em when they stop laying. That's life as they say.

You could slow cook 'em, that might tender them up

[Aunt Sally]

neck 'em when they stop laying. That's life as they say.

You could slow cook 'em, that might tender them up

Is that what you do to your hens Richy  :?:

[Little Miss Muffet]

whnme i used to have chickens and one died i buryed it in the garden . :oops:
i did think about taking it down in the middle of the woods for the foxes..

[richyrich7]

neck 'em when they stop laying. That's life as they say.

You could slow cook 'em, that might tender them up

Is that what you do to your hens Richy  :?:

My first lot yes I did, these I'm not sure as I know someone who says they might have them, but if not then I'll brace myself and do the deed.

We have a carry no passengers policy if they lay then their OK, reasonable time off for moulting is in the contract  

[Aunt Sally]

We have a carry no passengers policy

I had a policy like that for my children  

[alan42]

i think you need to reread what i have writen sally, i think you might of miss read me.
alan

[Aunt Sally]

i think you need to reread what i have writen sally, i think you might of miss read me.
alan

 Which bit matey  :?: Chucking them in the bin  :?:

[alan42]

yes i was saying there comment was not in very good taste as they were saying dispose of in household rubbish i wasent saying put in bin they were.
alan

[Aunt Sally]

I know that Alan, but I couldn't resist pulling your leg  :roll:   What am I like  

PS My dear little Gerty is burried 2 ft down with a big concrete  slab on top.  That'll stop her getting out...   I mean stop the foxes digging her up!