[egbert]

OK - another question to do with my poor chook who died yesterday. What do you all do with your chicken bodies?

We have had a rather bizarre family fight this afternoon - my eccentric mother in law wanted to give it to the local fox - she was going to take it for a long walk to the end of the field behind us. I already said I didnt want this to happen - Im not too emotional about the chicken but I dont agree with feeding the local foxes. They are vermin which poo all over my lawn.

Anyway, as I drove through the gates from work I saw her running off (well, if you can describe a 80 odd year old who can hardly walk anymore running - more of a hunched over fast paddle) - she grabbed the box it was in and ducked off round the corner to hide it from me. Apparently my OH had said she could do it, so she tried to do a covert op to grab it, knowing I objected - OH hadnt known, but as she had she shouldnt have asked him behind my back.

So - now I have a sulking MIL, hungry foxes and a chicken body waiting for disposal still - a day late!

[knightquest]

ooooh, mothers in law................. ooooooh. What else can you say?

Ian

[Sandy]

I just took mine to the tip!!! I just hate that when someone asks then dose what they want .....if that was me I would be mad toooooooo!!

[piggy]

I burn ours as we are always burning rubbish on top of the muck heap.

[doganjo]

Mine get double wrapped in poly bags and put in the wheelie.

[Fleecewife]

Before all the regulations about legal and illegal disposal came into force (of course), we used to dig a big hole and bury the hen, then plant a tree on top 
I used to have a MiL a bit like that, only 100 times worse - your story made me laugh I'm afraid, with her scuttling around with a corpse under her arm    Old ladies have been ducked in the village pond for less.

[chickenfeed]

  defra have rules re disposal of fallen stock, pre these rules we used to incinerate all our birds,the odd one in the septic tank, have never heard of putting them in a wheelie bin.

we have a hunt locally that we can drop fallen stock off for propper disposal for a small fee re defra rules.

[bloomer]

mine would have to go the wheelie bin route as theres not alot of other choices in a town.

surely letting the local fox have it just shows them chickens taste good, (not clever) how about leaving the MIL out for the foxes?

[Cinderhills]

Mine also go in the regular bin double wrapped. I really don't want to pay to get rid of it. Although we did have a post mortem on one of them as we were worried what she died of was infectious. It wasn't.

[rbarlo32]

we have a nice plot for the fallen chucks. were lucky we are still allowed to bury fallen stock. i do face the problem of needing to cull out a fair few hens very soon. it would be silly to bury so i will look at the tip. i don't think teaching your local foxs that hens are yummy is such a good idea. you will end up with a que at the chicken coop.

[Eve]

@ Sandy - I read that you took your MIL to the tip!  (I might just do that with my outlaws one day!)

Here in Herts the tips watch everything like hawks and often ask what's in your bags. They don't accept a whole load of things, even claiming that a few pathetic kitchen cupboards are construction waste. It'd be wheelie bins for us, too, if we had to dispose of a chook.

Eve 

[Sandy]

  ???Good Idea Eve

[sheardale]

wheelie bin too.  then disguise the polybags with other rubbish. 
Cheers Helen

[Daveravey]

My last lot went into the veg patch around 3-4ft down

[ellisr]

I burn the odd one that falls, but I have had one or two that have dropped when in the pig pen and you have to be fast to get the carcass out or there is no trace within minutes