what do you do with your hens that have died

[morbidia]

I lost two last year and buried them in the garden but I found out today that you aren't actually allowed to do this and they should be incinerated,as a keeper of exbatts I am likely to lose hens again in the future. I was just wondering what people did in this situation

[HensAloud]

We've cremated ours on the Rayburn saved the ashes and scattered them.

[aishakali]

Iv'e lost three hens and all of them were left at the vets to dispose of (sounds horrible "dispose of" but don't know how else to describe it)

[Mad Chick]

Mine have been put into a box, double bagged and put into the wheelie bin. It sounds awful but couldn't afford the fees the vets charge for 'disposal', can't bury and not allowed bonfires here

[hotpinkdaisy]

Well mine get buried in the garden as do any other family pets. I couldn't bear to do anything different.

[Annie]

If the vet has to pts then they dispose of the bodies - actually only charges £15 . If they die at home then they get bagged and put out in the wheelie bin. I have always had cats and dogs and even though its not 'allowed ' they are buried in the garden but our garden isn't big enough to cope with the hens too alas

[JD1970]

I have done a mixture of all the above. I do what feels right at the time.

[Mrs B]

I put mine in the brown bin (green waste) and then they are turned into compost

[tortzblue]

I wonder why you can't bury them? Seems a very natural thing to me. As long as they are deep enough not to be dug up by foxes and vermin. Does anyone know why you're not allowed to?

[Mad Chick]

It's because they are classed as livestock, not pets

[Soozy]

One I left with vet, the other three are buried in the garden under the forsythia tree. They are buried in a circle, each one has a flat slice of tree wood with their names, so I know exactly where they are.

[bluebell]

I work at a vets so can either take into work to have taken away to pet crematorium or I stick to guidelines and dispose of hens at home by cremating them.

[little brown hen]

My first two were buried in the garden with a slab over the top. Then one of them was half dug up. So I left my last hen at the vets. As far as I know they didn't charge for disposal, but I cant be sure of that as I got one bill which wasn't itemized.

[jemberelli]

Mine was put under a hedge in a huge field in the country so that nature could take its course.

[manda]

We cremate ours (that's a nice way of saying they go into the incinerator in the veggie patch) and then they go onto the ground ...circle of life.