Kimandduggypboro
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Hi all. Im new to the forum, and my wife and I are new to chicken keeping hence thought I would join something like this for advice.
My wife and I inherited 7 chickens and a very nice run/omlet sleeping chamber with the house we moved into in October last year. The previous owners offered to rehome the birds but we quite fancied giving it a go, so here we are.
I have checked the chucks this morning and one has sadly passed away - they locked themselves out of the pen yesterday afternoon so we had to round them up as it got dark, but they were all ok when we got them back in.
The one that has died was identified as the eldest of the 7 by the previous owners. She was showing no signs of ill health (she was the biggest and healthiest looking of em all), and had stopped laying before we moved in.
Can I check what the recommended next steps are and options are for disposal pls? We live in a village not far from Peterborough, if local council variations apply.
Do we need to take her to the vet to incinerate? Any idea of the cost? Ive read you cannot put a bird in a general bin, which I really wouldn’t consider anyway.
Thanks, any advice welcome.
Dug and Kim in Pboro
My wife and I inherited 7 chickens and a very nice run/omlet sleeping chamber with the house we moved into in October last year. The previous owners offered to rehome the birds but we quite fancied giving it a go, so here we are.
I have checked the chucks this morning and one has sadly passed away - they locked themselves out of the pen yesterday afternoon so we had to round them up as it got dark, but they were all ok when we got them back in.
The one that has died was identified as the eldest of the 7 by the previous owners. She was showing no signs of ill health (she was the biggest and healthiest looking of em all), and had stopped laying before we moved in.
Can I check what the recommended next steps are and options are for disposal pls? We live in a village not far from Peterborough, if local council variations apply.
Do we need to take her to the vet to incinerate? Any idea of the cost? Ive read you cannot put a bird in a general bin, which I really wouldn’t consider anyway.
Thanks, any advice welcome.
Dug and Kim in Pboro