Dead birds and waste: incineration, burial, hygiene rules
Even on the best farm, chickens die: 3 to 5% of a flock is normal. What is not normal is the carcass thrown behind the house, eaten by the neighbour's dog, or left on the bank of the stream. Every dead bird is a bag of microbes waiting for a rat, a fly or a boot to come back into your house. This lesson teaches you to calculate what your farm must dispose of, to build a pit or an incinerator that does not pollute, to keep the register the veterinary service asks for, and to manage the other waste: bags, bottles, needles, plastics.
13 min read · 5-question quiz at the end
By Abdul Hussein ChoumanFounder of NEXTEKCI · Agnibilékrou hatchery since 2006This lesson is part of Level 14 — Environment, regulation and sustainability. It opens to registered students who have passed the level 13 exam. Levels 1 to 5 and the tracks remain readable by everyone.
- ✓Estimate the mass of dead birds to dispose of per flock, with a worked calculation
- ✓Build and run a burial pit and a simple incinerator, at a safe distance from water
- ✓Apply hygiene rules from collection to disposal and keep the mortality register
- ✓Sort and dispose of the farm's other waste: packaging, bottles, needles, plastics