From a science diagrams that look like shitposts community I follow on Facebook
I mean, great advice for decomping really any organic tissues
From the thumbnail i was sure this was going to be a Saddam Hussein post.
Edit: Dead Evil Saddam Hussein Horse
Suddam Horsein
Glad I’m not the only one
A guide for how not to peat a dead horse.
Nah we just dig a hole with a backhoe and put em in. Why anyone would want dead livestock to decompose over a cement base requiring all this extra work is beyond me.
You get why I’m posting it to the memes community.
I mean, you could get a shitpile of compost out do the deal but really…
What’s that leachate coming off my horse compost pile… Tastes like hay…kinda.
Is this easier or more effective than making a shallow grave?
When burying a dead animal, especially a big one like a house, you can contaminate the ground water and the pathogens stay in the soil for a very long time.
It mostly depends on the soil.
For anyone interested in deadstock disposal (who wouldn’t be) I found this great resource : Best Management Practices - Deadstock Disposal
In Ontario it seems that 22% of the farmers are burying their deadstock and 20% of them are composting it.
possibly more effective, as decomp rates would be much higher, but definitely not easier.
I guess my perspective is off. I’m thinking this is rare and a grave wouldn’t matter. I guess in reality people need to deal with multiple dead horses at a time at large stables (maybe) and that the faster the corpse is dessicated the faster animals stop digging at it.
I was reading about it: sometimes there’s legislation around animal disposal or situations where you can’t bury - like very stony ground or shallow bedrock
Tell me why my dumb ass read the title as “Constructing a Horse Mortality Pie” and then nearly threw up looking at the pictures…
