(a) Dead poultry shall be removed from poultry housing at least once a day and immediately disposed of by one of the following methods, unless otherwise approved by the Director and specified in the approved annual proposal:
(1) Placed in a fly-tight container or structure for the proper off-site removal. Dead poultry shall be removed from the ranch at least weekly. Containers and structures shall be kept clean to prevent fly breeding.
(2) Placed in a fly-tight disposal pit.
(3) Incinerated or cremated.
(4) Placed in manure on a dry pad for an effective decomposition process.
(b) Waste eggs shall be disposed of by one of the following methods, unless otherwise approved by the Director and specified in the approved annual proposal:
(1) Placed daily in the dead poultry disposal pit.
(2) Placed in a fly-tight container or structure and removed from the ranch at least weekly.
(3) Placed in rolling windrows or thin bed dried.
Waste eggs shall not be disposed of in manure underneath a poultry cage.
(c) Spoiled, unused, spilled feed shall be managed by one the following methods, unless otherwise approved by the Director and specified in the approved annual proposal:
(1) Feed storage areas kept dry.
(2) Frequent removal and proper disposal of spoiled, unused and spilled feed.
(3) Place spoiled, unused or spilled feed in rolling windrows or thin bed drying.
(d) Spent hens shall be disposed of by one of the following methods, unless otherwise approved by the Director and specified in the approved annual proposal:
(1) Picked up by a rendering company.
(2) Sold for any legal use.
(3) Placed on the dry pad in the manure and into an effective decomposition process, provided that fly larval migration, pupation and adult emergence are prevented. A ranch owner or operator using this method shall notify the Director within 24 hours whenever spent hens are removed from poultry houses and placed into the decomposition process.
(Amended by Ord. No. 9965 (N.S.), effective 2-6-09; amended by Ord. No. 10238 (N.S.), effective 1-4-13)