Quoting%20commentary for Eduyot 4:2

בְּהֵמָה שֶׁנּוֹלְדָה בְיוֹם טוֹב, הַכֹּל מוֹדִים שֶׁהִיא מֻתֶּרֶת. וְאֶפְרוֹחַ שֶׁיָּצָא מִן הַבֵּיצָה, הַכֹּל מוֹדִים שֶׁהוּא אָסוּר. הַשּׁוֹחֵט חַיָּה וָעוֹף בְּיוֹם טוֹב, בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים, יַחְפֹּר בַּדֶּקֶר וִיכַסֶּה. וּבֵית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים, לֹא יִשְׁחֹט אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן הָיָה לוֹ עָפָר מוּכָן. וּמוֹדִים שֶׁאִם שָׁחַט, שֶׁיַּחְפֹּר בַּדֶּקֶר וִיכַסֶּה. שֶׁאֵפֶר כִּירָה מוּכָן הוּא:

A beast that was born on Yom Tov — all agree that it is permitted to be eaten, [this, provided that its gestation period has been completed.] and a chick that emerged from its egg (on Yom Tov) — all agree that it is forbidden. If one would slaughter an animal and a bird [on Yom Tov, and inquires of beth-din how it should be done] — Beth Shammai say: [Beth-din instructs him to slaughter ab initio and] to dig with a mattock ("deker") [that he had stuck in the ground before Yom Tov] and cover (the blood). [That is, he is to remove it from the place where he had stuck it, take up earth, and cover (the blood) with it. We are speaking of an instance where it is stuck in moist earth which is fit for covering, not lacking crumbling. ("deker") as in (Numbers 25:8): "And he thrust through ('vayidkor') both of them."] And Beth Hillel say: He may not slaughter unless he had earth prepared. And they agree that if he had (already) slaughtered, he may dig with a mattock and cover it. And oven ashes are (considered) "prepared." [This does not refer to the instance of Beth Hillel and Beth Shammai, but is an independent statement, viz.: "Oven ashes are (considered) 'prepared.'" And this obtains only when the oven had been fired before Yom Tov; but if it has been fired on Yom Tov it is forbidden, for it cannot be said that his mind was set on it from yesterday. And if an egg can be roasted in it, the ashes still being hot, it is permitted to cover (the blood) with it. Since they may still be stirred for roasting an egg, he may also use them for covering.]

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