Small red wormlike creatures on chicken wings

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lindaelder4888

lindaelder4888

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Hello,
When butchering our 6 cockerels, I noticed red wormlike creatures (filled with chicken blood, I assume) hanging off their wing tips once the feathers were removed. What are they? I have seen no mention of these anywhere on this site. How do I get rid of them in our remaining live chickens?
 
lindaelder4888 said:
Hello,
When butchering our 6 cockerels, I noticed red wormlike creatures (filled with chicken blood, I assume) hanging off their wing tips once the feathers were removed. What are they? I have seen no mention of these anywhere on this site. How do I get rid of them in our remaining live chickens?
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Welcome to BYC! Were they lice?

-Kathy
 
RavynFallen said:
I'm betting those were feather follicles...
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Yeppers!

RavynFallen said:
Quote: ..... kinda freaked me out too the first time I saw them......never thought they were worms, but still-slimy.

I've found that they are pretty easily cleaned out by scraping over skin surface with the back of a butter knife(or front edge if it's not serrated) during final rinse.
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