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strange lumps or nodes inside neck above crop on CX

post #1 of 6
7/11/12 at 5:28pm
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I butchered three 8 weeks old CX cockerels yesterday and when removing the windpipe and crop I found some strange nodules or lumps above the crop- but only in two of the birds. I don't recall seeing this on the other 3 birds I did last week.  Does anyone have any ideas? Lymph nodes? Fatty tumors?  The necks went into the stock pot but I gave the lumps to my dogs...in the pics below the lumps are to the right of the neck, on top of the skin. The windpipe and esophagus are pulled up out of the pic for clarity.

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post #2 of 6
7/12/12 at 4:53am

I've seen these sometimes in our birds and am curious as well. 

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Married to the Perfect Guy with 3 kids and a chicken population that's becoming out of control! 

www.ChickenHues.com ......and now turkeys, too! 

See how we raise meaties - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMUE-1kzaAA&feature=plcp

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post #3 of 6
7/12/12 at 12:06pm
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OK, I have been told that they are the thyroid and parathyroid glands, so mystery solved!
 

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post #4 of 6
7/12/12 at 12:22pm

Thanks for the info!  smile.png

Married to the Perfect Guy with 3 kids and a chicken population that's becoming out of control! 

www.ChickenHues.com ......and now turkeys, too! 

See how we raise meaties - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMUE-1kzaAA&feature=plcp

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Married to the Perfect Guy with 3 kids and a chicken population that's becoming out of control! 

www.ChickenHues.com ......and now turkeys, too! 

See how we raise meaties - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMUE-1kzaAA&feature=plcp

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post #5 of 6
7/12/12 at 3:29pm

Very normal stuff as long as they are nice and fleshy colored :)

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How to process chickens at home! A step by step pictorial on processing chickens at home without lots of tools.

~No one ever said you had to be perfect to be happy. ~

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post #6 of 6
7/12/12 at 8:37pm

Ill be doing my processing in two weeks so i will look for that too. i used to work in a commercial turkey processing plant but when your cleaning turkeys at mock 10 speed you dont even notice abnormalities. thats for the 3 vets that are working the line each day. 

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