- May 1, 2012
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Hi!
I had a very wired young Delaware rooster 5 months old. I was actually going butcher him in a couple days as I always wait to cull unwanted roos when they are 5 months old.
We had a heat wave for a couple days. He preferred to sit in a garage that is pretty hot(90 F). I made sure he had water and food. He is scared of EVERYTHING AND EVERYBODY so he always sits in the garage although I try to get him out. I do not know what happened but today he could barely walk( I did get him to the outside for a bit and when I tried to put him back he could barely walk)
So I put him on the porch get him plenty of water - he would not drink and sit with his moth open.
I do not know if the heat stroke hit him or Marek(we have a history of it) but I was going to butcher him and while I was heating water, I heard he was throwing his body and yelling, when I got out he was already like dead. I butchered him immediately, nut now I am thinking , may be I was too late and now I can not eat him? He died probably 20-30 seconds before I let the blood out.
Is it possible to still eat it??? I do not want to waste him. I am not scared of Marek as it will not influence anything.
Please, any advise whether I still can eat it?
I had a very wired young Delaware rooster 5 months old. I was actually going butcher him in a couple days as I always wait to cull unwanted roos when they are 5 months old.
We had a heat wave for a couple days. He preferred to sit in a garage that is pretty hot(90 F). I made sure he had water and food. He is scared of EVERYTHING AND EVERYBODY so he always sits in the garage although I try to get him out. I do not know what happened but today he could barely walk( I did get him to the outside for a bit and when I tried to put him back he could barely walk)
So I put him on the porch get him plenty of water - he would not drink and sit with his moth open.
I do not know if the heat stroke hit him or Marek(we have a history of it) but I was going to butcher him and while I was heating water, I heard he was throwing his body and yelling, when I got out he was already like dead. I butchered him immediately, nut now I am thinking , may be I was too late and now I can not eat him? He died probably 20-30 seconds before I let the blood out.
Is it possible to still eat it??? I do not want to waste him. I am not scared of Marek as it will not influence anything.
Please, any advise whether I still can eat it?