To all those experienced raising and/or butchering cornish cross chickens, this is an otherwise healthy looking chicken I butchered. But being a beginner, I am looking for confidence eating him. Does this weird sitting back on hocks posture look familiar to any of you as a leg issue or other...
Thanks for your fast reply and ideas.
I am fairly certain that we aren't looking at a riboflavin deficiency. I actually read about it on a few vet websites and kinda already ruled it out. First off, their feed has it added (I checked). Second, neither of my birds with this condition had any...
Anyone know fairly definitively what is wrong with this 5 wk-ish old chicken? He has been butchered and frozen and I would like to eat him, but don't want to risk making people sick.
His General Story
Within about 3-4 days he progressed from seemingly normal to not wanting to move around...