GRAPHIC PHOTO WARNING!
I had a 3yo whiting true blue - barred rock cross dead this morning. I’ve processed a bunch of birds (we raise meatbirds) and necropsy most birds with unknown cause of death. I’ve always assumed this is cancer, but finally had a chance to get a pic today. What do you...
This is our first time raising meat chickens. They’re 7.5 week Cornish cross. Mcmurray hatchery said butcher at 8 weeks. We believe they got too hot last night and 7 were dead this morning. Is there anything we can do to save the meat? They didn’t bleed out when we cut off their heads this morning.
We ordered from Mcmurray for delivery the end of February. Our delivery was a bit strange because we got a bunch of extra chicks, 4 ended up dying, and couldn’t 100% determine what each was. For example, we ordered and paid for 1 male blue Cochin. The box said they sent 2 of them (in addition to...