I sill don't know what it is. Someone suggested maybe it's because the males were breeding each other? This is my first time with melanistic mutants and none of the other pens were like this.
@007Sean.
They do look like ovum's but I don't see how that's possible as I know for sure that they are all males. Guess I'll just have to contact the state pathologist.
No it was not one bird it was the entire pen of 8 birds. They are eight months old and showing no signs of sickness. That was my original gut feeling that maybe it was a cancer but how can that be possible with all 8?.
I have harvested Ringneck and White Mountain pheasant never before and never seen this. I would like to thank maybe it's fatty deposits or maybe it's just the breed but my gut says no. The picture is a ringneck bowel intestines by the melanistic mutant pheasants intestine. Hopefully you'll have...
I was wondering if anyone could tell me what this is I am harvesting my some of my male melanistic Mutant pheasants and when I pulled out the intestines I noticed yellow lumps all over the bowels. Not sure what it is or if birds are even edible. I know picture is kind of gory but I just don't...