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Yes this^^^
What I did was puncture the belly over a pan and let most of fluid drain out of the body, then if you want you can pour the fluid into a jar to look at it and 'measure'.
I use 2 flat plastic pans approx 18x18x2" for slaughtering, keeps the gore contained so...
I forgot about your bad foot, that would make the broomstick CD more difficult, if not impossible.
I found this blog piece to be most helpful in learning where to slit the carotid/jugular.
They show a meat bird, so fewer feathers thus easy to see the anatomy.
On a layer ya gotta get the knife...
I contacted a young ag vet, that I've known from another forum for years, to ask about leg scales and how they grow and/or regenerate. She didn't know, and if the info was out there she's know about it. It was long conversation about different aspects of leg scales.
Consensus was: The larger...
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Sorry, I was so short with my earlier response.
I do the isolation thing(see below)and if they are not eating/drinking/pooping well, down they go.
Usually by the time I isolate they are already acting way off anyway and it's merely for confirmation. I have a couple birds that are...