- Apr 14, 2014
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Hello, all.
I am new to this site and new to raising meat birds. I have (had) 12 cornish cross birds in the backyard. They reached 7 weeks old on commercial starter feed free choice feeding. We found one dead 3 days ago and removed/ disposed of it. Purple comb is all the symptoms i could see by the time i got home. Next morning one of the roosters was lethargic and purple comb also. I separated him with his own food/water but he died within a few hours. So i noticed a hen had wheezing and sneezing today intermittently but no discolorations or lethargy. Eating/drinking ok.
All other chickens show no signs of being sick. I butchered the entire flock today to get ahead of any possible sickness spreading.
My question would be are these birds safe to eat even after being potentially exposed?
Also, do you put your cornish crosses on some sort of feeding schedule to reduce intake? These birds were very large at 7 weeks.
Thanks for any advice you can give, and pleasd be patient with my inexperience.
I am new to this site and new to raising meat birds. I have (had) 12 cornish cross birds in the backyard. They reached 7 weeks old on commercial starter feed free choice feeding. We found one dead 3 days ago and removed/ disposed of it. Purple comb is all the symptoms i could see by the time i got home. Next morning one of the roosters was lethargic and purple comb also. I separated him with his own food/water but he died within a few hours. So i noticed a hen had wheezing and sneezing today intermittently but no discolorations or lethargy. Eating/drinking ok.
All other chickens show no signs of being sick. I butchered the entire flock today to get ahead of any possible sickness spreading.
My question would be are these birds safe to eat even after being potentially exposed?
Also, do you put your cornish crosses on some sort of feeding schedule to reduce intake? These birds were very large at 7 weeks.
Thanks for any advice you can give, and pleasd be patient with my inexperience.