bile sack

[dadof4]

I was processing my last roo yesterday. I'm always real paranoid about the bile sack busting, so when I pulled it out I checked it and it was real small. This roo was about 14 weeks and about 14-15 pounds live weight. He was food restricted for about thirty hours(took me a little longer to get started). I mean if the bile sack had busted, I would have been able to tell right? There didn't seem to be any inside of it and I rinsed it out when I was done. I just don't want anyone to get sick. Thanks ya'll.

 

[PoultryScienceAggie]

You would definatly be able to tell if it busted. They are usually pretty small any ways. If it would have busted ii would stink really bad.

 

[Cason]

Yeah, you'd know it

That's a large rooster- what breed was he?

 

[Poler]

ya, if the bile sack busted... then you'd have this green nasty fluid all over the place.

 

[Picky Chicky]

Not to be gross, but does anyone have a picture of what it looks like?

 

[dadof4]

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He was a Cornish X. I processed the rest at 8, 9 and 10 weeks. I left him to keep a hen company for a few weeks. Plus I wanted to see how big he'd get. I stoped power feeding him when I processed the others. I only fed him in the morning and he could free-range in the tractor. I must say he had no personality at all. Look forward to my next batch of meaties.

 

[dadof4]

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I've heard that, but it seems like the others were much larger and really stood out. This one was a lot smaller. No funkieness though. Looks like it will be chicken tonight.

 

[dancingbear]

I've broken a few, the fluid is a vivid green to green-blue, but I never noticed any smell. Maybe because there was already plenty of stench from gutting to mask it.

It won't ruin the whole chicken, just trim off the bit it spills on. When I break one, it's usually the liver it spills on. Gall fluid is very bitter, but not toxic or anything. It's just a digestive fluid, it's not poo or anything like that. This is fluid that mixes with the food further down the digestive tract, to help break it down.

So when you eventually do break one, no need to panic. Only a minor nuisance.

 

[carress]

Oh- I was told that they were poisonous...