Blackhead disease

[casportpony]

Thankyou. I had a feeling that was the case as everything I found in researching it made it sound something like coccidia, but different.

Welcome to BYC! If they didn't also have E. coli they are probably safe to eat.

-Kathy

 

[Oldhawkins]

If the bird didnt die from the disease, and i was planning to eat it,i would treat the meat as i would any piece of raw poultry and make sure it was cooked thoroughly.E.coli can be present on any piece of raw meat. Now if the bird died from an illness,common sense would tell me it may not be a good idea to eat the meat.

 

[casportpony]

If the bird didnt die from the disease, and i was planning to eat it,i would treat the meat as i would any piece of raw poultry and make sure it was cooked thoroughly.E.coli can be present on any piece of raw meat. Now if the bird died from an illness,common sense would tell me it may not be a good idea to eat the meat.

I've seen the insides of birds that have died from advanced blackhead and I would not risk it.

Something about fecal matter floating around in the abdominal cavity scares me a little. Meat from this one I wouldn't eat:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...s-probable-blackhead-five-miles-from-my-place

-Kathy

 

[Oldhawkins]

Agreed...I myself wouldnt eat a bird that died from disease.

 

[cactusrota]

I've always been under the impression that thorough cooking takes care of e-coli and salmonella. Is that not the case?

 

[cactusrota]

I've seen the insides of birds that have died from advanced blackhead and I would not risk it.

Something about fecal matter floating around in the abdominal cavity scares me a little. Meat from this one I wouldn't eat:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...s-probable-blackhead-five-miles-from-my-place

-Kathy

hmm.. the insides of this turkey didn't look anything like that. It was all normal looking except for the liver, which I can only really compare to those tan colored olives. (I don't know what they're called, I don't eat olives.. ) It was eating normally and it's feces looked completely normal and solid.
Now, I did once cull one of my brothers chickens a couple years back that was completely full of cancer. I wished I had taken a picture, all the organs below the diaphram were covered in little cancerous spots that kinda looked like white dipping dots candies, and the abdomen was full of so much clear fluid I think there must have been a gallon in there. Poor thing...

 

[Oldhawkins]

Yes cooking kills E.Coli and Salmonella. These bacterias can be present on ANY raw poultry or meat regardless of the health of the animal.

 

[retlaw]

hmm.. the insides of this turkey didn't look anything like that. It was all normal looking except for the liver, which I can only really compare to those tan colored olives..

I don't think that is blackhead.

 

[casportpony]

 


hmm.. the insides of this turkey didn't look anything like that.  It was all normal looking except for the liver, which I can only really compare to those tan colored olives..

I don't think that is blackhead.

I agree, but not sure what disease could cause the liver to be that color.

-Kathy