Butchured on of my SS roo's and found...

[PAchickenlover]

Hello I butchured one of our Speckled Sussex Roosters tonight and found lice on him. Is he safe to eat? I washed him off good inside and out. I just don't know if I can go ahead with dinner for tomorro night. Please either tell me to get rid of the meat or put my mind at ease...........I do hope the meat is ok.
Thanks in advance

 

[EweSheep]

Just wash him off and he will be fine to eat.

 

[Omran]

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I think it is ok as long as the lice was on the outside, plus when you cook him all the bacterias will be killed.

 

[PAchickenlover]

Thank you!!! I will be treating the rest of my birds tomorro for the lice. I'm sure if one has them they all do. Oh, crap that means i'll have to with-hold from using eggs too right? Especially if I use Ortho dust. For what 2 weeks? I hope some one knows.

 

[PAchickenlover]

hello, anyone?????

 

[tnchickenut]

Should be fine but if you butchered him tonight... you need to wait 3 days to eat. Rigor sets in and the meat will be more tender if you do wait.

 

[PAchickenlover]

Oh thank you I didn't know about that...... Might explain why the first two we butchured were so tough. lol

 

[tnchickenut]

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yup. lol.

 

[PAchickenlover]

yeah, it was rip, chew, chew, chew.....chew, chew. Got to the point where hubby asked me "how OLD was this bird, it is really tough!"

 

[Cosmopolis Chick]

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Hey - if you buy chicken at your local big chain supermarket... who's to say what it was in contact with before they packaged it up so pretty! Right?
It's fine. Eat it.