Can I process?

[mamaj323]

I had a girl get trapped under a shallow tub that I was using as a foot bath for them. She could only have been under there for 15 min tops since that is how long it was in the run. She didn't make it. Is it safe for me to process her so that her life wasn't wasted?

 

[mamaj323]

Anyone? I'm going to process. Let me know if there's any reason not to eat her. I just want to get started before to much time.

 

[CashandTracy]

I would say no, however I'm no expert. My reasoning is that she may have bruised herself in attempts to get out, also she may have increased levels of lactic acid sue to her struggle to get out.

 

[cukooformarans]

It depends on how much damage was done to her body. If bones were crushed and you have shards of bone in the meat or it punctured her intestines, I would not eat her. However if the bone did not shatter and her intestines were not punctured, (so the meat is not contaminated with poop) I think it would be fine.

 

[mamaj323]

There were no bones broken. Nothing punctured. Everything seemed intact, just incredibly overheated. It was a shallow clear plastic rubbermaid. Not heavy, she just couldn't get out and had shifted it out of the shade. It quickly became an oven. Poor baby. It was so quick! If I had finished in the house 5 min sooner I think I could have saved her.

 

[JessicaThistle]

I'd do it. After 10 years working in the medical field I don't really worry about silly pitily things. She obviously died because she was stuck under the tub not because of an illness.

I think sometimes people worry about a bird's death too much and don't consider the fact that they (should be) cooked thoroughly and anything bad would not survive that. We should not be losing money raising our own birds for meat. We should be benefiting in the end with healthier, non-abused and mistreated chickens raised by corporate meat producers.

 

[mamaj323]

Thanks for the replies everyone. She I resting comfortably in the fridge.