Consuming eggs and meat of ill quail

[Jesus-Is-Lord]

New to the hobby and have just noticed some of my layers in 1 hutch appear to be falling ill with diarrhea and lethargy, with some having a closed eye. I was wondering if the eggs laid by those with symptoms can still be considered safe to consume or if they should just be thrown out? Also if I were to cull those with symptoms in order to stop the spread of this illness would the meat be safe to eat? Thx in advance for any advice!

 

[Debbie292d]

It's probably too late now, but I wouldn't eat the meat nor eggs of a sick animal especially since you don't know what it has. I suspect perhaps coccidiosis, but without a necropsy from a dead bird, you may not ever know.

 

[Myrshine]

I wouldn’t consume a sick animal. Most diseases in poultry can’t affect humans through their meat or eggs, but it could be a mixture of several severe bacterial diseases or parasites causing the diarrhea.

 

[Roosterinthecity]

Pretty sure you’re not suppose to do such a thing. Not like it’s the zombie apocalypse where food is food and you hope to survive or die by eating something g bad rather than by .

It’s like saying…oh my cow has mad cow disease. Gonna eat it once it dies.

Or…hey road kill. Looks like it’s been in the road for a week. Mmmm, looks tasty.

What you should do…or at least what I would do…separate the sick from the rest. Monitor them, give them electrolytes, feed them. Nurse them in hopes of them getting better. I don’t cull my pets, but that’s just me. But if that’s what you chose to do, don’t eat them. They died due to a cause of being sick. Do you want to get sick?