Eating a chicken who is unwell

[Mosey2003]

Plus, as mentioned, if you do want to eat her, she'll take some proper cooking or she'll be so tough as to be inedible.

Say everything is fine, she just has a messy behind, and everything looks fine inside, so you want to eat her. First order of business is to make sure you let her rest in the refrigerator for at least three days, but five would be my preference.

Next, you'll likely want to cut her into pieces. You'll want to either cook her moist and slow, or use a pressure cooker. I like to take a covered casserole dish, lay all the pieces in, season however you like, and cover with water. Then cover with the lid and let it go in the oven at 200 degrees for hours. If you have a meat thermometer you can know precisely when it's done, otherwise I'd probably check after 3 hours and see if the thighs appear well-cooked.

Or, I have also covered with water in the pressure pot and ran it highest pressure at the longest time option. Sometimes, I'll run it twice.

 

[Folly's place]

Soup stock! Then cut the meat into tiny pieces for the soup.
Mary

 

[Jilissa]

She doesn't seem to be laying eggs, nor is she broody. I am not sure if it is vent fleet. There is no veterinarian here who knows much about chickens, so I'm trying to learn to care for it all myself. She seems fairly well otherwise, active and eats fine, nice shiny feathers otherwise..she is one of the few who I have who are very difficult to handle..the most are very friendly and even content being held.