Feathers picked off and stressed meat chickens

[RichardK]

I have a few meat chickens I'd like to kill off this afternoon that have been picked on by my ducks, the chickens are missing plenty of feathers and one so bad that I can see dry blood on its tail.
My question may be a stupid one, but would you avoid eating a chicken that has been through this stress and seems tired/depressed because of it?

 

[iwltfum]

I wouldn't avoid eating it, but I would think through my method so that it didn't happen next time. If it is sick in some way, then there might be a reason to not eat it, but if it has just been picked on enough that all it wants to do now is sit in a corner then I see no reason to not eat it. You paid for the food to feed them, might as well get your money's worth.

 

[RichardK]

For the two that did sad faces, there are only 3 out of 12 this has recently happened to. The others are fine. They just hit 8 weeks and I'd like to just do those ones today to be sure no more damage is done.

 

[RichardK]

Thanks, all other birds are healthy and my turkey are in another coop. If I do meat chickens again next year I'll build them one if Their own also