Found some kind of necrosis after harvesting

[Joe Cruey]

I recently joined BYC, but have enjoyed reading the info for several years now. I have had chickens off and on all my life. About a year ago, I received a start up flock from my daughter, of 7 birds, including 2 roosters. I didn’t know which one I would cull out (harvest) until recently, the flock kicked out one of them. He seemed healthy but when I plucked and processed him I found a swollen area on his right hip. When I cut into the area, it was black and gelatinous, not like any infection I’ve ever seen. Any ideas what it could have been? I disposed of him in my outside wood furnace, to be on the safe side.

 

[SmiYa0126]

@Wyorp Rock @aart @azygous @Eggcessive any ideas?

Did it smell bad?

 

[Eggcessive]

I have never seen anything like that before. It looks like old blood down in the cavity.

 

[azygous]

Was this black substance subcutaneous or was it deep in the abdominal cavity? If it was associated with subcutaneous tissue swelling, it's likely from a long festering wound. If it's source is from deep in the organ cavity of the abdomen, then I would worry about what hideous disease I've just introduced into my flock.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Looks like coagulated blood.

 

[Joe Cruey]

@Wyorp Rock @aart @azygous @Eggcessive any ideas?

Did it smell bad?

I found it immediately after plucking, so my nose was already filled with hot feather smell. And I kept my nose away. Sorry

 

[Joe Cruey]

Was this black substance subcutaneous or was it deep in the abdominal cavity? If it was associated with subcutaneous tissue swelling, it's likely from a long festering wound. If it's source is from deep in the organ cavity of the abdomen, then I would worry about what hideous disease I've just introduced into my flock.

It was subcutaneous. If you look at both pictures it shows on the hip where I cut into it. The flock kicked him out. So I have been watching close this morning for more rejects

 

[Joe Cruey]

I’m hoping it was old blood from an injury. The first thing I thought about was a BB gun or some injury from fighting with another rooster. Him and the other one were getting along fine when he was the alpha.

I’m still a little worried. I’ve hunted all my life and never seen an infection that color from an old wound.

 

[SmiYa0126]

I’m hoping it was old blood from an injury. The first thing I thought about was a BB gun or some injury from fighting with another rooster. Him and the other one were getting along fine when he was the alpha.

I’m still a little worried. I’ve hunted all my life and never seen an infection that color from an old wound.

Perhaps it was a really bad contusion, like when a person gets kicked by a horse, the person would need surgery to remove the damaged tissue before it could heal. It's it possible he got an injury like that?

 

[NorthwoodsChick]

It looks like a blunt trauma injury based on the dermal staining of the cut away, and swelling with shadowing on the left upper edge..prob would be easier to see if it was rotated a bit clockwise. Large hematomas in subcutaneous tissue is slow to breakdown and reabsorb or expands with continued bleeding.
I can imagine with such an injury he would be a bit lame at the least. poor guy had a rough time. so sorry!