How long does freshly butchered chicken last in the fridge?

[Geena]

Home grown and processed chicken keeps for an amazing long time. It makes one wonder how old and/or contaminated grocery store "fresh" chicken must be, since it usually goes bad within just a few days of purchase.

 

[Birdmom72]

How long can a pressure cooked carm fresh chicken last in fridge before canning? Same for broth, how long can it be in fridge before canning or before goes bad? On day 6 now thanks

 

[U_Stormcrow]

In the case of your broth, bring it back to a boil for 15 minutes, then can as soon as its cool enough to do so.

In the case of your already pressure cooked chicken? Eat it now, do not (re?)freeze or can. Optimally, you want to can the same day you finish cooking. The next morning at the absolute latest (and some foods don't tolerate even that much delay - like chicken and other proteins). If you can it now, you will be canning chicken, plus everything else growing in your fridge that's managed to colonize in the last six days.

Refrigeration does not prevent spoliation, it merely slows it.

 

[Birdmom72]

They can wait a LOT longer in a fridge than just 2 weeks. They will be fine.

How long would the meat and the broth last in fridge after being cooked? I pressure cooked them in canner and separated meat from broth so I could can the broth and the meat separately. It’s been two weeks?

 

[RooJi]

Hello. I killed my chicken then let it sit in the fridge for a day before cleaning it and it smelled really terrible. Did it go bad? Did it not cool down enough quick enough and how do I tell if it’s safe to eat?

 

[3KillerBs]

Hello. I killed my chicken then let it sit in the fridge for a day before cleaning it and it smelled really terrible. Did it go bad? Did it not cool down enough quick enough and how do I tell if it’s safe to eat?

With the warmth of the body heat the gut contents spoil rapidly.

It's always best to clean immediately after slaughter.

While it would probably be *safe* to eat if very thoroughly cooked, it's unlikely to taste good.

 

[RooJi]

With the warmth of the body heat the gut contents spoil rapidly.

It's always best to clean immediately after slaughter.

While it would probably be *safe* to eat if very thoroughly cooked, it's unlikely to taste good.

Darn it :/

 

[Kikiwaterz]

What if the chicken kind of smelled a little spoiled but once you washed it off with lemon juice and cleaned it it smell fine… I went to a farm picked out a chicken and they killed it right on the spot. I took it home and put it in the refrigerator forgetting I was going out of town the next day I was gone for seven days came back. They didn’t look bad, but they smelled a little funny kind of spoiled. I cleaned all the slime off of it washed it with lemon juice and vinegar. Cut it into quarters smelled it and it didn’t stink no more so I seasoned them and put them in bags to freeze I hope that they are still good. This is my first time dealing with a fresh kill chicken. And I hope I didn’t ruin it.

 

[kattabelly]

What if the chicken kind of smelled a little spoiled but once you washed it off with lemon juice and cleaned it it smell fine… I went to a farm picked out a chicken and they killed it right on the spot. I took it home and put it in the refrigerator forgetting I was going out of town the next day I was gone for seven days came back. They didn’t look bad, but they smelled a little funny kind of spoiled. I cleaned all the slime off of it washed it with lemon juice and vinegar. Cut it into quarters smelled it and it didn’t stink no more so I seasoned them and put them in bags to freeze I hope that they are still good. This is my first time dealing with a fresh kill chicken. And I hope I didn’t ruin it.

If the chicken smelled "spoiled" and you had to wash slime off it, eating it really isn't a good idea.

 

[iwltfum]

What if the chicken kind of smelled a little spoiled but once you washed it off with lemon juice and cleaned it it smell fine… I went to a farm picked out a chicken and they killed it right on the spot. I took it home and put it in the refrigerator forgetting I was going out of town the next day I was gone for seven days came back. They didn’t look bad, but they smelled a little funny kind of spoiled. I cleaned all the slime off of it washed it with lemon juice and vinegar. Cut it into quarters smelled it and it didn’t stink no more so I seasoned them and put them in bags to freeze I hope that they are still good. This is my first time dealing with a fresh kill chicken. And I hope I didn’t ruin it.

I agree with @kattabelly 100%. I wouldn't eat that. 6 days in a household refrigerator (usually runs higher than 33f) for raw unsalted meat, is usually the maximum before you really need to eat it. Freezing it is just forced extension of its cold storage time. The time it takes to thaw will be even more time sitting at cold storage temp and it sounds like it's out of time already. Your nose is one of your best senses for knowing if food is bad. Even a hint of a sour milk smell is a no-go for me.