I butchered 21 FR's yesterday. For the most part, one bird looked like all the others, but I did notice a couple interesting oddities.
At least two birds had deformed hip joints. Primarily, I observed that the ball of the femur was deteriotated with what I suspect to be arthritis. In one case, the joint was totally eaten away. I had observed this chicken limping, and now I know why.
One bird was full of fat. I'm mean it had a thick layer of fat under the skin and several large deposits of fat. I also noticed it's live was more yellow than any other bird. Obviously, this chicken had some type of metabolic/endocrine disorder. Weirdly, it was not a large bird, just full of fat!
I also had one bird come undone after slicing its neck. It ran for a couple seconds and then sat down. Within seconds, her head dropped and eyes started to close. Not wanting to prolong her dying, I left her alone and went to another bird. Well, to my amazement the bird started to recover and when I went to pick her up, she ran off. Apparently, chicken blood coagulates very quickly because she was no longer bleeding.
Just a couple oddities from a 1/2 day killing birds....
At least two birds had deformed hip joints. Primarily, I observed that the ball of the femur was deteriotated with what I suspect to be arthritis. In one case, the joint was totally eaten away. I had observed this chicken limping, and now I know why.
One bird was full of fat. I'm mean it had a thick layer of fat under the skin and several large deposits of fat. I also noticed it's live was more yellow than any other bird. Obviously, this chicken had some type of metabolic/endocrine disorder. Weirdly, it was not a large bird, just full of fat!
I also had one bird come undone after slicing its neck. It ran for a couple seconds and then sat down. Within seconds, her head dropped and eyes started to close. Not wanting to prolong her dying, I left her alone and went to another bird. Well, to my amazement the bird started to recover and when I went to pick her up, she ran off. Apparently, chicken blood coagulates very quickly because she was no longer bleeding.
Just a couple oddities from a 1/2 day killing birds....