- Apr 25, 2013
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I'm kind of new to butchering chickens. I've done six, and for five of them, the crop was packed full. But the sixth was so empty I couldn't even FIND it until I accidentally ruptured it and only a little liquid was in there. Was that normal? I always thought they stayed full of grit. I haven't been giving my birds grit because they have a large dirt run so I assumed they got enough that way. Do I need to be giving them grit?
She was a meat bird of some kind (huge, white, unknown breed) and young enough she didn't have eggs inside her, if that's relevant. The other birds I've butchered have all been roosters.
She was a meat bird of some kind (huge, white, unknown breed) and young enough she didn't have eggs inside her, if that's relevant. The other birds I've butchered have all been roosters.