is it safe to consume a culled broiler that was showing signs of COCCIDIOSIS

[Carpediem0881]

So last night when i was tending to the Cornish x's I noticed a "sleepy" smaller broiler. They are 7 weeks old this week and going to process on Friday. This morning i went out and the broiler was on its side/back but still alive. I took it to the shop and culled it and drained it, but had to go to work. It currently is in my poultry fridge draining/cooling but its fully intact still, I only had time to cull it.

My question is can/should this broiler be consumed? other than sleepy and diarrhea it seems overall healthy, but it was raining this am and is just a little dirty from the weather conditions.

Never given antibiotics, just ACV and fed organic since day 1.

Any advice would be great! Want to take care of the rest of the processing when i get home in 6 hours, but only if its safe to consume.

Thanks!

 

[PD-Riverman]

My question is can/should this broiler be consumed?

You might could, But Mercy---I never been hungry enough to want to eat a sick/dying animal----just think about it----it was sick. Sorry

 

[JRNash]

Lol, I have to agree with PD.

 

[JRNash]

I don't believe you would suffer any I'll effects. Me personally, I only process healthy animals.

 

[Kyanite]

I have to agree with the above posters. I'd only process a healthy animal for consumption. It might just be something simple or even benign, but it might not be. Better safe than sorry IMHO.

 

[cornfedhogedito]

I'm frugal. BUT, if this was SHTF times and my last bird, yes. But that is NOT the case right now. But only you in the end can make that call. I personally only want to eat healthy living animals when I can.

We had a 4 year old roo that got killed by it's junior and I processed the junior and disposed of the other one.