Just put my two Xs in freezer camp, have questions!!!!

[dwyer360]

This was my first time butchering chickens myself. it went easier then I thought it would. My two main questions are 1 of my birds skin is real yellow. That bird was a roo, the second was a hen and she looks perfect. These birds were about 8.5 weeks old. Is there something to worry about there????

My next question is when i was gutting the hen i had some real green fluid come out. Did i nic a bile duct it also came out its wind pipe. Is this bird still edible? I was them out real well should I worry about either of these two things? Please Help

 

[peterlund]

I am not an expert, but the skin color on my Cornish X meat birds were a soft yellow color, I suspect that your birds are fine. The green bile is common if you do not gut correctly, but a nice washing and they should be fine. In my opinion if they were healthy and smell good eat em! Good luck and I am sure someone else will chime in if my info is incorrect.

 

[dwyer360]

Was wondering if the water was to hot when i scalded the first bird. I thought I read something here in the past about that. Thanks for the info!

 

[terri9630]

If the water is too hot the skin will tear. If you copy my husband and leave the bird in the water too long the skin will cook.