Lesser Known Facts - Warning, contains necropsy pictures

[casportpony]

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I'll start with one! Did you know that the jugular on the right side of a chicken is larger than the one on the left? These are pictures of a chick that I necropsied.

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"Also found in the neck are the paired jugular veins, with the right jugular usually being much larger. Avian vets may use the right jugular vein to draw a blood sample."
Source:
https://www.exoticpetvet.net/avian/anatomy.html

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Very interesting. I did not know this.

 

[aart]

I had heard that in the meat birds forum.
How old was this chick?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

That neck is so long...

So then do you cut the right side when butchering?

 

[casportpony]

I had heard that in the meat birds forum.
How old was this chick?

That one was about 40 days old I think.

 

[casportpony]

That neck is so long...

So then do you cut the right side when butchering?

When butchering, I think you want to cut much deeper and get got carotid arteries too.

Here is an older rooster. In this picture, you can see both jugulars.

 

[casportpony]

Did you know that male ducks have an additional air sac that female ducks and other avian species don't have? I about freaked out the first time I processed a drake and saw it.

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Syringeal Bulla of the Male Duck