My quail died of stress. Should I eat her?

[CovidtimeQuail]

I never thought I'd ever ask this question. She was alive last night. This morning, she is dead. I'm 99% sure it was the stress that got her. She was moved several times, there was a rehoming with new birds, then a separation back to the two others in her flock, but in a new pen. What do you guys think? Should she be eaten or thrown out? She is as hard as a rock, no warmth left.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

I never thought I'd ever ask this question. She was alive last night. This morning, she is dead. I'm 99% sure it was the stress that got her. She was moved several times, there was a rehoming with new birds, then a separation back to the two others in her flock, but in a new pen. What do you guys think? Should she be eaten or thrown out? She is as hard as a rock, no warmth left.

Don’t eat her.
She wouldn’t taste good.

 

[HuffleClaw]

Well, since there’s no way of truly knowing... I wouldn’t eat her. I honestly probably wouldn’t eat anything that was found dead and not butchered for eating purposes. But that is just me.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Well, since there’s no way of truly knowing... I wouldn’t eat her. I honestly probably wouldn’t eat anything that was found dead and not butchered for eating purposes. But that is just me.

This, too.

 

[MissMonty]

I probably wouldn't. A bird doesn't die of "stress" usually stress can cause the door to be open for other things tho like illness. Also since she was out until she was hard as a rock I'd imagine the meat may have spoiled in that time.

 

[CovidtimeQuail]

I threw her out. That also felt weird -- usually, with pets, there is a burial of some sort, a ritual of closure. These quail aren't exactly pets, but they aren't exactly anonymous supermarket poultry either.