One of our turkeys died last night

[CricketYang]

Is it still OK to eat?? I live in the midwest so the temps here are definitely below freezing. Its a broadbreasted white and it died somewhere between 9pm-3pm, when I got out there it was still flexible. I've spent a lot of time/money on these birds and I'd hate to let this giant go to waste, it's about 22 weeks old.

 

[SED]

I would say that if the temps are below freezing and he was still flexible when you found him he would be okay to eat.

 

[bigredfeather]

My rule is, if I don't kill it, I don't eat it. Likely not what you wanted to hear, since i would guess you have a fair amount of feed invested in it, but personlly, I wouldn't take the chance.

 

[shaft0463]

I don't eat anything I didn't kill either. You don't know why it died, and it might have been sick. Not worth the risk IMO.

 

[celticfarmer]

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You're definetly going to want to know what killed it. I know that if something died from drinking anti-freeze I wouldn't want to eat it. On the other hand if a truck hit it............ Well that's another story.

 

[CDennis]

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I agree, as a rule unless I kill it or have it killed I don't eat it.

 

[A.T. Hagan]

If it had run into a wall and broke it's neck I'd say sure. Dying from reasons unknown definitely not.