Grizzly Bird
Chirping
The neighbors dog escaped and got to my dominant rooster before his owner could pull him off. This was my biggest rooster but he was destined for the pot because his temperament was starting to get on my nerves--while it's great for protecting the girls, the aggression toward me was not very welcome and not really breeding material in my opinion. It was about 35 degrees that day and I was at work, so my neighbor put him head down in a bucket for me until I returned from work. When I got home I de-feathered and dressed him out--entrails were not punctured but the blood had coagulated in his lungs and adjacent to his spine. His head was missing and there was some bruising and small amounts of torn/punctured skin on the breast, otherwise he looked pretty good. He was a very large, healthy and hardy bird prior to being killed. I also haven't vaccinated my flock just out of sheer ignorance to what's appropriate in Alaska as they do free range (I started my flock from day olds last spring so transfer from wild birds would be the concern here--though we also hunt and eat the wild birds so vaccinating just didn't occur to me). If he sat this way for about 6 hours, what is considered safe and not safe to eat? Please, comments about loose dogs are better placed in a different forum and I'll address it there. This is a question about harvesting. Thank you!