- Jul 26, 2013
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Hi everyone.
We had 9 of our roosters processed yesterday, and I had them in a cooler on ice. I got home, put them in the fridge and then opened it this morning to a fishy odor. I opened one of the bags and the smell was definitely coming from the chicken. I haven't checked them ALL yet but am going too.
The first birds we did (ourselves), didn't have the same odor, although a slight smell, it was more akin to the bland chicken smell as the chickens at the store have.
Did I leave these ones in the cooler too long? It was very hot yesterday, but the cooler was shaded (outside) and the birds were only in there for a few hours, with three bags of ice (and I had taken 3 chickens OUT to give to my mom, so it was really 6 chickens on three bags of ice.) Anyway....was it just too hot?
Thank you all for the help.
We had 9 of our roosters processed yesterday, and I had them in a cooler on ice. I got home, put them in the fridge and then opened it this morning to a fishy odor. I opened one of the bags and the smell was definitely coming from the chicken. I haven't checked them ALL yet but am going too.
The first birds we did (ourselves), didn't have the same odor, although a slight smell, it was more akin to the bland chicken smell as the chickens at the store have.
Did I leave these ones in the cooler too long? It was very hot yesterday, but the cooler was shaded (outside) and the birds were only in there for a few hours, with three bags of ice (and I had taken 3 chickens OUT to give to my mom, so it was really 6 chickens on three bags of ice.) Anyway....was it just too hot?
Thank you all for the help.
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