My buddies father shot this longbeard yesterday in pa. Below the beard at the top of the beast was this infection or wound. Anybody ever see anything like this? From what they could tell no pellets were found in the area. I am guessing a predator or a car unless some sort of disease. The feathers appear to be growing back in place. The bird was gobbling his head off.(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/26/2ymutury.jpg)(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/26/ute2ygym.jpg)(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/26/uzuma5eb.jpg)
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Possibly from a fighting wound that got infected. I have seen one with a stick into the breast, probably from an unfortunate landing.
That's funny I shot one this morning that looked a lot like that. I figured it was from breeding . The scab fell off while I was cleaning it.
def. a wound of some sort
I have killed a couple with a good size scab in that area from breeding but never seen infection like that. I don't think you should eat that bird. JMO
Probably a spur wound. Not sure I'd eat it either. How big of an area is that?
yeah no way iw ould eat that bird! conegrarts on the bird tho!
Quote from: RAJ on May 25, 2014, 01:08:24 PM
Possibly from a fighting wound that got infected. I have seen one with a stick into the breast, probably from an unfortunate landing.
2 good possibilities there.....
I will find out how big.
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Yeah, I probably wouldn't eat that bird.
I know exactly what that is: it's disgusting. That bird would have become buzzard bait soon as I saw that. Yuck.
Quote from: wvmntnhick on May 26, 2014, 07:51:16 PM
I know exactly what that is: it's disgusting. That bird would have become buzzard bait soon as I saw that. Yuck.
I agree on the buzzard bait idea,it would be tossed out as soon as I saw that
I think bad meat. Dont eat. :firefighter:
You cut the nasty bag open . Never cut the bag open it's smells real bad .cut around it between it and the breast meat that's all you did .
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A turkeys breast has very little if any contact with a hen when breeding and when he hits the right spot he is not there long enough to make a scab for sure. You are probably seeing where he sits down on the limb at night. JS
OK. This area was 3"x5" by 1" deep. He tossed the bird. I don't think it was its bag that opened. It was a head shot and was like this when they retrieved it.
Again I say he took a spur and it got infected
That "bag" is the crop. Not much digestion goes on there, it is just a holding place to be passed into the gizzard for grinding. It will have enteric bacteria in it and perforation of it will contaminate the meat around it-same for the wound. Birds have higher body temps than mammals in general, so bacteria behave differently. That green area on the meat is bacterial staining. While it is not wholesome, if properly cooked, it would be safe to eat (but would probably taste terrible). In a poultry processing facility, all that would have to be cut away to pass inspection. The rest of the meat would be fine if you cut all that out. But if it grosses you out, chuck it. I had one I killed one time that had been shot with a rifle ball through the breast. It stunk and was stained green. I cut out the healthy breast (just one side) and tossed the rest. It tasted fine.