If you figure it out, will you come back and post ?
Is it possible the one got into something to eat that was not good for him ?
Don't eat the musky one nor feed it to any of your pets.
I have never heard of this either.
I don't know. I think I'm just going to toss him. I put him in the freezer marked "weird smelly chicken" in case I needed to get some more information from him, but I had no intention of eating him. Just wondering if the other two roosters I've not butchered will be similar. I'm planning on using the remaining two as baby daddies, then butchering them when the hens go broody...
He might make a good donation to a veterinary college.
There's one in NC that will do necropsies for minimal fees or often at no charge.
You could contact your state's veterinary department to see what is offered near you.
I think it time for "new roosters"....if you what those genes out of your flock.
When something stinks...that's nature way of protecting you from harm.
I don't eat "sniffed food"
Visceral gout or chronic fat necrosis are possiblilities off the top of my head. As for a smell, I'm not sure. A poultry pathologist would likely know more.
Definitely get that bird looked at by a professional. I've never heard or seen such a thing and I slaughter 100's of chickens a week. I have also not seen such a thing in my own personal birds at home.
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