red spots

[WHITNEYPLU]

Due to to many males I culled some Cortunix Quail today for eating. I noticed one today with red spots on his breast meat and threw him out. Does anyone know what cuases this?
Dusty

[Pheasant Hollow Farm]

Due to to many males I culled some Cortunix Quail today for eating. I noticed one today with red spots on his breast meat and threw him out. Does anyone know what cuases this?
Dusty

Maybe bruising? How are you dispatching them? Post a picture showing the area. Also cut it and see if it goes all the way through.

Steve
Pheasant Hollow Farm

[WHITNEYPLU]

I pull off their heads. I think it was bruising becuase he had a bald spot on his head like he might had been in a tussel. The bird is gone so I can't take pictures of it (gave it to the dog).

[Pheasant Hollow Farm]

Next time take pictures. This makes thing a lot easier.

Steve
Pheasant Hollow Farm

[WHITNEYPLU]

They was little red spots on the left side of the breast and left leg. It wasn't all the way thru the meat just a very thin layer of it. I have tried to post a picture on here but size of the picture is always to big 550kb. But I will try to work on that in the future.
Thanks for the help
Dusty

[wildergamebirds]

I've butchered three Coturnix recently and two had red spots, but only 2-3 per bird.  These were exactly the size one would expect on a bird that had been pecked by another.

  The bald spot on the head sounds like the result of a male pulling the feathers of a hen, during mating.  If these are cage birds, perhaps it was a prison initiation kind of thing?

  Just a guess,

Jack

[Pheasant Hollow Farm]

They was little red spots on the left side of the breast and left leg. It wasn't all the way thru the meat just a very thin layer of it. I have tried to post a picture on here but size of the picture is always to big 550kb. But I will try to work on that in the future.
Thanks for the help
Dusty

From wildergamebirds:

I've butchered three Coturnix recently and two had red spots, but only 2-3 per bird.  These were exactly the size one would expect on a bird that had been pecked by another.

  The bald spot on the head sounds like the result of a male pulling the feathers of a hen, during mating.  If these are cage birds, perhaps it was a prison initiation kind of thing?

  Just a guess,

Jack

This sounds more like the situation you may have Dusty..

Just plain ole brusing. In the future, if the bird doesn't look good for human consumption, I wouldn't suggest feeding it to the dog either.

Steve
Pheasant Hollow Farm