This is the point tho, if the bird HAD choked on my roma, I mean, what then?

Do I take the dead bird and haggle to buy it if say he drops the price to 13.50 well the bird is then dead, having choked (in theory) and so the meat is not getting better by the minute,

How long can a chicken be dead in my yard before going bad??

It's fine to suggest thing and share you knowledge but think it through, give us something to work with, something to chew on, mentally I mean.