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My chicken thighs were covered in pinfeathers. Is this common or did i just get a bad batch? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by Dinodicchellathicc@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I had bought about 5 lbs of free range foster farms chicken thighs and every thigh was covered in feather quills. It was in 4 different packages so I'm not really convinced it was a one off.

I usually buy a different brand and have never had this problem before.

Do you guys usually spend the time to pluck the feathers yourself or just bin it?

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[–] Moghul@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

OP has never slaughtered and plucked a chicken so he doesn't know that's not abnormal for a chicken. That's how chickens be, that's just how it do. Whatever mechanism (or employee) they have doing this, didn't do a good job this time.

Either pluck the feathers with tweezers, or just rip off the skin and eat the chicken without skin. I know the skin is delicious, but hey, better than binning the whole thing, right? By the way, if the fat is yellow, and/or the meat is dark, that's also normal for a full-on farm chicken. IMO it tastes better.

[–] Dinodicchellathicc@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've butchered chickens before, admittedly a long time ago. I've never bought chicken with pinfeathers on it still though.

[–] Moghul@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Then you gotta know, that's gonna be some good chicken. Don't chuck it over some feathers...