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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    Mechanical pluckers are not perfect, probably had a few too many fingers break off and nobody caught it until after the batch was finished

    I’d pluck them and cook it anyway. No need to waste the meat over what’s ultimately a cosmetic only problem.

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    I would never just ‘bin’ 5lbs of chicken that’s insane! Either deal with the feathers, take it back where you got it or give it to someone else. That’s like $40 worth of chicken

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    It’s happened to me before, but I would just pluck the feathers. Can’t waste meat like that. As annoying as it might be to hear, do remember those chickens were alive before.

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    If you don’t want to pluck the feathers and you are still considering binning it- please give it to someone else instead. A neighbour, a relative, a friend, etc.

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    Not a “bad” batch, just imperfectly plucked.

    Just pluck the pin feathers yourself. It’s not that big a hassle.

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    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.

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

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

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    That’s a lot of birds that had to die for you to toss perfectly good meat. Just pull them yourself and switch brands next time.

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    You’re buying the corpses of animals. Don’t be grossed out when your corpses are dead animals.