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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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[–] strangerloop 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Dinodicchellathicc@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I couldn't bring myself to pluck the thighs. There was just too much to do and it was going too slow.

[–] jellyka@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago

Can't you just skin them and throw away only the skin?

[–] KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

You could have frozen them until you do have time to either a) fool with it yourself or b) find someone to give them to. I get wanting to be mindful of how our time is used, but binning them is wasteful of money, of resources, and of those lives.

[–] dreugeworst@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

Just pull the skin off, it takes just a few seconds

[–] Renacles@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A bunch of chickens died for you to throw them away over some feathers, shame on you.

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

🤷‍♂️ oh well. Wont happen again.

I mean it's not ideal, but at the end of the day its just chickens. You don't expect me to lose sleep over it do you?

[–] Renacles@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wasting a bunch of food, especially meat is pretty shitty.

[–] Dinodicchellathicc@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

we disagree on how shitty it is.

[–] null@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Takes like these are why climate change will kill us all.

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

My 5 lbs of chicken is a drop in the ocean. It'd be different if you caught me zooming around in a private jet.

[–] null@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago

Yes, exactly, that's the selfish attitude I'm talking about.

[–] null@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What did you do with them?

[–] UndefinedIsNotAFunction@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh, you know what they did.

[–] Dinodicchellathicc@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Chicken fleshlight. Bit prickly still