Raw chicken - ok after 5 days?

[OkayBozo]

Bought breasts in the butcher on Friday. I'm not well and can't cook tonight but will tomorrow be way too late (5 days after purchase)? It's properly packaged. But....I guess I should go by smell tomorrow. Would you cook it or cut your losses?

Does it not have a date on it ? If it doesn’t I’d ring the butcher and ask.

No date they're just packaged direct from the counter

Can you just freeze it today?

You need to ask the butcher - you DEFINITLEY cant go by smell

My butcher used to say the day you bought it +3

Depends how fresh they were on purchase and where in the fridge you've stored them. I regularly buy from a specialist poultry supplier with top notch merchandise. Their use by date is usually four days from day of purchase. I've often gone a day or two beyond but that's using a zero-temperature crisper drawer.