Can someone tell me why my very in-date chicken is

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blue?! Inside the flaps of skin on the bum and from the looks of it inside as well. It will be going back to Tesco, but I've never seen anything like it before.

Apology....?

Burst the bile duct when it was gutted? normally yellow, but don't know what it would de with time

I think chickens that have been judged as unfit for human consumption are died blue to stop then being sold on or liiberated from skips. Sounds like something haas gone significantly wrong with Tesco's supply chain. I would ring and inform/complain anyway tbh

Take it back and complain. And if they sneer at you, take it to the Environmental Health officer at the local Council. Or if you prefer, take it to them first and they can investigate it.

No, don't work for Supermarkets

Oh and my chickens are organic and free range before you snipe about what ones I buy

I rang Tesco and they said throw it away and keep the packaging to take in for a refund/swap. So the distinctly smelly chicken is staying in the bin.

That sounds quite alarming pushmepullyou. I can't keep the chicken with my food to show them so I'll have to describe and hope they take me seriously. Sounds like there will be no problem with a swap anyway.

I remember an interesting programme on T.V with Jamie Oliver and Hugh F.W. about chickens reared in grim conditions for our 'cheap' meat and eggs.Also the producers are exploited by the supermkts.

Oh come on, I think that's pretty much common knowledge. I also remember the programmes stating that the higher welfare chickens, such as Willow Farm which are endorsed by the RSPCA and carry the little red tractor logo, are vastly preferable to broilers. It was stated that those are the ones to buy if you can't always stretch to free range. They are reared indoors, yes, but in more spacious conditions with the ability to exercise their natural behaviours to a point.

Let's not kid ourselves. The whole poultry industry is pretty gruesome. One of the programmes showed crates packed full of chicks being shaken out and randomly selected to be reared by different methods. I am not convinced that bulk free range rearing is vastly superior in terms of welfare to the Willow Farm type methods. And at the end of the day they all end up strung upside down being dipped in an electric bath - they're all pretty unhappy chickens then I should imagine.

Still waiting for that apology.

Did you get hold of Tescos in the end?

Yes, see 16:12:50 post. They said keep the packaging and throw the chicken. Hope they'll honour that when I go in. I don't see how they'll know we didn't just eat it.

Can I blame pregnancy brain???

You can. Congratulations!

Yes pussin you definitely can

I am roffling at your nick Doramustdie

For me it would be Spiderman...have it on morning, noon and night...

Its an organic free range spiderman though...

i apologise gaelic. On coutryfile last night they showed the much improved cages for the birds that the WHOLE of europe are going to have to have, Good news eh?

Apology accepted ppeat. That is very good news about the enhanced battery cages. You do know that the birds reared for cheap meat are not the caged birds don't you? They're the ones crowded loose into broiler sheds to fight it out amongst themselves.

yes i do know that, some are better than others though, like free range.

I don't think Dora's particularly organic I do hope she'll fall down an abandonned mine shaft at some point. Ben 10 is a close second though, smug kid.

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I think she's talking about Dora the Explorer ppeat. For me it would be Postman bloomin' Pat!

yes but does Dora eat chicken? is postman pat being repeated then? I liked him and Mrs Goggins!

No I'm sure she eats Tesco value Llama