Blood in chicken....help have my dcs been poisioned?

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cardy · 15/04/2009 18:36

Just got home from work and seen the spare chicken drumsticks my mum cooked (dcs have eaten the other 4) when I picked them apart there was blood around the bones. The chicken was white and she had cooked them for 35mins at 200 degrees. Is it normal to still have blood in after cooking? I'm terrified they've been poisioned!

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poopscoop · 15/04/2009 18:37

was it pinkish near the bone or wet bloody stuff if you know what i mean?

callmeovercautious · 15/04/2009 18:37

YEs. Quite often you get dark red bits around the bones of chicken. So long as the meat was cooked until white and stringy at those temps it should be fine.

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cardy · 15/04/2009 18:46

Mainly near the bone but the tray it was cooked in was bloody too. Could this have been a particularly bloody chicken?

How long would it take for them to become sick if they've been poisioned?

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cardy · 15/04/2009 18:47

Also it was very red

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poopscoop · 15/04/2009 18:56

i think they would have been unwell within 2 hours.

what time did they have it?

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cardy · 15/04/2009 19:03

5.30 stuffing in apple in now. Just asked dd, she said the blood was at the end that you don't hold (ie the joint that attached to the rest of the chicken).

Please tell me I'm being paranoid!!

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cardy · 15/04/2009 19:33

Can't stop picking it apart it looks horrid!

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poopscoop · 15/04/2009 19:36

i think they would be feeling unwell by now. Reckon you are in the clear as doesnt food poisoning act quite quickly?

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