Buy an organic chicken, and one of these then chop them up I guarantee you will need a sharper knife for the organic one, it's just a shame that they can't all have the healthy lifestyle.

Sorry no deal here, they have been £2.79 for at least a year.

If we follow basic food safety and kitchen hygiene then the risk is pretty low. Based on the findings, it seems almost 75% of all chicken in the supermarket is infected. However only about 0.77% of people in the whole UK got ill as a result which is very low considering how much chicken people consume and how most chickens are infected. It might also be worth considering that 75% of chickens tested positive simply for the presence of campylobacter. I could thoroughly wash my hands right now with soap and test them for the presence of bacteria. I'm certain I'd still test positive for many wonderful pathogens. :smiley:

Even if campylobacter didn't exist, all food regardless of source should be prepared according to food safety. It's just common sense because nothing will ever be sterile. It's not as if people before intensive farming just chomped on raw chicken.

No, the contamination has been found on the outside of packaging, so that could contaminate anything else you touch after handling the wrapped chicken. or anything else the wrapped chicken touches. Then, when the chicken is unwrapped, unless you are meticulous with your handling of the chicken, and disposing of the packaging safely, the contamination could easily be spread. If you wash the chicken, (which you should never do), splashes of the contamination will be everywhere, over you, the sink, and the surrounding areas, including other food nearby.

75% of supermarket chickens are sold with the Campylobacter disease, this must cost the nation hundreds of thousands of pounds in medical treatment, hospital bills, time off work, etc. but the supermarkets are still allowed to sell contaminated chickens to us, it is time this was stopped.
Below is a quote from the Guardian in May, 2015, the supermarkets were told to clean up their act, and they promised to do so, but a survey carried out by Channel 4 last week found that nothing had changed, 75% of chickens tested were still infected.
Quote - Poisoning with campylobacter is the most common cause of foodborne illness in the UK, with chicken being the prime culprit. The bug can be killed by thorough cooking but each year in the UK 280,000 people are made sick by it, with many thousands being admitted to hospital as a result and around 100 people a year dying.
Asda had the worst results across the year, with 80% of its chickens contaminated, 30% of them heavily contaminated, and 12% of its poultry packaging contaminated on the outside.
Source of Guardian article:-
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/may/28/supermarket-chickens-contaminated-campylobacter

I doubt a butcher has made any choice here......

Me and David Furnish love a good Chicken aint that right David... yep, hot !

All the chickens are 3 for £7 (£2.30p each) down my local halal butchers in Huddersfield - its been the going rate for years. Decent size as well.

At Red Tractor farms, you can cram 38kg of chickens into a square metre, the legal max is 39kg.

The red tractor isn't a sign of a happy life. I'd rather pay a little more and have a clear(er) conscience.

Asda food gives me diarrhea

Tesco I think are cheaper
ASDA Butcher's Selection British Large Whole Chicken
1.6kg £3.30(£2.06 per kg)
Tesco

Willow Farms Whole Chicken
(£1.99/kg)Select weight:1.4kg/£2.79 1.6kg/£3.18 1.8kg/£3.58

Cheaper to just go vegan.

My Sains I never pay anymore than £3 for a small chicken, nearly always pay £2.69
Website seems to be dearer than my local

Great price, but it's an awful tasting chicken :smiley:

There all around this price anyway
Sains does a small for £2.69 all the time

Iceland have a 2kg for £4,seen a smaller one this morning for £2kg... http://groceries.iceland.co.uk/highbury-whole-chicken-2-0kg/p/63308

how much % is chicken

Cheaper with the Aldi offer at the moment. Just enjoyed an Aldi chicken (red tractor) for Sunday lunch.

How much is it usually?

Link for Large:

http://groceries.asda.com/product/whole-chickens/asda-butchers-selection-british-large-whole-chicken/910001053016