https://www.aol.com/lifestyle/costcos-famous-rotisserie-chickens-sparking-195318597.htmlCostco's Famous Rotisserie Chickens Are Sparking Concern Over 1 Unusual DetailBut don't panic yet.By Kait Hanson Published on May 26, 2026 A Kirkland Signature rotisserie chicken station inside a Costco Credit: Getty ImagesIt's no secret that Costco has a devoted following across all social media platforms, where it's generally members gushing over new bakery finds and new product stocks, but a new post on Reddit has shoppers crying fowl.In the post, one user shared an admittedly upsetting observation about the brand's beloved $4.99 rotisserie chickens.e "We feel like we’ve had more rotisserie chickens with some green muscle disease. Tonight’s bird had it in the thigh, which was a first for us. Has anyone else experienced this?" the user wrote alongside a photo link that is, understandably, censored.Record scratch. Did they just say green chicken?It's true—poultry of any kind can suffer from this disease. The condition behind these reports is known as green muscle disease, or more formally deep pectoral myopathy (DPM), and is a degenerative muscle disease in poultry. It occurs when parts of a chicken’s breast muscle don’t receive enough blood flow, causing the tissue to die and turn a greenish color.According to Mississippi State University, it’s most often seen in commercially raised birds bred for large breast size, where the muscle can outgrow its blood supply or become damaged from exertion before processing, thus turning the muscle green."It is characterized by necrosis and atrophy of the breast tenders and is believed to be associated with increased bird activity and excessive wing flapping in the days (and perhaps weeks) before harvest," a University report states.
So the regulations Trump killed has allowed farms to more easily distress their birds and cause this.
>>22038904would you rather eat a diseased chicken or a healthy bug?
>>22038914Those should never be the only two options
>>22038904>It occurs when parts of a chicken’s breast muscle don’t receive enough blood flow, causing the tissue to diethis is 100% because they're keeping them squished to the gills in chicken houses and they can barely move. I'm not a vegan or animal rights fag by any means but i think animals should live decent lives before we eat them. even if you dont care about their "feelings", i think it just results in better meat.
>>22038936That could be part of it, but it's also a common issue with modern chicken breeds. Modern breeds grow so quickly that their body can't properly keep up. Woody chicken breast is the result of this too. They also suffer from broken leg bones and heart attacks for the same reasons more than chickens used to. The breed itself is inherently unhealthy.
>>22038936Agree senpai factory farming is cruel
>>22038936>animal rights fag by any means but i think animals should live decent lives before we eat themso you are animal rights, youve just been brainwashed into thinking thats "liberal"
>>22038936>I'm not a vegan or animal rights fagGet to the goddamn point, no one cares.
>>22038988if you will continue reading my post you will see i did get to the point eventually.>>22038956okay but why are you mad about that>>22038951i dont think factory farming is necessarily cruel but that it can be. my uncle farmed chickens for a while and he wasnt cruel . they didnt have an awesome life, there would be mutant chickens and sometimes they'd kill each other, but they werent as cramped as they appear to be today.
>>22038936I can taste when chicken has been raised in literally shitty conditions. It’s worth paying extra for clean meat.
Chicken is disgusting to me and I can't eat it. It doesn't taste the way it smells. Fried chicken smells great, but it tastes like chicken. Can do it bros. I've tried.
>>22039033idk if I've ever tasted a bad taste, but there are some that definitely taste like nothing at all.
>>22038988It isn't animal rights, it's better meat.
>>22038950damn that chook is older than mein case you're retarded that's the same chicken from pullet to mature, the years are bullshit
>>22038911This has been going on for over 50 years already.
>>22039445>in case you're retarded that's the same chicken from pullet to matureno it isn't
>>22039582It isI saw that fake study, it's not real. It's a fabricated set of images anon
>>22038911Which regulations? Please be specific.
>>22039602i didn't think they had actual exact pictures from 1957 to 2005. i'm not sure why you'd think chickens haven't increased in size when it's been pretty well documented that they have. it's just a visual representation showing the changes over the years. what about it makes you say it's fake?https://www.nationalchickencouncil.org/about-the-industry/statistics/u-s-broiler-performance/>Source: All data are from USDA or other reliable source. No estimated or forward-looking figures are provided by NCC.
>>22038956>youve just been brainwashed into thinking thats "liberal"well, that's because it's overwhelmingly liberals that support reform and legislation for it.
>>22039582So chickens didn't have combs and wattles until recently? Huh.
>>22039582Yes it is. You seriously think live chickens were only 900g at slaughter in 1957. LOL
>>22039661i think they were smaller. i don't know the exact numbers.LOL
>>22039033You can't so
>>22038904Let me guess, the "source" is a random tiktok video.
>>22039033>>22039858Yeah you can taste the difference. Mostly I'll buy regular chicken from the supermarker because it's so cheap, but every now and then I'll buy a heritage breed chicken for about $35.00 from the local gourmet butcher. Expensive, but still cheaper than eating out.It tastes like another animal entirely. It almost tastes like veal. It's astonishing. It's a step above even the "organic" chickens you can buy at the regular supermarket which are like $16 for me.
>>22038914I'd rather have a diseased bug
>>22039988Nope
>>22040034tastelet
>>22038904>green muscle diseaseDo what now?
>>22038951>not a word about abortionhmmmm
UH OH
>>22038951
>>22040111pic related is your face as you typed that
>>22039858>>22040034Total Tastelet Death desu
>>22040111she didn't mention anything about eating babies either... curious... she also didn't mention aliens and garlic... interesting
>>22038936This sort of performative masturbation is pathetic.>i think animals should live decent lives before we eat themThat's a nice sentiment but you're indescribably naive if you think you can eat any kind of commercially produced meat while maintaining it.>Broiler chickens (raised for meat) are typically slaughtered between 5 and 7 weeks of age, with the industrial average often cited as 42 to 47 days (approx. 6 weeks). This rapid turnover is due to selective breeding for fast growth, allowing them to reach market weight quickly. In contrast, layer chickens (raised for eggs) live significantly longer, usually being slaughtered at 18 to 24 months once their egg production declines.>Chickens naturally live between 5 and 10 years, though proper care can extend this to 12 years or more, with the oldest recorded chicken reaching 22 years.So here you have an animal that can potentially life as much as two decades being slaughtered in not even it's first year of life but within the first two MONTHS. A "pastured" chicken that lived a nice happy life roaming around outdoors for 6 weeks until it was slaughtered lived for literally less than 1% of it's potential lifespan. This is the case for all livestock: it's not economical to keep animals alive once they've reached their maximum size so in virtually every case, they're slaughtered as soon as they reach it, meaning that no matter how "decent" their lives are up to that point, they're still being killed when they're essentially children.We're so deep in the abyss that "animal rights" doesn't revolve around whether animals should be permitted to life for more than a tiny fraction of their natural lives before being killed, but around whether or not it's ok to brutally torture animals for the few weeks we allow them to live. There are far, far more people on the side arguing that brutal torture is perfectly fine, by the way. Chickens have a bad time of it but pigs have it even worse.
>>22040227no it was this
>>22038904I was already aware of woody breast syndrome affecting chickens, but this is a new for me OP. Thanks I hate everything.
>>22040316another thing that simply doesnt exist
>>22038904You faggots are so scared of eating diseased rotting bacterially infested meat that you cook it well done. Just cook that shit well dont and eat up GOY.
>>22038904That is apserigus.
>>22040322>literal photographic evidence of a well-documented issue>t-that doesn't exist!!Whatever they're paying you, it's too much.
>>22040329>You faggots are so scared of eating diseased rotting bacterially infested meat that you cook it well done. Just cook that shit well dont and eat up GOY.Bacteria poop out toxins so even if heat kills them, the residual waste they created will make you sick.
>>22038904I should call her.
>>22040265I feel like this level of “animal care” is just to prevent progress.No i will not explain further.>>22040329See this >>22040232
>>22040362>boomer is incapable of discerning AI slop from reality TBD>>22040365Thats why you wash your chicken
>>22040458You can't clean the degraded meat tissue>>22040232
>>22040458>boomer is incapable of discerning AI slop from realityWhat a bizarre cope. Surely there aren't actually shills for chicken produces hanging out on /ck/? I really wonder what leads to so many people on this site becoming so hopelessly deranged, like you're so desperate to be contrarian that you adopt the most retarded positions imaginable.This is a well known and well documented phenomenon, one that the industry has both openly acknowledged and has devoted significant money toward investigating the cause:>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/woody-breast-could-bite-the-chicken-business/>"The causes at this point are unknown, which is why the industry is spending more than a quarter of a million dollars on four separate research projects through the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association to have all of these questions answered," Tom Super, spokesman for the National Chicken Council, told CBS MoneyWatch.
>>22038904>rotisserie chickens with green muscle disease.I feel sorry for Americans.
>>22040458>just wash residual bacterial toxins out of the muscle fibers bro, it's that easy
>>22040556>he doesn't wash his chicken
>>22040622you retard WB syndrome cannot be washed out, it's integral part of the muscle fibers
