Hungry shopper had to 'pluck own chicken' for dinner after Tesco delivers feathery bird

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Tesco customer had to channel her inner Viking after the chicken she ordered came with an unexpected surprise.Baker Lauren Hunter, who posts on Twitter under the name @Peachesndcream_, tweeted the supermarket chain to complain about her chicken she ordered online.

For the huge bird came covered in a back full of feathers – and she had to “pluck” her own chicken as a result.She tweeted, alongside the photo of the raw bird: “@Tesco Had to pluck my own chicken for tea”.The Hull-native's tweet ended with a smiling emoji and an embarrassed emoji.The bird itself has rather a large amount of white feathers on its back – and they weren't just the small ones you sometimes can find.Tesco replied to Lauren to apologise, and wrote: “I'm so sorry about this Chicken.“I'd like to make the supplier aware of this. “Can you please DM me with a photo of the barcode on the packaging, your receipt with the numbers along the bottom, your full name and email address?” After a discussion about refunds for online orders, Tesco tweeted that they would refund the price of the chicken for her.

The Daily Star has reached out to Tesco and the shopper to find out how much the item costs and if it was refunded in full.The feathery chicken comes a few weeks after a Tesco customer had a rather unique Easter celebration this year.Teacher Amy Prince bought a Tesco-own brand Easter Egg Garland to stick on her wall to give herself a bit of Easter cheer.But instead of saying “Happy Easter”, the colourful egg-themed banner actually says “Happy Eastey”.The mistake was taken in jest by the woman, who tweeted: “@Tesco I thought April fools was the 1st of the month… I kind of like it though?“Happy Eastey everyone!”Tesco did reply to the woman, apologising for the.