Mechanical pluckers are not perfect, probably had a few too many fingers break off and nobody caught it until after the batch was finished

I'd pluck them and cook it anyway. No need to waste the meat over what's ultimately a cosmetic only problem.

I would never just ‘bin’ 5lbs of chicken that’s insane! Either deal with the feathers, take it back where you got it or give it to someone else. That’s like $40 worth of chicken

It's happened to me before, but I would just pluck the feathers. Can't waste meat like that. As annoying as it might be to hear, do remember those chickens were alive before.

If you don't want to pluck the feathers and you are still considering binning it- please give it to someone else instead. A neighbour, a relative, a friend, etc.

Not a "bad" batch, just imperfectly plucked.

Just pluck the pin feathers yourself. It's not that big a hassle.

OP has never slaughtered and plucked a chicken so he doesn't know that's not abnormal for a chicken. That's how chickens be, that's just how it do. Whatever mechanism (or employee) they have doing this, didn't do a good job this time.

Either pluck the feathers with tweezers, or just rip off the skin and eat the chicken without skin. I know the skin is delicious, but hey, better than binning the whole thing, right? By the way, if the fat is yellow, and/or the meat is dark, that's also normal for a full-on farm chicken. IMO it tastes better.

Get a pair of tweezers and pull them out, just like your ancestors did!

That's a lot of birds that had to die for you to toss perfectly good meat. Just pull them yourself and switch brands next time.

You're buying the corpses of animals. Don't be grossed out when your corpses are dead animals.

Just cook the chicken and eat it. You won't notice the feathers.