Is chicken with yellowish parts spoiled?
Moved to new place (Europe), no nice butchers around, only store found has chickens with yellowed parts like in the attachment. I never seen tint like that on a chicken and wondering what does it mean? 
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Yellowing (particularly around the hocks) can be an indicator of the breed, and is more prevalent on younger chickens. For females it can fade as they reach laying age, although diet (high in corn) can also keep the yellowing.
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Fat with bright yellow spots is another sign chicken is no longer safe to eat. Once it starts turning grey or shows yellow spots on fat, do not cook it! Toss the chicken away immediately.Why is there yellow on my chicken?
Information. The yellow skin could be a result of marigolds in the feed. The skin of raw poultry can vary from a bluish-white to yellow. All of these colors are normal and are a direct result of breed, exercise, age, and/or diet Visit The Color of Meat and Poultry for more information.What is the yellow stuff on raw chicken?
The skin is dyed yellow to give it a more tasty look. The yellow skin is caused by eating grass. The yellow skin is caused by eating special bird feed to puff up the chicken.Here's How To Tell If Chicken Has Gone Bad
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In South Africa it is called geelhoender or yellow chicken. It means the chicken ate its natural diet of seeds, lentils and various other good chicken food.
You also get geelvet beesvleis which is a type of beef that has been grass fed. Its fat also has a yellow tint to it.
Beef that is fed corn gets the traditional white fat. The yellow fat is delicious. It is one of the few things that keeps me from going full vegan.
It should be considered a sign of quality.
Generally speaking yellow is not a bad color for meat. Certain herbivores just get that tint if fed a certain diet.
Green on the other hand is a sign of spoilage or that croc known as dry ageing.
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