Popular bulk chicken sale returns to NC State Fairgrounds

House of Raeford Farms will host another bulk chicken sale at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds on Wednesday.

Organizers say customers should come in through Gate 5 off Youth Center Road near Trinity Road. The line opens at 7 a.m. and the sale starts at 10 a.m., according to an update on the farm's Facebook page.

Customers can pay with cash only.

The farm will also hold a sale on Thursday at Delrayno Baptist Church in Oxford.

The most recent bulk chicken sales happened Saturday with House of Raeford and Mountaire Farms holding events across the state. People began lining up in vehicles as early as 5:30 p.m. Friday to get the discounted bulk chicken.

Cars and pickup trucks flooded into the fairgrounds shortly before 7 a.m. then waited for the truck to open to begin the sales. Purchasers told WRAL that once the sale began it took about two hours to complete the circuit from the fairground entrance to the trucks full of chicken.

Approximately 2,000, 40-pound boxes were sold on Saturday, according to a company spokesperson. The company plans to be back every Wednesday and Saturday until the demand is gone.