A DISGRUNTLED Red Rooster employee sought revenge by hacking into a stores computer system and ordering $67,000 in chickens, a court has heard.

After quitting his job following a disagreement with his boss, Scott Evan McCormick decided to take an unusual revenge, The Queensland Times reported today.

The 23-year-old ordered more than AU$67,000 in chickens to be delivered to the fast food restaurant where he had formerly worked, hacking in to the business' stock-ordering system remotely to make the order.

The chickens were ordered from five separate suppliers but were all to be delivered to the Red Rooster outlet at Indooroopilly, in Brisbane's southwest.

However, someone noticed the unusually large amount and the orders were cancelled before delivery.

McCormick pleaded guilty in the Ipswich Magistrates Court today to using a restricted computer without consent to cause, or intent to cause, detriment, damage or gain.

Although no formal conviction was recorded he was ordered to perform 150 hours community service for the prank.