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Baby chicks cost $6 at a supply store, but I can get a rotisserie for $5? What is the real cost of having chickens? (lemmy.ml)

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I do not understand the mathematics behind the dilemma. I'm assuming only the firts chicks cost money, because down the line they will breed.
But feeding them, housing them - vitamins and doctoring costs a lot of money.

So anyone with couple or more chickens - how much does it cost to have them on the table? And realistically how many eggs do you get?

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[-] Melobol@lemmy.ml 2 points 18 hours ago

I know, chicken head is now an ick factor to me also. This is just a core memory for me - seeing it getting cracked open and being offered to me to eat... And if your chicks are your pets that's even worse :D
And fried liver - haven't had those for a long while - tho it is really easy to mess up and turn it into a un-chewable piece of leather. You can always just cook it with onions tho - that's definitely doable.

[-] daychilde@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

Ah, well, I never ate animals I raised, only vegetables/fruit we grew :) But I knwo the rule: Do not give a name to what you're planning to eat. lol

Ah, I dunno, chicken liver is alright to fry. I don't mind if they're medium well to very well done, they're tasty to me. hehe.

And I can't do onions, so no liver-and-onion for me (especially because in the US, fried liver usually means chicken (tasty) and liver and onions usually means calf (eww). lol

[-] Melobol@lemmy.ml 2 points 18 hours ago

Yeah I was really disappointed when my grandma decided it is time to butcher my bunny when I was away for summer camp....

Have you tried liver just in the soup? Same with the cleaned up gizzard. Just put it with everything and it is a nice bite while eating the soup. There are hundreds of way enjoying it - you can even make home made pate with it - yummm.

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