What do you pay for whole chicken?

[Attjack]

I pay a premium for what I think is a higher quality humanely raised bird. Still comes out to just a few bucks a serving. What do you pay?

[Jerod Broussard]

Can you find the P-number on the package?? Eg. P-1234

[Attjack]

No, because I already cooked that chicken. What would the P-number tell us?

[RobertC]

Sometimes it tells you things you don't want to know.

[ComfortablyNumb]

I believe it will tell you which plant processed the bird. Attjack

[treesmacker]

I've been getting air chilled chickens at local Winco for (I think) about $2.68 a pound. They are smaller birds though, i think about 2.5 lbs. Still, My wife and i got 4+ meals out of it. Chicken, chicken, chicken salad, chicken noodle soup, leftover soup. Note: I'm eating light these days.

[scottranda]

$1.29 a pound on sale for Earth Fare (healthy grocery store) whole chicken. Gotta watch the sales though. Maybe $2.79 full price. It’s delicious chicken though.

[ComfortablyNumb]

About $4.50 for the whole bird. $3.00 for a day old chick, $1.50 in feed.

[Backroadmeats]

I will have to check that out as my Amish lady just moved 100 miles west of me!! I agree on raising you own chicken but I like mine big.. last year the biggest one was amost 11 pounds dressed.. I cut back on the feed and make them eat grass and bugs all summer so it keeps them from getting to fat..

[ComfortablyNumb]

Backroadmeats If you can't find a nearby Featherman or MPU to rent, shoot me a PM and I can help direct you to less cost alternatives.

[Backroadmeats]

I just look at the rental part on the website there is on 35 miles from me.. I wish ya lived closer I would barter ya use of my meat locker for use of you chicken processing stuff.. thanks for the heads up on the rental page!! I am not even sure if I can butcher chickens on the property with a meat locker going up.. my inspector is pretty strict on chickens!!

[Elton's BBQ]

I'm paying just about $9,31pr kilo of premium chicken here in Norway

[Attjack]

So is that about $4.22 a pounds?

[Elton's BBQ]

NapMaster To me a premium chicken have a better quality. Sustainably and humanely raised without antibiotics.
Attjack yessire..

[NapMaster]

Gotcha! So premium has nothing to do with the quality of the meat. Thanks for the clarification.

[texastweeter]

get them on sale for 69-99¢ a pound.

[Attjack]

Smart Chicken is what I'm paying $3 for.

[Mr. Bones]

Yup, Pilgrims Pride is def local to yall; usedta drive past it several times a week...

Chicken houses all up an down th back roads, thereabouts, least where I was...Lake Bob Sandlin area, Camp County...Farm to Market Roads,offa Hwy 11, mostly...

Please, Scotty, Beam Me Up!!!!!

[texastweeter]

Mr. Bones one of those houses a couple miles from dads farm, a feed lot a couple the other direction.

[FireMan]

$1.49 a lb for Aldi organic or $3.00 per lb from a farmer nearby.

[Donw]

National chicken company main headquarters nearby. Twice a month HQ employee box sales. Friend gets me 40lbs boxes of whole chickens for less than 50 cents a pound.

[texastweeter]

bought a box like that at that price once for a buddy that works at pilgrims . once the block of ice melted was 24 birds inside... That's a lot of chicken!

[Attjack]

That's crazy cheap.

[Huskee]

Avg $1.49-1.99/lb whole bird. Amish something, at least that label says so, pretty sure it's not really Amish.

[FireMan]

Well does the guy you buy it from have beard & wear a straw hat?

[ComfortablyNumb]

FireMan Lots of folks have beards, and wear straw hats. Not so many in a horse drawn cart with chicken on block ice in the back.

[Huskee]

None of the guys at the supermarket have beards or straw hats. FireMan

[HouseHomey]

Used to be $0.63lbs. Now I refuse to pay more than $.99lbs ever. For any type of chicken. Whole, piece etc... wings I pay $2.58lbs usually about 5 lbs a pack.

for an air chilled sprouts has them at 1.99-2.99 always. Less when on sale. Good chicken.

other than that it’s Foster farms for me.

[jfmorris]

I tend to pay $0.99 to $1.29 per pound here.

[RobertC]

I like my chickens to be raised without antibiotics, and air-chilled. I'm willing to pay a premium for that.

[Troutman]

Wasn't that a Salt-N-Pepa song? ComfortablyNumb

[RobertC]

Attjack, about $2.99/lb, minimum. I'll pay more than that if they live outdoors and scratch for bugs and worms. The flesh is tastier and the texture is firmer.

[RobertC]

@attjack: https://www.npr.org/2019/02/24/69718...-of-your-poult
The conundrum: do we prematurely end the life of a happy and fulfilled chicken, or do we eat chickens for whom death is a welcome release from life in hell?

[Dan Deter]

No idea without going to the store and looking. But its getting about time for me to buy a couple more and get them ready for the rotisserie...

[jfmorris]

I've never heard of air-chilled chicken before this. I'll have to start paying attention, and see what I can find locally. I tend to go to Fresh Market when they have stuff on sale. I am sure they would carry such a thing, but I've not seen it at Sam's/Costco/Walmart/Kroger that I know of, and those are the places I usually shop.