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Mudcat
Here's what I wonder though. Seriously. They sell whole chickens at my grocery store for 11 bucks. Whole cooked chickens to be exact.

Does it really cost less than $11 dollars to feed a chicken for its whole life? I guess so. There has to be a margin. But 11 bucks is so little money for a lifetime. How old are chickens when they kill them anyway?

Of course that doesn't even count all the other overhead. Also, any profit is split. The farmer needs to make a profit but so does the grocery store.

It just all seems so razor-thin, these margins. It can't possibly work.

I feel like at some point someone is going to realize it is all smoke and mirrors, and people who thought they were making a living are completely broke, and chickens will become so expensive you will have to buy them on installment plans.
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The chickens we eat from the grocery store are about 7weeks old and weigh about 5lb. At approximately 2lb feed/day you need 15lb of feed per chicken. Add up the cost of a chick, the cost of feed, other utilities and slaughtering cost and you and I could raise them for about $10. Farmers (even non factory) can easily cut that in half, and if they vertically integrate (grow the feed, breed the chicks, slughter in house) they can probably cut that by %75 or more.

If you get the chicken on sale at the store its probably a loss leader. Grocery stores will offer cooked chicken at cost to get you in to buy the sides - vegetables, packaged goods, and beverages.
 
Oddly, at my grocery store, cooked chickens are more expensive than uncooked (which is why I referenced the cooked.) Uncooked go for around $15 every time I've noticed. :dunno:

I'm sure I commented on it previously in this thread if someone would like to quickly look it up.

Swiss chalet chickens must be some fancy-livin' chickens.


Boner_18
Also here is a fun fact - all chickens raised in the US for meat are cage free and have been for over 20 years.
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Say, that is a fun fact.
 
The cooked ones at Loblaws are quite expensive, usually around $13 but they are delicious.

I'm looking at a flyer from No Frills today. Whole chickens on sale for $4.38/kg while the skinless breasts are $12.98/kg. There's more labour in cooking and breaking down a whole chicken but there's more protein to be had for a lot less money.
 
Mudcat
Oddly, at my grocery store, cooked chickens are more expensive than uncooked (which is why I referenced the cooked.) Uncooked go for around $15 every time I've noticed. :dunno:
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LESS expensive. Cooked chickens are LESS expensive than uncooked at my Loblaws.

Is what I meant to say. I guess that became apparent as the thought was completed.

Makes no sense to me but it has been my observation.
 
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