Makes me so glad I raise chicken, cows, etc. on my little plot of land in the rural country of SE Virginia.....
We did a batch of meat birds several years ago and have currently 5 meat goats with more on the way in a few months. I’m wanting some Kunekune pigs for some fat content. I’ll have to look into doing another batch of meat birds. We did Red Rangers and hunting season postponed up our processing date so we had to feed them an extra week plus they take longer and cost more to begin with compared to Cornish Cross. We ended up at $5-6 per bird that were big enough to be considered roasters instead of fryers. I went in on them with a neighbor who simply wasn’t going to have hunting season interrupted. Even Cornish Cross are getting up there in price for day old chicks. Should be able to keep it down close to $4/bird for fryer sized though.
Wish I had my grandfather’s farm....with inside plumbing though.