Meat Chicken Totals

The meat birds ended up producing 75.35 lbs of meat for our freezer!  That was from 15 birds.  We spent $155.75 on the chicks, feed, and bedding, so our meat ended up costing $2.07/lb.  That's really good for humanely-raised, non-gmo fed chicken.  And then there's the fact that we also get the chicken hearts, which my younger three children love cut up and stir-fried in lard.  I've never actually tried the chicken hearts myself, since they are so small, and the kids fight over them.  They are already lamenting the fact that it will be a long time before they get to eat chicken hearts again.  Come spring, we plan to get some new laying hen chicks, but we'll get some straight-run, and process the roosters.