Chi Fresh Whole Chicken ~1.5 kg

Chickens need their own house. To keep the coyotes, foxes and neighborhood cats away from your chickens, they’ll need a coop. If you’re handy, you could probably build one on the cheap using recycled wood – but we’re not handy. So we’d need to spend roughly $500 on a retreat for our flock.

Egg-laying chickens aren’t cheap. Unless you know someone who has a chicken surplus (I do not), you’ll need to pay up. Baby chicks can cost between $3 and $5, and egg laying hens can cost between $20 and $50. If you want a fancier breed of chicken, you can expect to pay a premium for both chicks and hens. Since chickens are social, you’ll need at least two chickens. If you eat a lot of eggs.

Chicken is a white meat that has typically less fat than other types of meat. If possible, eat your chicken without the skin so you don’t consume the fatty parts of the meat. There are so many ways to enjoy chicken – fried chicken, grilled chicken, barbecue chicken. It can be eaten with various meals and can even be used in salads