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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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 Posted - Apr 29 2010 : 4:06:21 PM
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Really crazy. I get emails from the farmer's market on Wed. in Chattanooga on Market St. I got one this morning saying they would be there this afternoon for an hour selling fresh chicken. I didn't want to drive all the way to town today so I called my DD Abby to see if she'd go get me a few after work. And to call me to see how much they were a pound. So she calls me when she gets there and said they are $5.50 a pound. I asked what the average weight was. She said about 1-2 pounds. I thought that was awfully small but I said go ahead and get at least 4. She calls me later and said those were the small chickens. The bigger ones were about 5-6 pounds. So she got 2 of those. So I just paid about $50.00 for 2 dead chickens! Man, they better be THE best chicken we have ever eaten. I am just sick. That's ridiculous. I could have bought about 30 meat chicks for that price and raised them myself cheaper. I know these people have to amke money but good grief!
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
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Posted - Apr 29 2010 : 4:10:59 PM
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$5.50 per pound, that is insane!!! Even the specialty stores don't sell organic raised turkeys for that much at the holidays, I sure hope the bones are at least gold plated,lol.
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fiddlegirl89
True Blue Farmgirl
232 Posts
Kayla
Dunnville
KY
USA
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Ga Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
2355 Posts
Karen
Meansville
Ga.
USA
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Posted - Apr 29 2010 : 5:22:06 PM
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Oh my! That is crazy, wish I knew where to get some fresh chicken and beef around here but it would have to be reasonably priced. Kris let us know what you make with those special chickens! Blessings,Karen
Create in me a pure heart,O God and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Psalms 51:10
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N@n
True Blue Farmgirl
223 Posts
Hackett
Arkansas
USA
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Posted - Apr 29 2010 : 5:31:10 PM
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Hey all, Just heard that feeder cattle is up 23% and chicken has risen about as much. If you can, better stock up now. By this summer beef, pork and chicken are expected to raise in price big time. Time to get out the pressure canner!!
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Betty J.
True Blue Farmgirl
1403 Posts
Betty
Pasco
WA
USA
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Posted - Apr 29 2010 : 5:34:58 PM
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It used to be back in the "dark ages" when I was a kid that a good fryer hen (before all the hormones) weighed 3 lb or less. So if you got the smaller bird, you would have more drumsticks and thighs, as well as breasts. Not a bad deal.
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fiddlegirl89
True Blue Farmgirl
232 Posts
Kayla
Dunnville
KY
USA
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
3775 Posts
sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
3775 Posts |
Posted - Apr 29 2010 : 6:53:51 PM
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oh kris are ya kicking yer butt to the stove. well i would cut them up and freeze parts seperate. i charge 2.75 a pound. i wrap in butcher paper and wrap in seal a meal bag for each one i do. they get a good deal from me. man i would want to hunt them down. let me know how they taste so sorry for ya sherrye
the learn as we go silk purse farm
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Apr 29 2010 : 7:17:40 PM
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My DD has them right now. I'll get them tomorrow. I'm be afraid to cook them now. I'll probably burn them or cook them too long. I'll have to take a cooking class now. I guess I should have gone myself really. I just never though they'd cost that much. That's as much as I paid for the turkey I got for Thanksgiving last year.
I am planning on getting meat chicks but I am trying to decide what kind to get. I don't want the chicken house chickens. I want more of a hreitage breed that will not grow so fast. I am also thinking of getting a few pigs. I could have bought 2 pigs for the price of the 2 chickens. And I did have a steer put in the freezer last fall. Still have alot of that.
Karen, have you got some really good recipes for chicken?
Kris
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Karrieann
True Blue Farmgirl
1900 Posts
Karrieann
Northeast
Georgia
USA
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - Apr 30 2010 : 4:18:21 PM
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I went and picked my chickens up today from my DD. I didn't see any gold on them anywhere. They look like regular ole chickens to me. They better be good. I stuck them in the freezer for now til I figure out what to do with them. I may have to go to a real expensive restaraunt and see what they do. Get me some ideas.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
3775 Posts
sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
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Posted - Apr 30 2010 : 5:33:09 PM
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oh kris you make me laugh lol sherrye
the learn as we go silk purse farm
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Karrieann
True Blue Farmgirl
1900 Posts
Karrieann
Northeast
Georgia
USA
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OneCraftyBugger
True Blue Farmgirl
626 Posts
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Apr 30 2010 : 8:14:30 PM
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I would sure cook the bones for stock and use every single bit at that price. Hopefully they will be wonderful. Sounds like something that would happen to me.
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - May 01 2010 : 06:16:29 AM
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Yes, next time I will go. If I don't get chicks first. I'm still thinking about that. And I was just reading again about how broth is so good for us in all kinds of ways. I had made several quarts of beef broth with my steer I had butchered. It is good. Now I will use every single bit of these chickens and make some good broth too. I saw somewhere someone used lemon balm to stuff a chicken with when she baked it plus a cut up lemon too. That sounds good. I just got 2 lemon balm plants so I will have some good leaves soon and will try that with one of them.
Kris
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barefootmama
True Blue Farmgirl
133 Posts
Jennifer
BLOOMSBURG
Pennsylvania
USA
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Posted - May 03 2010 : 02:49:40 AM
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Holy crow!!! buyer beware that is nuts!!!Those chickens better have diamond stuffing and hearts of gold lol..I couldnt even begin to tell you a "fancy" recipe we make alot of drunken chickens when we buy or freeze them whole..Best of luck sherry I hope they taste as good as they cost!!!!
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