I do not understand the mathematics behind the dilemma. I’m assuming only the firts chicks cost money, because down the line they will breed.
But feeding them, housing them - vitamins and doctoring costs a lot of money.
So anyone with couple or more chickens - how much does it cost to have them on the table? And realistically how many eggs do you get?
Well, the offal is not considered awful by probably more “rural” people, as well as soul food. People who traditionally have been more poor and so make use of more of their resources. heh.
I don’t particularly like chewy gizzards, but I ate them growing up - mom would fry a chicken and out of love fry up the heart, liver, gizzard, and neck and that would be a snack for me. And I love fried chicken livers… it pains me that I can’t find a good local source (because I try not to fry - it stinks up the apartment for days - and I’ve found that fried chicken and livers and certain other fries foods are often better in commercial operations/kitchens). heh.
Dammit, now I’m craving fried livers! lol
But… while you can find chicken feet for sure, and chicken necks, I’m not so sure about chicken heads. I’ll grant you that that one goes to my “squick” factor. heh.
I know, chicken head is now an ick factor to me also. This is just a core memory for me - seeing it getting cracked open and being offered to me to eat… And if your chicks are your pets that’s even worse :D
And fried liver - haven’t had those for a long while - tho it is really easy to mess up and turn it into a un-chewable piece of leather. You can always just cook it with onions tho - that’s definitely doable.
Ah, well, I never ate animals I raised, only vegetables/fruit we grew :) But I knwo the rule: Do not give a name to what you’re planning to eat. lol
Ah, I dunno, chicken liver is alright to fry. I don’t mind if they’re medium well to very well done, they’re tasty to me. hehe.
And I can’t do onions, so no liver-and-onion for me (especially because in the US, fried liver usually means chicken (tasty) and liver and onions usually means calf (eww). lol
Yeah I was really disappointed when my grandma decided it is time to butcher my bunny when I was away for summer camp…
Have you tried liver just in the soup? Same with the cleaned up gizzard. Just put it with everything and it is a nice bite while eating the soup. There are hundreds of way enjoying it - you can even make home made pate with it - yummm.