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➡ $1.00 – $2.50 per bird | ➡ $1.00 – $2.50 per bird | ||
'''Basic economics: $12 per chicken cost and $24/chicken gain. | |||
Revision as of 19:58, 23 January 2026
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10 lb for $15 at Walmart - [1]
$40 is small scale ineffiiciency.
Joel Salatin
Joel Salatin cost is - not released, only projected - [Joel Salatin has never publicly released a full, audited per-bird production cost breakdown. What exists are partial disclosures, interviews, talks, prices, and extension budgets explicitly modeled on his system. From those, we can reconstruct a tight, defensible cost envelope, but not a ledger-accurate number.] [2]
Real labor cost (normalized)
About 3–5 minutes per bird total across lifecycle
At $15–$20/hr equivalent:
➡ $1.00 – $2.50 per bird
Basic economics: $12 per chicken cost and $24/chicken gain.