Thanks to this site, I am seriously looking into feeding raw. I have read that it is best to start with only chicken backs or necks at first. I can get chicken carcasses for a good price at a local poultry butcher, and I'm wondering if chicken carcasses are equal in quality to chicken backs.
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What does that mean? Meat gone?
Then no.
Chicken backs are intact; that is, the meat has not been removed. The goal is pieces that replicate the whole dead prey animal or bird. "Carcass" to me means what's left after the food (meat) is removed.
Ah, thank you. I'll have to get more information from the butcher. I have a feeling that they probably have all of the meat removed because the price seems too good compared to the other prices I've found so far.
Okay, that gives me a better idea of what to look for. I've read all of your articles and have seen those pictures before, but for some reason I still had a "bonier" mental image stuck in my head.
I'll have to go check out some of the smaller local butchers. I live in a very agricultural area, I should be able to find decent prices somewhere!
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Okay, that gives me a better idea of what to look for. I've read all of your articles and have seen those pictures before, but for some reason I still had a "bonier" mental image stuck in my head.
I'll have to go check out some of the smaller local butchers. I live in a very agricultural area, I should be able to find decent prices somewhere!
"Bonier" mental image....
No, it's more like what a wolf would eat: the whole bird or rodent, etc.
Yes, in an ag area you might find excellent deals. With one dog (?) you might also just start with store-bought and then look around for farmers, co-ops, etc.
Yeah, I only have one dog so it shouldn't be too expensive buying at the grocery store at first. He's a 65 pound mixed breed that should weigh closer to 60 pounds. He had a shoulder injury over the winter so he's a bit soft right now, but he's getting back in shape.
I currently feed him Evo, and am hoping that raw will cost a similar amount, but I'm willing to pay a bit more as well. It's worth it for his health and teeth!
Hopefully I'll get started very soon, and I'll let you know how it goes!
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Evo runs something like $1.80-$1.88 a pound. Today ground beef was $1.47 a pound and whole chickens were .67cents a pound at Safeway. My first guess would be it's similar in Canada.
Unfortunately, meat prices seem to be way higher in Canada. I found some chicken backs at a local market for .99/lb, which is the lowest price I've found so far. The butcher told me he'd give me better prices if I pre-order in bulk, so I'm happy about that.
Our Wal-Marts don't sell meat, and the cheapest deal I've found at a grocery store has been a bag of chicken quarters at 1.37/lb.
I'm still searching though, and buying the 50% off meat when I see it. But even at these prices, the cost should be similar to Evo.
Cheap meat....one more reason to move to the States when I'm done school.
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