Shopping trip and cost

[orv420]

Just figured I'd share my shopping trip with everyone to illustrate costs. Purdue is 40% off right now, hence the amount of chicken.

Beef round cubes, 2lbs, 6.09
Boneless rib ends (pork), 2lbs, 4.80
Purdue chicken livers, 1.25lbs, 2.29
Boneless chicken thighs, 6lbs, 10.80
Beef heart, 2lbs, 3.96
Pig kidney, 2lbs, 3.82
Calves liver, 1lb, 2.12
SOUP TOTAL = 33.88 (one month supply)

Cornish Game Hen, x2, 5.50 <-- yay Purdue sale!
Duck wings, x6, 0.90
Chicken necks, x12, 1.12
Quail, x6, 6.99
Bravo Rabbit, 2lbs, 16.99
BONE IN TOTAL = 31.50 (about 15 meals)

Bone meal powder, 12oz, 10.99
Salmon Oil, 4oz, 8.99
EVOO - on hand

This isn't counting the chicken wings, CGH, duck, or other bone in meats I got on sale two weeks ago. If not for the rabbit being so expensive, you could easily feed five or less ferrets for under $50 a month.

[Deleted]

yep! Ain't it grand? And look at the variety and flavors and textures and the nutrients - totally digestible nutrients! sooooomuch better than crap in a bag! Go raw!

[Deleted]

Nice buy! I thought we got game hen cheap ($4each).

[Deleted]

Cornish hens are $2.58 at walmart. Whole chickens are $4.50-$6 at most major grocery stores. I need to start buying CGH again now that I have my car again. Those are too expensive $4 &^ at most major stores here.

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..I need to move to America..
I'd be lucky to get 2 quail here for what you pay for 6.. and the only big store I found that sold them seems to have taken them off the list >.<
Anything that isn't chicken, beef, lamb, or pork seems to be 'speciality' and cost a bomb, as well as being hard to find Having worked my menu over several times, I'm now at my cheapest and most varied at about £7/week to feed just one fuzz, and he still only gets chicken, pork, beef and rats as his main proteins (plus his heart and organs, of course), with treats of others when I can afford it..

[Sherry]

I pay an average of $15 for a pair of cornish hen, and a whole chicken runs up to $16-$20. It's actually cheaper to by wings, livers, and drumsticks separately

[Jeremy's Boggle]

I'm lucky enough to have a wholesale provider. Which is extremely helpful as I have 3 ferrets, 4 cats and 3 dogs on raw right now. Plus everything I order is human grade so I can get some great deals for us as well.

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Wow sherry thats crazy prices how many lbs are these?
The CGH i get is 1 lb and the chickens range 4-6 lbs.

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[Sherry]

About the same. Calgary is one of the more expensive cities in Canada because of the oil and gas business.

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Gosh I'm sorry

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[Sherry]

So am I ;D

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Feb 27, 2012 20:03:23 GMT -5 Sherry said:

I pay an average of $15 for a pair of cornish hen, and a whole chicken runs up to $16-$20. It's actually cheaper to by wings, livers, and drumsticks separately

WOW...

[Sherry]

Now you know why I say i work to feed my pets ;D Hey- the pay is commensurately higher as well Some of the time anyway