Happy Discovery at a Local Farm

Once a month or so I go out to a neighboring town to stock up at their salvage grocery store, and also go to a small hobby farm where they raise chickens. I picked up three dozen free-range eggs for $5 (store price would be $8.37). I know buying the cheap eggs at the store would be more frugal, but looking at the whole picture, I'd rather give my money to a local farmer and get a superior product. Also, I know too much about factory egg farms and never want to buy store eggs again, but that's a different post.

Anyway, I was chatting with the lady who lived there and I offhandedly asked her if she knew anyone who sold organic chickens. She said that she sold chickens that were 'natural' (no anti-biotics or hormones) and free-range, but she couldn't guarauntee that they were organic. For only $2 per pound! That's the price I try to stay under for regular meat. Orgainic chicken breasts are $8 per pound, so this was a super deal. So I ordered 6 chickens. She said they were butchering in the next two or three weeks so she would give me a call when they're ready. I'm super excited about this, and I'll let y'all know when I get them.