The thing with home grown chicken is you MUST cook it at low temperatures.
Even in soup, if you let it come to a full boil then you have toughened the meat.
This is a great article:
http://www.albc-usa.org/documents/cookingwheritagechicken.pdf
It is only worth the money if:
1. You value the way the animal was raised/treated
2. You care about knowing exactly what went into your food
3. Compare it to the cost of "free range" and "humanely treated" or "organically fed" chicken
4. Can butcher happily and quickly
The reasons the boys...