It is more work, but you could roast a chicken and can the cooked, de-boned meat in chicken broth, instant chicken noodle dinner, just add noodles.
Oh goodness. I couldn't afford 10 acres. The price is riding steeply here. Our house was purchased in 2016 for 420k and is now worth 650k+. My best friend got 2 acres off coyote springs for 65k. They are county, not pv so she can have chickens for days.
Actually, she can have 8 chickens per acre, according to the county. County is pretty restrictive unless you are a farm with over 5 acres.
Better than pv! That's for sure.
Much better than 2 per acre -- LOL! 8 per acre with a 2 acre min lot is still pretty restrictive. In the city of Prescott, they don't count your chickens.
But no roosters. (Do you see any roosters? I don't) 
Chino Valley is also better for small timers than the county.
wow! last I read it, you couldn't have roosters and you had to have the pen/coop at least 15 ft from the property line for unincorporated yavapai county.
If you have 2 acres, you get a better deal. Zoning is RCU-2A, the rule you mention is for an R1 lot.
of course, I'd have to start with an existing occupied house. Otherwise if I start with dirt, if I hit caliche in 12 feet, I need an engineered septic per dev services....
