The very lean meat is not exactly inspiring. Relatively inexpensive around here and can help stretching the pot at times...

I think the economic advantage, here at least, lies in that these birds can be farmed on relatively sparse and dry and therefore relatively cheap land and what isn't useful for humans can be turned into pet food. And except for some bird flu viruses that can run amok on densely populated farms, once they are over a few months old they are quite hardy animals.

The better cuts find their way into exotic dishes in the tourism market, along with things like crocodile meat!