The word from the National Chicken Council: "More than 1.25 billion wings will be consumed during Super Bowl weekend (100 million pounds!), and, if they were laid end-to-end they would circle the circumference of the Earth – more than twice – a distance that would reach approximately a quarter of the way to the moon."

How many chickens does it take to make 25 billion chicken wings. Hah! You say: do the math dummy; one chicken has only two wings. But your assumption would be wrong. Turn to the Wing-onomics department (true!) at The National Chicken Council for an answer.

The vast majority of wings, especially those destined for foodservice, are disjointed, with the third joint (the thin part known as the flapper) being exported to Asian countries and the meatier first and second joints being sold domestically. The wing is usually split into two parts or portions, known as the "drumette" and the mid-section or "flat" and sold to food service or retail outlets.

A chicken has two wings, and chicken companies are not able to produce wings without the rest of the chicken. Therefore, the supply of wings is limited by the total number of chickens produced. When the demand for wings is stronger than the demand for other chicken parts, the price of wings will go up. Wing prices always go up in the fourth quarter of the year as restaurants stock up for the Super Bowl and prices usually peak in January during the run-up to the big game.

In the Midwest, for instance which includes Indianapolis, home of Super Bowl XLVI, the price of wings for the week of January 16-20, 2012 was $1.96/lb wholesale, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Poultry Market News Service. This represents a 50 percent increase in price from six months ago in July, 2011.

"The good news for consumers,” said NCC’s Roenigk, “is that food service and retail outlets generally plan months in advance for the NFL playoffs and Super Bowl Sunday, meaning that increased wholesale costs for the most part aren’t passed on to consumers’ plates."

NCC Projects Sales of 25 Billion Wings in 2012.

Before people dipped wings in hot sauce,you couldnt give them away.Now they are like gold.Back in the 70,s,80,s you got mad if they stuck an extra wing in your bucket of KFC

You could cut that number in half if Ox and I turned vegetarian

Poor chickens

that alot of bones

I like them but I dont really "go anywhere" to eat them.

Well, I helped their number a little. Went to Wing Stop for lunch today. Now my wife is asking for grilled chicken wings for the Super Bowl too.

There will be 70 cooked at our house Sunday.

Alot of Flightless birds runnin around

Chickenman probably approves of this.

they are good for the napkin industry as well.

The boneless ones are just weird.

I was thinking the same thing

I'm cooking my share. I love wings.

I don't have any yet. headed to the store tonight.

I think those are breasts cubes. Not sure. I don't order them myself.