I picked up pecans here in Mobile, 60+ years ago, for 3 cents per pound.
I’ve been picking pecans for a solid month now... first year they’ve been both ~affordable and good-quality in a while. Sprouts, if you have them, has nice fat ones for $3.99/lb. One thing I haven’t seen sold in the stores for a....decade? are the huge, long papershells.
If you have the small, self-sowing natives whose nuts are
smaller than 1”, smashing them is one of the most nutritious things your chickens can snack on.