Chicken gizzards are cut from the digestive tract of a chicken. Similar to a stomach, the gizzard is used to grind up the foods the bird eats. Chicken gizzards are a popular food throughout the world.

Does the crop or gizzard come first?

In the avian digestive system, food passes from the crop to the first of two stomachs, called the proventriculus, which contains digestive juices that break down food. From the proventriculus, the food enters the second stomach, called the gizzard, which grinds food.

What part of a bird is the gizzard?

What we call a gizzard is the muscular part of a bird's stomach. When a bird swallows food, it goes from the throat to the esophagus.