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I think the only real question here is **leg**.

* Drumstick - the lower part
* Thigh - the upper part
* Leg Quarter - Drumstick + Thigh. "Quarter" comes from the 4 quarters: Left Drumstick + Thigh, Right Drumstick + Thigh, Left Breast + Wing, Right Breast + Wing. While not terribly relevant in most cases, but interestingly extremely relevant with certain questions about Kosher chicken, a package of 4 "quarters", even if they appear to match the pattern (but often they will not - e.g., all "left" or all "right") can be assumed to be from different chickens. Obviously a pack of "4 Leg Quarters" is from at least 2 different chickens, and a "4-legged chicken" (4 leg quarters + 2 breast quarters) is from at least 2 (but as many as 6) different chickens. But I digress.

The question remains: "What is a package of **legs**?" I have been told that normally this means "leg quarters". That being said, when I am handed a shopping list that says "chicken legs", I have learned to *always* ask "drumsticks or leg quarters?" as the terminology is ambiguous.

As far as pricing, generally I find that the pricing is "drumstick" < "leg quarter" < "thigh". But it is very much market driven. If you have the option of multiple competitive brands in one store (I generally don't as the Kosher stores typically price all brands the same at any given time, and the regular stores will typically only stock one Kosher brand at any given time), or a particular item on sale for some reason, the price relationship between various parts can vary.

All that being said, if you see a package labeled "legs" and it includes thighs then it is **identical to leg quarters** and if it does not include thighs then it is **identical to drumsticks**. In other words, "legs" is just a name, not a special variant.