Get ready for a big honkin’ fight.

Animal lovers crying fowl over “barbarically” raised birds destined to become foie gras will face off against restaurant industry folks Tuesday in a battle over whether the city should ban the goose-and-duck-liver delicacy.

A bill that would make it illegal for eateries to serve the controversial French pate — made by force-feeding the birds to fatten up their livers — will take center stage at a make-or-break City Council hearing.

“Force-feeding a duck for the sole purpose of … enlarging his liver to 10 times its normal size to create some bizarre delicacy is barbaric and disgusting,” Allie Feldman Taylor, president of Voters for Animal Rights, told The Post.

But critics — ranging from foodies to upstate farmers — say the ban is for the birds.

“[It would] drastically harm the business of small farmers in upstate New York, creating an industry domino effect with repercussions to the suppliers and companies,” said Andy Wertheim, president of D’Artagnan, a top national seller of foie gras and other gourmet game. He insists foie gras products are typically raised humanely in the industry.

In January, goose-boosting Councilwoman Carlina Rivera (D-Manhattan) introduced the bill to ban all Big Apple restaurants and vendors from serving the food on the basis of animal cruelty. Since then, 23 of the city’s 51 council members have agreed to back it.

“This is a luxury product that we don’t need in New York City,” Rivera told The Post. “Only about 1 percent of restaurants serve foie gras, but they’re high-end, and there’s multiple options to replace [it with on their menus] … without hitting anyone’s pockets.”

Testimony from animal rights activists could help Rivera secure the council majority needed for the bill to become law.

But there’s also a risk there’ll be enough backlash that the bill will be cooked.

When asked whether Mayor Bill de Blasio backs the measure, his spokesperson Marcy Miranda was noncommittal, saying, “The safety and well-being of animals is important to this administration, but so are the jobs and livelihoods of New Yorkers whose paychecks depend on this industry.”

Council Speaker Corey Johnson — who prides himself on being an “animal lover” — also claimed he needs more time to decide whether he supports it.

Foie gras, which means “fatty liver,” involves sticking a tube down the birds’ throats during harvesting — a method that animal rights activists say is painful and inhumane.

Under the bill, violators would be guilty of a misdemeanor and face fines of up to $1,000 per offense and a year in jail.

The proposed ban is one of 12 animal-friendly bills up for discussion at Tuesday’s hearing before the council’s Health Committee.

This includes another bill by Rivera that would prohibit the sale, capture or possession of pigeons and other wild birds in the city. She said it’s aimed at “pigeons thieves” who typically snatch birds off city streets and sell them in Pennsylvania and other states to be “shot for live sport.”

Other bills on the agenda include one by Councilman Keith Powers (D-Manhattan) prohibiting carriage horses from being worked when heat indexes hit at least 90 degrees. Another by Councilman Mark Gjonaj (D-Bronx) would increase fines for persons caught abusing animals, from $250 to $500 for a first offense, and from $500 to $1,000 for additional offenses.

Besides Feldman Taylor of Voters for Animal Rights, others expected to testify include city Deputy Health Commissioner Corinne Schiff and Marcus Henley, who manages Hudson Valley Foie Gras in Ferndale, NY.

Henley told The Post it’s doubtful that his Catskills Mountain-area business, which employs 400 workers, could survive a foie gras ban in New York City.

“It would be a big loss,” Henley said. “New York City is one of the culinary destinations of the world, and [most] of the top 20 restaurants in New York City serve foie gras. We don’t believe by losing one-third of our business that we could survive.”

He also insisted his company’s farming practices are humane and called out the City Council to visit the farm before any vote.

Hudson Valley, along Ferndale-based neighbor Le Belle Farm, supplies much of the city’s foie gras stock.

The US Supreme Court in January rejected a challenge to an existing foie gras ban in California.