Selling Eggs

twoacrefarm said:

Oh sorry! I meant selling eggs, as in for food, not hatching! I initially supplied one person at the retirement community I work at, then it quickly spread that I had fresh eggs. So I started to give them out and while some people would give a small donation, and everyone was keeping cartons, not everyone would offer anything for the eggs. Here is what I went with (thanks @MasterOfClucker ) for the great idea! I am thinking about sticking these inside the egg cartons for a while:

“When it comes to eggs, we aren’t yolkin’ around!”

Thank you for your interest in our eggs! We have a small flock of 11 hens and 1 rooster that we will be adding to this spring. The chicks have arrived and are growing rapidly! I hope you will enjoy the eggs and sincerely appreciate your support! If you would like to buy more eggs ($2.50/dozen), feel free to contact me ahead of time to make sure I have some. Thank you!

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ApiaryandAviary said:

I believe we are all hesitant about charging a friend.
I have never charged a friend for eggs.
They say let me give you something for them and then dont bc I always follow up with that's ok. I don't feel
Comfortable asking for money for eggs from friends so I started doing something else. I started giving less and less away.
I started to use the smashed eggs In their feed. Yesterday I smashed 36 eggs that were from that day and the day before. This year I have given ZERO eggs out. They all know my chickens slow down laying during the cold so there has been less eggs during the colder months. But they are starting to lay and not often so I must use the few I get once or twice a week to add to their feed.

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twoacrefarm said:

I feel VERY bad about taking money, that is my problem. I want to, I want to take it... they require a lot of my attention and money. However, I have always felt bad about taking any money for any services. I too have stopped asking "hey do you want some eggs??" Now no one is asking for them. Oh well. their loss. I have more random people asking and inquiring to buy than I do friends 

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IdyllwildAcres said:

TOO CHEAP
$5 or $6 is what they are worth, don't cut yourself short. I see brown factory eggs in the store 5.99 all the time and they are no different than white factory eggs. You will find people willing to pay that price for eggs that come from happy chickens.

Good luck

Gary from Idyllwild Ca here

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dekel18042 said:

Prices must be higher in California. I think I read the other year that eggs could go as high as $8.00 in specialty stores there. Not sure if it ever did. Unfortunately the rest of us can't command California prices. Our supermarket usually has their own brand large white eggs for 99 cents a dozen and other stores have white eggs for $1.29 or $1.39. Brown eggs are a little more. Often they make eggs the weekly coupon special for fifty cents with a $25.00 purchase.
That said, I have enough for family and friends and most give me more than I would ask. In fact I figure I owe some people some eggs.

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donrae said:

I tell folks

"I'm like your friendly neighborhood crack dealer. The first dozen is on me, to get you hooked"

Then it's $3 or 3.50 a dozen.

At 2.50 a dozen, I also think you're selling them too cheap.

And I always make folks return their cartons. I've found if I just put out the word at work or church or wherever that I need cartons, I have more than I need. Folks love to give them away, they hate throwing things like them out.

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twoacrefarm said:

I did have one man bring me 2 cartons today with $10 in it. He is one of the ones who is making "donations" as well as keeping my egg carton supply up. I also had another man stop by my mailbox today and say "are those your chickens??" (nope- just flew into my yard

) ... Yes sir they are. He then bought 2 dozen eggs! Whoop!

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