We are getting to the point of having lots of eggs. I will be giving them away. First on the list are my neighbors who helped me chase down my runaway chick for 45 minutes!
What to do with extra eggs?
- Thread starter BigSam89
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My 10 chickens average 7-8 eggs a day, we enjoy them but most we give to neighbors and the local food bank. We have Barred Rock, Delawares, Easter Eggers, and a Black Jersey Giant, so we get a beautiful variety of colors. They're quality eggs from spoiled chickens that look pretty, too. Giving is good.
Our neighbors and my co-workers get our surplus (and we've only got 5 layers). They absolutely LOVE them, too.
so many generous chicken owners here. Hats off to all y'all.
I know of a person who scrambles them and then dries them. This would be one way to have your own eggs in the winter when the hens lay fewer.
PetMomSuzanne
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- May 6, 2016
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We sell our extra eggs, $4 a dozen. (Our neighbours are farmers, they are selling their eggs at the farmer's market for $5 a dozen). My husband owns a small gas/variety store, but we're not allowed to sell the eggs there as they aren't graded (the eggs range in size from a little green Easter Egger's to ones that are so big the egg carton won't close). We keep what we want, but my sister and brother-in-law, who work in the city, take any excess. At the moment, demand is exceeding production. People in the city are going nuts for these eggs.
We have a small flock, 2 roos with 8 hens each (unfortunately, we had to euthanize one hen and lost two more to a coyote in the past couple of weeks, so production is down to about 10 - 12 eggs a day.) What we get from selling the eggs covers their feed and scratch, with a little leftover that if we need a new feeder or waterer (or to buy wild bird seed), it covers that. I have thought of increasing the flock, but really don't want to have too many more -- maybe another 6 hens to replace those we lost and a couple of extra.
We have a small flock, 2 roos with 8 hens each (unfortunately, we had to euthanize one hen and lost two more to a coyote in the past couple of weeks, so production is down to about 10 - 12 eggs a day.) What we get from selling the eggs covers their feed and scratch, with a little leftover that if we need a new feeder or waterer (or to buy wild bird seed), it covers that. I have thought of increasing the flock, but really don't want to have too many more -- maybe another 6 hens to replace those we lost and a couple of extra.
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