Who all here gives away their eggs?

[NicInNC]

My chickens are my hobby. I never got them intending to sell their eggs (although it would be nice to sell enough to pay for their food costs) so I usually give them away since we don't eat a lot of eggs.
Just wondering who else gives their eggs away.

 

[sgtmom52]

For now I give them away to family, but I am planning to hatch some more layers and then want to sell the extras.

We also raise honey bees and are hoping to get a good harvest this year and sell honey too.

 

[Libbo57]

I give mine away too. If I ever begin getting enough I'll sell, but its so much fun to just give them to someone!

 

[teach1rusl]

So far I've been giving mine away. We get about 30 eggs a week, and probably use about 8 on a good week...lol. However, my teen son has taken a recent interest in weight lifting and is tyring to eat a lot of protein. So last weekend he actually COOKED scrambled eggs for himself...and went through a TON of them. So maybe I'll be using my eggs afterall??? Or it's a fad and I'll be back to supplying my in-laws and friends with free eggs

Like you NicinNC, my girls are mostly a relaxing pet hobby for me.

 

[CheepSunglasses]

We do. When all the girls get rocking and rolling, we have a lot of eggs. People just love them!

 

[donna8424]

We give eggs for treats. The girls love it

 

[Kristian]

Well if any one is giving any fertile Maran eggs away please let me know I would be more then happy to take them off your hand and hatch them.

 

[TriciaHowe]

I give them to family and friends but sell my chicken and duck eggs on CL. I do give duck eggs away to a low income family whose child has autism and because of a special diet he is on can't have chicken eggs. I am more than happy to give away to someone in need - especially for a child(ren). I too got into my birds for the love of them but it's nice to get a little money back to help with their upkeep

 

[BBK]

we give eggs to our neighbors. We have roosters! nuff said!

but i also sell 1-3 doz eggs a week....
some times i scramble some for the baby chicks.. usually the banty eggs, tho.
melinda

 

[crazyhen]

I only have 9 hens but I give away quite a few dozen eggs. It is fun and people really enjoy them during these hard times. I would love to sell some but have not gone into that because I do not have enough hens to make it worth while. I am NPIP. Mine is a mixed orpington flock. I want to add some EE's this year. Hummm and maybe some Sussex and if the blue rocks are as nice as the barred rocks then some of them. Oh well I guess I have the bug too.

Gloria Jean