All you egg sellers out there!!! LOOK HERE!!!!

[NC chicken man]

I sell mine for $4.00 per doz

 

[tktagalongtek]

I'm selling mine for $1.50/doz; others I know of sell for more depending on the size, color or type (duck vs chicken, all one color like all blue, green, brown, etc and huge vs small), I haven't gotten that serious about it--as long as what I bring in from sales continues to cover the cost of feed I probably won't change a thing...that's one of the things I'd think about when setting a price, how much is it costing you to get those eggs? Divide that cost by the number of eggs you average in a month and there's how much you need to sell them for, anything over is your profit!

 

[WildBurroShirts.com]

Local prices vary for organic fed, non-caged eggs...but the most I've paid in the stores is $4.49.

If I can somehow FIND a mill near here or get some sort of bulk organic grain going (so I'm not paying thirty bucks a bag at the feed store), mine will be fed all organic (after they're ten days old as I start on medicated feed).

I'm thinking of charging 3 bucks for friends, 4 for everybody else if THEY supply the carton. I'll add a quarter if not, since the cartons I like are 50 cents each with shipping.


If ANYONE near Carson City (and at this point, I'm considering Sacramento CA nearby) knows of an organic mill or a good place to get organic grains in bulk PLEASE pm me or mention it here? THANKS!

 

[Autumn T]

friends sell them for $3.50/doz

the little boy I babysat sold his for $3.50/18 but always got 'more' thrown on cause he is cute

got a cute kid to sell for you to add the cuteness factor?

 

[newbie coops]

We sell ours for $2.50 per dozen and $1.25 per half dozen. We give them to family and friends and sell them to co-workers. Our co-workers are grateful for the fresh eggs and family/friends are, too. Our hens are cage-free but not entirely free-ranged. They are semi-free-ranged in warm weather but in the deep freeze temps we've experienced lately, most won't even venture outside. They get lots of supplemental nutrition in the form of yogurt, fruits (not citrus), veggies, grains, and lots of leftovers. They have a penchant for lasagna.

I think $2.50 is a little below the average price for cage-free eggs in NH but I want people to know they are getting the greatest deal on the freshest eggs and it's something others they know can't do. So the more people hear about it the more business I'm getting in eggs. Once people taste and see the difference between store-bought (even cage-free or free-range!) and my freshest of the freshest eggs, they are hooked.

 

[grullablue]

Interesting reading on this post.... when we had eggs last year, I never charged for them... but I would like to this time around, at least to cover the feed.

I do have a question though. What "makes" an "organic" egg? Is it just the organic feed that goes into the chicken? Has the chicken had to have been fed organically its entire life? Must it never have been vaccinated, or dewormed, or anything? Or is it just the feed?

Angie

 

[My Little Sister's Farm]

I wanted to revive this thread a bit now that Farmer's Markets has started. Today's the first farmer's market for us and we're starting out at $4. I was selling out last year at $5.00 a dozen but I'm afraid that there will be too much pressure this year. We didn't make any money last year, and wouldn't this year either (unless we could somehow charge $7.50 a dozen, organic feed ain't cheap and my girls are p-i-g-s!) Hope to get and keep my customers from last year though.

We'll see if it's true, but I know that a few more people will be selling eggs this year and the economy will keep many people from reaching for their pocket book for that price. Last year we started and ended with $5.00 and 1 week I did a "special" at $4.00 a dozen. Didn't see any increase in sales so didn't do that again.

This years I'm offering $.25 off if you reuse the carton. Since I can't sell in used cartons but can let people transfer eggs into their own carton. My cartons cost $.15 each I think so it saves them even more. But my jumbo cartons cost me $.74 so I'm offering $.50 off of them with reuse.

 

[Year of the Rooster]

I sell ours $1.50 a dozen

 

[lovemychix]

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Me too. But I have pullets. People always give me $2 though. They appreciate them.
I think it's the area we live in.

 

[mwdh1]

I say If you can get $4, go for it, you can always come down if they are not selling well.