Anybody getting $4 / doz. for eggs?

[Gray Ghost]

My hens produce about 7 to 10 dozen eggs a week. I live in tourist / retiree / hippie-transplant rural area so there is a lot of demand for farm fresh eggs. My eggs are not organic. At the supermarket the organic brown eggs are going for a little under $3 doz and the other so-called "cage-free" and "vegetarian-fed" brown eggs are around $2.50 / doz.

The few other roadside egg sellers in my area are charging $3/doz.

I have been charging $3/doz. and demand far exceeds supply. I am thinking of raising my price to $4/doz. especially given recent increases in the price of feed which has gone up about 30% since I started raising chickens a year ago.

Anyone else getting $4 / doz for their eggs?

GG

 

[Imp]

I don't sell, but I see them going for $4-$5 a dozen here in the Seattle area.

Imp

 

[GiddyMoon]

The only way to know is to try it and see what happens. I am sure people come to you because they can choose local instead of store..but if you are a lot more than the store..they might have no reason to come to you instead. All you can do is try and see what happens and fix your price accordingly.

 

[PatS]

We feed our flock organic feed and have quite a demand for their eggs, which we sell at $4.00/doz. I hear the price of feed is going up, so we may up it to $5.00. Organic free range here in California sell in the $4-5 range in the stores, anyway.

 

[GarlicEater]

I'm selling mine for $2 but they're pretty small. I'd probably get $4 a dozen for large brown eggs if I took them to the farmer's market in Morgan Hill.

 

[Fred's Hens]

Agree. The price is irrelevant as to the actual amount. Many of here cannot get $3, let alone $4, because locale is EVERYTHING.

If you've been getting $3 and believe the market will bear more, try it! You'll never know til you do.

 

[crazygoatlady915]

Yup, but only cuz i make them omega-3 with cod liver oil

 

[Oregon Blues]

$3 to $4 is quite a jump. I suggest you do it in steps. Raise it 50 cents and see if you lose any customers. If you don't lose any buyers, wait a few months and bump it up again. Whine copiously about how the price of chicken feed has gone through the roof.

If you raise prices a dollar and all your customers quit you, you will have a hard time building up a customer base again.

 

[Illia]

To the OP - Sounds like my area.

I could easily sell for $4 a dozen, since the local stores sell "cage free" for $4-5 a dozen, and there aren't many chicken owners out here at all, plus there are a lot of retired folks and tourists.



But, I'd rather be selling hatching eggs.

 

[Tool]

Wow and I thought $3 a doz here was kinda steep. I may have to look into selling in the future.