ARKANSAS FOLKS- egg prices

[thornberryvillage]

I get 4 a doz, and am probably a dollar and a half too cheap..

Bob

 

[bluehenlover]

Wow- what area of the country are you from?

 

[thornberryvillage]

N of Atlanta...a large market for healthy free range brown eggs. I could easily sell 500 doz a week if I had that many at 4 a doz.

Bob

 

[bluehenlover]

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Wow- thats alot of egg washing!! 4.00 a dozen is a great price, but here in Arkansas I doubt I could get that. (for table eggs, now hatching eggs is another story)

 

[thornberryvillage]

If you have a large metropolitan area near you have the potential for a market like mine. What used to be called "health food nuts" is a fast growing segment of the food consumer market, and they will pay...and travel...for the right kind of food. Between the eggs (I only have 70-80 layers) and the milk production from about a dozen dairy goats, along with a few value added products, I manage to make a living off a 2.5 acre "farm"...LOL

Bob

 

[bluehenlover]

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The only city even remotely close is Ft. Smith or Little Rock. I only have 30 layers, so I dont have the supply.

Sounds like you have a GREAT business. I would love to earn a living that way.

 

[mc2rwe]

Bob,

What kind of dairy goats are you running? I have Oberhasli, Alpine and La Mancha's. The La Mancha's are my favorites as far as personality but the Oberhasli's are milking machines. What are your milk laws in GA? I can sell 100 gal. raw from farm a month without any restrictions.

Kat