Can't even give them away!!!!!!!

[willkatdawson]

I think people think because the eggs aren't bought at a store maybe they aren't clean or something. I gave a dozen eggs to my DD's friend and her mother a few weeks ago knowing they were planning on having breakfast for dinner. I asked DD's friend "how did everyone like the eggs"? She said "my parents really liked them but my brother and sisters wouldn't even try them, they were grossed out by the whole farm fresh thing" then she rolled her eyes at the silliness of it all. She eats eggs over here for breakfast whenever she spends the night, and loves them. If people paid more attention to what they eat and did some research you could sell every eggs you have. I bet you're like me and pull the eggs from human consumption for 21 days after giving antibiotics, ect. If they only knew the store bought eggs aren't handled with such care.

 

[McNugget]

I have read you can freeze eggs too. Get ice trays that make large cubes. Scramble a dozen (don't cook them!) at a time and pour them in one ice tay. Freeze. Once forzen you can take them out of the ice tray and put them in a bag in the freezer and use the ice tray for the next batch. From what I've read, the cubed scrambled egg = 1 egg.

You can then use these frozen eggs during slow laying periods of your chickens in receipies that call for hole eggs (cakes, cookies, egg drop soup, egg batters, egg custers, egg washes prior to breading, scrambled eggs for breakfast, etc).

Once you do get your customer base, you might beable to sell the frozen eggs too during slow laying periods.

I haven't tried this yet, but plan to when I get some ice trays (refrid has automatic ice maker)

 

[McNugget]

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Walmart! LOL! You will have competition this time of year... It's Girl Scout Cookie Time! LOL!

 

[WalkingWolf]

You might also consider selling pickled eggs to the local bars. The commercial pickled eggs they get are blehhh, and usually only available plain or hot. There is all kinds of pickled egg flavors and you probably could get $10 a jar.

 

[radiodog]

I can't give mine away either....there is one lady at work who takes what I give her, but she comes from a farming family. The rest just look at me like I'm crazy. Bet they would flip out if they cracked open an egg with a meat or blood spot. I think most people think the eggs they buy at the store are manufactured in a nice, sterile plant. Little do they know....

 

[newnanchic]

Ihave a hard time selling eating eggs for 2.00 a dozen but when I advertise the same eggs as hatching eggs I get 5.00 a dozen and can't keep up with the hatching egg orders . LOL !!! If they only knew !!!

 

[pbjmaker]

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Holy cow - that is a lot for roos - I hatched 14 chicks in January hoping to grow them out and sell the point of lay pullets. Unfortunately it looks like only 3 are pullets - wish I could get even $5 for the roos but I will probably end up giving them away.

As far as the eggs go - do you live in a small community? I know people in smaller communities around here advertise on CL to the bigger cities.

 

[Mrs.Puff]

I've had the same issues with some of my students thinking that farm eggs are "dirty" (and store eggs are clean). I inform them that the eggs you get in the store are washed before they get them, so they are no cleaner than farm eggs. I also inform them that some egg factories are filthy, with dead/injured birds laying around, birds crammed in cages, etc.

Maybe we could change Paul McCartney's quote: "If egg factories had glass walls, everyone would eat my farm eggs." (If all slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian-- said Paul)

 

[HEChicken]

What about giving them to your local Food Bank/Lord's Diner/Women's shelter?

I only have 5 layers but even they provide me with more eggs than our family can eat. I was pleased to give some to my MIL and SIL, and when a friend shows me a kindness or generosity, it is nice to be able to reciprocate by saying "thanks - oh here, take a dozen eggs". However even doing THAT, I had a few dozen building up so I posted on my Facebook page that any local friends who wanted some eggs could come buy them from me. I also put an ad on CL. I've had just enough people contact me that for a couple of weeks there, my family didn't eat any eggs so I could supply the demand

Good luck!

ETA: If you donate to one of the types of charities mentioned, keep records. You can use the donation as a tax deduction.

 

[aladatrot]

Y'all need to move to my neighborhood. I live in an agriculturally oriented neighborhood in "town" where almost every home has a barn and hoofstock of some sort. Because our neighborhood is in town (just outside of houston), there are all kinds of folks aroun here who buy fresh eggs. They offer to buy them, but I give mine away to neighbors when they can get to them before I give them to my dogs. We eat and cook with our eggs on occasion, but the purpose of the layers is to supplement the dogs.

Our feed store keeps fresh eggs on hand as well, so you may see if your feed store buys eggs.

Cheers and good luck with the pound cake!
M