Do you sell your eggs as orgnaic?

[farrier!]

Do you sell your eggs as organic and if so are you certified as organic or not?

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

When asked about organic I say, I'm as close to organic as I can get without being certified, organic feed around here is 2 to 3 times more expencive as normal feed, and I explain that, most say that if there happy with what i'm doing. if not they don't come back (has never happened)

 

[Nemo]

Nope. I am not Certified Organic, and I don't say that my eggs are Organic. Nobody has ever asked.

 

[Sillystunt]

i sell mine a free range.....no hormones, blah blah blah.
oh wait i give mine away....

Keeps the fuzz off my back

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

There are very strict rules on labeling anything as organic. You do not have to be certified if you produce under a specific amount (don't recall the number, but it is far more than any backyard laying operation could possibly earn--on the order of a small commercial business).

However you must feed and care for your birds in a specified manner, and the cartons must be labeled as the rules specify.

I read the labels on feed bags, and have not been satisfied with the contents in organic feed. It is pretty much nothing more than corn, soy & the various additives to meet mineral & vitamin content. There may be other brands with a better quality of ingredients, but not the ones I have seen.

I keep telling myuself to have my own feed milled, it would cost about the same, but I would have to pay all at once rather than spreading it out by purchasing evey week or so

 

[cassie]

When we have extra eggs to sell we do not sell them as organic. Just not worth the hassle.

 

[Rootball]

You dont have to be certified as organic, however you do have to be organic and for me the largest hurdle would be 100% organic feed.

One place in my area sells organic eggs for $7 a dozen, but their feed is shipped in and costs $40 for a 50# bag. Not really worth it IMO...I just try to get as close as I can.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

It's about $25 a bag here (50lb), but I personally am not happy with the quality, and paying an extra $10-12 per bag for poorer quality feed doesn't make sense to me. Plus I don't sell eggs, but if I did, it woudn't make economic sense--non-organic pastured eggs sell for about 4-5 per dozen here, organic maybe adds another dollar.

 

[gkeesling]

I don't want to do the hassle of organic so I just say my eggs are farm fresh from cage free naturally fed chickens. I have to keep mine in a run and can't free range them.