DO you sell your eggs?

[ridgefire]

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I couldnt find anything about selling from home, just farmers market.

 

[tororider]

I found this on another blog site. I was unable to find hard info on any state site, but this seems to jive with what I thought I knew

"Here in Michigan the law is you can sell directly from the farm, but as soon as you take them to a farmer's market, let alone to a store, they must be "processed" which includes not only washing in a licensed kitchen, but also sizing them. I don't know how seriously the law is enforced, but the extension service was quite clear on the point when I called to ask "

 

[mullers3acers]

We sell our eggs for $2.50 a dz and have trouble keeping up. Since we started selling our eggs we started with a small flock of 25 now we are up to 75 and still can not keep up and in the summer it's even worse because we have Chicago people come in and wipe us out. We have to order more pullets this weekend to add to the flock. So when they start laying we will have a flock of 100.

 

[tororider]

Here is what little I have been able to find for Florida

Under Florida law, a product can be certified organic only if:

-- No harmful chemicals have been applied to the land for at least three years.


-- Farmers and processors are inspected annually by a certifying agency.
-- Farmers and processors keep detailed records of their practices.
-- Farmers maintain a written organic management plan.

The penalty for claiming to be organic if you’re not isn’t chicken feed: a $10,000 fine.

FOG doesn’t keep track of all of the organic producers out there.


Operations with less than $5,000 in gross sales of organic goods don’t have to be certified, Rodriguez said, and other producers may be certified by other firms.


It doesn't really seem to help, but maybe if you have less than $5000 in sales, they won't mess with you.

 

[littlebanty]

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Thanks Tororider...I dont tell anyone they are organic. If they ask I tell them no but I do feed them a vegitarian pellet from southern states, scratch, and when I let them in the yard they get the grass and bugs. Im sure I can stay under $5,000 in sales. But it also says organic profit. They may not have anything on nonorganic sales from your home. IDK...I will keep selling and keep feeling around about laws. If I cant find any then I assume there are none. A couple people that have chickens fresh sell eggs on the Florida market bulletin website through the AG dept. I wouldnt see why it would be a problem.

 

[chickenranchwife]

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Holy chit! How many hens do you have???
I have an order for 3 doz coming up and I hope my girls can fill it!!!

I have 74 hens. I sold 4 more doz lastnight, and will sell more on Saturday.

 

[scgamecock]

I'm selling 20 dozen or so a week at $2.I think the more food threat we have in this country the more demand for our fresh locally grown eggs will increase.

 

[Crazy4Chicks]

Well I just put a sign out front for the frig FULL of eggs I have - you would not think that 15 hens could fill a frig that fast

and it is only the two of us here so we cant eat that many eggs LOL

the only eggs I dont sell are my banty eggs ( I only have one banty hen ) her eggs are the perfect size for me for breakfast and since she does not lay everyday right now - I can keep up with her LOL

I am also finding people dont want duck eggs - so right now they either go in the bator - and I will sell the babies or I cook them up as a treat for the other animals.

so lets hope I can sell some eggs soon


Julie

 

[DuckLady]

In Oregon you can sell off of your property. If I go to a Farmers Market, I have to adhere to other regs, like refrigeration, but don't need special permits. If I sell for resale, then the party reselling has a whole other set of permits, grading, etc.

So I just sell off my property and at a local craft show. When I am at the craft show, I add an additional sticker that says "ungraded" and on my label, I have my contact info and the generic "Cook Eggs Thoroughly" warning.

 

[Pelican49]

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Thanks ChicknGurl, you just saved me from some searching.