Duck eggs at a farmers market?

[Kevin565]

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well they bought them for that much from a hatchery. And sold them for $5.

In that case it sounds like a great opportunity for both parties.

 

[Peachesbabychick]

Sounds like a plan! Oh, and 3 dollars a dozen is a great price. Just wait till you tell them you might have lav orp hatching eggs! I have seen some that go for 20-40$ per dozen!

Good luck!

 

[DUCKGIRL89]

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well they bought them for that much from a hatchery. And sold them for $5.

In that case it sounds like a great opportunity for both parties.

Yup, and I will also see if they want chicks as well, cause if they do my moms in buisieness

lol!

Ducklings and chicks go VERY well here in spring! Not this time of year though. I tryed to sell two ducklings and didnt work. But im now attached to the little ones so they are staying

 

[FarmrGirl]

Duckgirl, You should be fine selling your nest run eggs from your house, but if you want to sell "off-farm" at a market or roadside stand a permit is required for all vendors selling eggs in Tennessee. Cartons must be labeled the name and contact information of the grower.

It's similar in Maryland, I only need a permit if I want to sell at farmers markets or roadside stands. The permit was free, I just went to the Maryland Department of Agriculture website and filled it out. They sent me a pretty little certificate a few weeks later with a permit number that I put on all my cartons.

ETA: I sell my duck and chicken eggs for $3/doz. I might get away with selling the duck eggs for $5 if I went to a fancier farm market but even then you have to deal with people who never would've considered eating a duck egg (you can eat duck egg?? LOL!) So I sell them for the same price and tell people they won't notice a difference in flavor between my chicken and my duck eggs - they're so much tastier than the grocery store! I also sell 6-packs of duck eggs for $2 each (because I have to buy 6-egg cartons and there's more packaging involved) so that folks can try them without committing to buying an entire dozen. I always sell out of those on market day.

 

[Kevin565]

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In that case it sounds like a great opportunity for both parties.

Yup, and I will also see if they want chicks as well, cause if they do my moms in buisieness

lol!

Ducklings and chicks go VERY well here in spring! Not this time of year though. I tryed to sell two ducklings and didnt work. But im now attached to the little ones so they are staying

Baby fowl are very popular here as well however I'd say 75 % of the ducks bought in spring end up on the river here.

 

[DUCKGIRL89]

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Thanks farmrgirl! Look like just gonna be going with church people

and selling ducklings. Lol.

Peaches! I might be keeping a trio of lavenders if I get those genders from these eggs! Thats some real $ right there

 

[Peachesbabychick]

Ha Ha! Those lavs are top sellers!

 

[DUCKGIRL89]

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They sure are. Lol. Looks like a got some cheap eggs then. Lol. I wonder how well they would do on ebay?

 

[RAREROO]

Yep, $3 a duckling is a fair price to sell to a feedstore for resale. And small numbers like a dozen at the time to work well to and I bet they'd be wanting another dozen soon, since duckings do sell really quick in the spring months.

 

[kuntrygirl]

I sell my duck eggs (for eating) $5.00 a dozen.