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That is the going rate around here too. It is all about supply and demand. In an area where there are a lot of people raising chickens for eggs there is more supply than demand.
We have laying hens for eggs so I feel better about feeding them to my family cause I know what they are eating and that they are not abused in the process. We raise roosters for meat for the same reasons. I am not in this for a proffit but I do have extra eggs. If I didn't have people wanting to buy them I would give them away. All my neighbors have their own fresh egg supply.
I just think of it like this. If I make $8-$10 a week on eggs then that buys a bag of feed and I have all the eggs I need for my family too so everybody wins.
I now have13 hens and get 8 to 12 eggs a day.
My DH's point is that we don't really need $10 out of our eggs a week. We are not making a living off our ladies that was never the reason we got chickens.
That is the going rate around here too. It is all about supply and demand. In an area where there are a lot of people raising chickens for eggs there is more supply than demand.
We have laying hens for eggs so I feel better about feeding them to my family cause I know what they are eating and that they are not abused in the process. We raise roosters for meat for the same reasons. I am not in this for a proffit but I do have extra eggs. If I didn't have people wanting to buy them I would give them away. All my neighbors have their own fresh egg supply.
I just think of it like this. If I make $8-$10 a week on eggs then that buys a bag of feed and I have all the eggs I need for my family too so everybody wins.
I now have13 hens and get 8 to 12 eggs a day.
My DH's point is that we don't really need $10 out of our eggs a week. We are not making a living off our ladies that was never the reason we got chickens.
