Egg prices WILL rise again

[Oreo]

Here in SC we have just about the lowest prices in the nation on almost everything. But I want to know what we can get for our eggs. I'm thinking that people living on a well-traveled road, who put up a sign, ought to be able to get at least $4 a dozen for fresh free-range eggs. I bet I could sell every carton I could produce at $4. As soon as I get some hens. Those of you who sell eggs, how much do you get? Or maybe this should be a new thread.

 

[GwenFarms]

I'm in SC to Oreo and most folks around here are still selling them for $1.50-$2.00 a dozen.

Here is another thread that discussed some of these issues with fuel and food prices etc. It was pretty interesting if you didn't read it.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=38869

 

[Mrs MIA]

We make the stuff a half hour drive from our house, and our gas hit $3.79/gallon. Over $4.09 for diesel.

These gas prices really suck, because we just got a new Hewescraft boat last summer, and it's going to cost us a week's wages each just to fill the tank.

Eggs go for about $3.75-$4.50/dozen, depending on whether it's your run-of-the-mill eggs or organic free-range what-have-you. Which is why I'm gathering my flock now.

 

[championny]

Oreo, I think that charging that much would put people off. I mean I can buy eggs here in FL for $2.00-$4.00 depending on the brand. Most people that sell farm fresh eggs sell them at $2/carton. After all, if you can provide farm fresh eggs at a decent price, you are more likely to get more customers. If you do as the grocery stores or charge more, people are just going to get them there. I hope once my flock is back in the mood, we'll get more eggs and I can sell them for about $1.50/carton. If I beat the commercial prices, then they'll keep coming back.

 

[joanna]

in Enid, OK...gas is about $3.25 gallon, regular eggs are $1.99, cage free eggs are $2.99 & organic eggs are $3.99! chicken feed is running 7.25 for a 25# bag of starter/grower.

it's expensive everywhere! i'm in dallas right now and gas is $3.35!

i can't wait for my chicks to start laying! I'm hoping by July 4th!

 

[starfroggie]

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I live in Walla Walla. Darn wineries are really raising the price of everything around here. This little town has just been exploding the past 10 years. Gas here is $3.49 at the cheapest place, over the border in Milton-Freewater OR

 

[lancenone]

Hello everyone,

I've been an avid browser of BackyardChickens.com for quite some time but just got around to registering. I'm excited that there are so many people who enjoy raising chickens and doing other homesteading activities.

Anyway, where I'm at in Kansas eggs are about $1.86 a dozen for extra large grade AA ($1.66 on sale), whole milk is a little over $4 a gallon ($3 on sale) and feed costs vary. I can get chick grower/starter from Orchlens for $8.49 for a 40 pound bag (18% protein). However, I've started buying from our COOP because the feed is of much higher quality. (22 % protein.) From there, it is running at $12.54 for a 50 lb bag. Fuel is $3.24 a gallon.

I'll have to admit I'm a little worried about rising prices in the upcomming year. But hopefully we'll all find a way to get by without to much stress or sacrificing the things we find enjoyable.

 

[Tutter]

In my area of N. California the gas prices are:

3.79
3.88
and 3.99 a gal (The prices represent each grade of gas offered at the station, the most expensive being 'premium.' The most expensive station in town sells gas for several cents more; over $4.

Natural eggs go for $3.60-$4.20 a doz.

When my newest chicks are raised, (They arrive on June 9th) I'll go back to selling the eggs, and was thinking of selling them for $2. a doz.; dh says $2.50

I don't mind giving eggs away, and know I will (The local senior center really appreciates farm fresh eggs, btw, and garden produce.) but I'd like to sell enough to pay for the girls' feed, and maybe generate a little "egg money." So I will have to undercut a bit.

We have had goats for 20 years.....Alpines, Alpine crosses, Nubians, and Nubian crosses. When the children were younger (They are now grown.) we raised babies and used the milk. Now we just keep goats which need homes, like our current Alpine cross, Penelope.

The costs vary with your property. If you need to supplement their food with grass hay, and/or alfalfa, you need to price bales. If you will be giving grain supplementation, maybe during the winter, that needs to be priced, as well.

We used to de-bud our kids, as that's what people wanted when we sold them.

Aside from any vaccines, goats may need their teeth worked on, supplementation (our area is low in selenium, and goats who don't get it will simply die at some point. Especially if eating all local feed.) and wormer. We worm 2ce a year. Once being for liver fluke. Again, it will depend upon your area, you need to learn the special needs of yours. Call the "large animal vet" in your area, and ask what they suggest.

Also, goats need to be in a fenced area, unless you plan for an area void of certain plants. They are very efficient plant eaters, so you only want them where it's okay for them to eat anything that they feel like. If you have forest plants you want, ornamentals etc., don't let them in those areas.

Penelope just got finished having some treats of new blackberry growth, weeds and grass, and oak leaves. The reason I got my first goat was to clear the poison oak from the area around our new house.

I nearly forgot an expense. If you don't keep a buck (We almost always did, but a lot of people can't keep them far enough away from the milking does, or just don't want to deal with them.) you have to work out breeding any does which aren't giving milk/you want kids from. You might be able to work out something reasonable, or not. If you sell the kids, who are you selling them to? People who will eat them, which means any healthy, disease-free buck is fine, or people who want a purebred for milking?

All that said, I love the goats, and can't imagine not having them!

Penelope, who doesn't know she's a goat, (thinks she's a dog), gets along fine with the hens.

And, the healthiest hens I had were raised with clabbered goats milk as part of their diet. Perhaps there's a reason they shouldn't have it that someone knows of, but they did great on it.

 

[Acre of Blessings]

I have spoken with people in our church and others that are interested in our eggs that my chickens will lay (in the future) and they said that they will love to purchase them from me for around $2 a doz. So what I told them is that if they bring me their empty cartons that I would give them a .25 cent discount.

To OREO....don't price them to high or you'll be left with a bunch of eggs that you cannot sell. Ask the people to bring their own cartons and if they do, give them a discount. Hope this helps.

And in my own thoughts.....It's sad when a gallon of milk cost more than a gallon of gas.

 

[wynedot55]

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i hope you dont blame the dairymen for the price of milk.because they sure arnt getting rich off high milk prices at the store.the processor is the 1 getting the money.the dairymen gets maybe $1.20 ea for every gal they produce.an out of that they pay all their bills.an mostly stay behind on their bills.because the milk check wont cover everything.ex dairymen.