egg prices

[Eggseronious]

Major egg farmers have had their feed prices locked in at a cheap price, these days are about over as grain has skyrocketed. I would say look out for a jump in prices

 

[professor-yellow]

I just raised my prices. Duck eggs are 6 a soz, large brown eggs are 3.50 and brown pullet eggs are 2.

Cant keep em in stick.

 

[crooked stripe]

I looked at the store today and eggs are still selling for 1.29 for large white eggs. They also sell the organic and farm raised and so on for as much as 3.75. BUT the meat prices are out of site. A fryer at our local butcher is selling for 3.00 and the large grocery it is going for 5.00. They get their profit one way or another. They have to keep pricing at a minimum as there are to many small store owners and people selling out of their back yard. I am glad I don't live in CA. John

 

[bills]

I sell all I have, (other than the ones we eat) for $2.50 a doz. to friends only. If I was selling them to others, I'm sure I could get $3.00.

Stores here on Vancouver Island sell them usually around $3.00 for large brown eggs. Free range browns sell for $5.00. The omega 3 eggs around the same, or slightly higher. The whites for some reason sell cheaper than all the rest. Usually even the large whites don't look as big as the browns, so that might be partly the reason. Usually they go around $2.75.

I wonder if the brown color makes people think their getting a better egg? I'm sure the battery raised layers egg quality is about the same regardless of egg color. Even the term "free range" is a bit of a marketing ploy, as the factory birds are not truly free ranging, as perhaps "we" would consider free ranging birds should be. "Free pasture" birds eggs are almost non-existant commercially, other than thru gate sales, or farmers markets. I've never seen them at a supermarket for sale.

 

[Colored Egg Farmer]

but you can find them commercially ive heard of all free range egg farms.

 

[bills]

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Are these free range birds, or free pasture birds? The term "free range" is sometimes used by commercial egg producers, as they allow the birds to wander freely in a large enclosure, rather than in a battery cage environment. As I said, what we might consider our free range chickens, aren't exactly what commercial free range chickens are all about. I think they take advantage of the term to charge more for their eggs. I suppose that there is more work involved even in an enclosure, vs the cage environment, so perhaps it's justified.

The term "free pasture" means that birds are allowed outside to pick at weeds, bugs, etc.. The cost and work involved in free pasture birds make them unsuitable for most egg producers on the large scale. Perhaps there is a distribution company that buys up free pasture produced eggs from a number of smaller farms, and sells them commercially?

 

[Mom]

My chickens should start laying any time now and I have people lined up to buy them. My neighbor sells them for $1.50 a doz if you come and get them and bring a carton but I expect him to raise his prices soon. And some of his are bantam eggs. Haven't bought many in the store lately because they were so high so I don't know what they are going for around here

 

[Colored Egg Farmer]

If they are aloud to go outside they are free range. The one you are talking about is cage free. that is a big difference. Natural is when there aloud to be outside at all times. I have found a natural free range company. they have alot of large wooden runs. My famly farm has caged birds, and My company has cage free with slowly enlargeing free range, natural. Cage free can also be able to go outside but tis usually on a porch as they call it. its just a wired off area on the building with open air.

 

[ravenfeathers]

$2/doz was common around here until a few months ago. one of my coworkers sells his (small!) coloured eggs for $3/doz now and no one blinks. i haven't even got my chicks yet and we've got two people wanting eggs when they start laying and they smiled slyly when we quoted $3/doz, as though they were pulling something over on us. maybe i should look into the farmers markets, bet they could bump up the price on organic eggs to $5/doz....

 

[Chickafoog]

We sell our eggs for 1$ a dozen.