egg selling

[JacinLarkwell]

I know I sold mine for 2$ (might have been able to sell for more, but this was limited to my coworkersnwho are incredably cheap) a dozen, with the carton being returned

 

[Chickenslol]

I sell bantam hatching eggs for $5 a dozen. Do you have to have a perment were you live?

we’re not a business so no, i don’t believe. i also don’t think my neighbors will report me for it so we’re good. i’m currently cranking out a lot rn six of them are laying, so it’s a dozen every two days, but we’ll see. i do live close to a pretty fancy neighborhood so i’m not really sure how much they’ll spring for eggs. i was thinking of checking grocery store prices, averaging them out, and going 50 cents lower than that. that way there’s an incentive to buy. how’s that sound?

 

[Tre3hugger]

I live in western Mass and charge 3.50/dz. 3 dozen for $10. I encourage repeat customers to return the carton.

 

[Chickenslol]

What kind of selection?
I'd say you were good with $4 then.

they do fertilized eggs, and duck eggs, all packed up in a nice little stand

 

[Chickenslol]

So they sell fertilized chicken eggs(unfertilized also?) and duck eggs.
Duck eggs generally cost more than chicken eggs.
Are they also using terms like free range and/or pastured and/or cage free etc?

When I started selling, one person wouldn't buy from me @ $3.50 because they could get eggs for a buck at a 'farm outlet', but she is known and self admitted cheap skate

Another person was buying cage free eggs at the grocery for $3.50.
Once I explained what 'cage free' really meant, as well as the other 'marketing labels',
she was thrilled to buy from my birds.

they're a family farm, there's a stand outside their house. They do duck and chicken and they all cost one price i believe. basically the same thing i would do if i could, but we're not zoned for roosters, and so, fertilized eggs are off the table for selling.

 

[SegiDream]

Tuesday, the State is doing a bi-annual testing assay to get me NPIP certified, so I can legally sell chicks and hatching eggs as well. I'll use that to control flock size as needed and further offset feed costs.

That is so strange, but I guess that is part of the difference between states. When I contacted the TN state ag office about NPIP I got the impression that it's voluntary to participate, like it's not required if I want to buy/sell chickens or eggs within the state as a small backyard flock keeper. But it sounds like your goal is as a small business/income. I hope it works out well!

 

[Brooks_]

(because our eggs aren’t pasteurized we can’t use them for baking)

Why not?

 

[Chickenslol]

Why not?

too much risk of disease selling them to customers, we’re at a liability

 

[Brooks_]

too much risk of disease selling them to customers, we’re at a liability

But baking cooks it....

 

[Egg Snatcher]

we’re not a business so no, i don’t believe. i also don’t think my neighbors will report me for it so we’re good. i’m currently cranking out a lot rn six of them are laying, so it’s a dozen every two days, but we’ll see. i do live close to a pretty fancy neighborhood so i’m not really sure how much they’ll spring for eggs. i was thinking of checking grocery store prices, averaging them out, and going 50 cents lower than that. that way there’s an incentive to buy. how’s that sound?

Yeah that sounds good.