Egg Value

[rosemarythyme]

"farm fresh"
I do not believe adding this label requires you to legally meet any specific requirements

Whereas "cage free" "organic" "free range" I believe all have certain requirements to be met to be used on your label... but if your situation meets any of those requirements, those are labels people like to see!

Depends on state, so make sure to do your research. I believe in some states you can't even mark it as "farm fresh" if you're a backyard seller. You may need a license to sell eggs at all.

I don't sell my eggs, most of them end up going to family members who want them. I have a hard time eating so many eggs myself.

 

[BYCforlife]

Black Copper Marans lay very dark eggs, which are appealing to buyers. I would be careful about selling coloured eggs to just anybody.
You have to make sure that your customers know that the color of your eggs don't affect the taste in the slightest.(besides the fact that the brown ones typically are from free run chickens.)

 

[PirateGirl]

Depends on state, so make sure to do your research. I believe in some states you can't even mark it as "farm fresh" if you're a backyard seller. You may need a license to sell eggs at all.

I don't sell my eggs, most of them end up going to family members who want them. I have a hard time eating so many eggs myself.

Agreed. Every state has it's own eggs sales legislation as well as how things should be labeled!

 

[MTP55]

Black Copper Marans lay very dark eggs, which are appealing to buyers. I would be careful about selling coloured eggs to just anybody.
You have to make sure that your customers know that the color of your eggs don't affect the taste in the slightest.(besides the fact that the brown ones typically are from free run chickens.)

Yeah, we had to teach people that there's literally no difference between colored eggs vs. white. We tell them feed will change flavor a little as will age. But we've only once had eggs left after the end of a week. We also had to teach people duck eggs aren't gross. And ours taste almost exactly like chicken eggs just fluffier. It's entertaining.

 

[aart]

I started my prices at what a couple others in the area were selling for....$3.50.
Some balked until I explained the marketing 'lies' about 'free range', 'cage free', etc.
Then most felt better, and they were supporting my 'real food' venture anyway.
I only have a 3-6 customers, matches my coop capacity well, and covers all feed costs.

 

[kwhites634]

We have a label with our farm name and city/state and hot pink cartons. Those were my fiance's doing, I wasn't sure but it catches attention and we get a lot of return cartons that way. We've branded and built out way to needing 50+ cluckers to lay us eggs. We are looking to expand some more in the spring when we hopefully have our own place.

We currently have brown eggs only. I was thinking of adding white eggs as we've had some requests. Also possibly a couple Marans to get a richer brown egg. We live in a very rural area so commanding higher prices is difficult but we nab alot of touristy types and then have some diehards in winter. We sell for $3.00 a dozen at markets. Discounts for our regulars and return cartons. I'd like to bump to $3.25 next year to increase our margin. It's nice when something you like makes money

We've sold eggs in the past, but when you try to get $2.50 when stores are getting $1.50, it's not worth it; people more interested in their "bottom line" than the quality of the product, 'specially the urban transplants who think eggs grow in cartons.

 

[kwhites634]

Black Copper Marans lay very dark eggs, which are appealing to buyers. I would be careful about selling coloured eggs to just anybody.
You have to make sure that your customers know that the color of your eggs don't affect the taste in the slightest.(besides the fact that the brown ones typically are from free run chickens.)

I don't understand; why would brown eggs typically be from "free run" chickens"

 

[EggWalrus]

.(besides the fact that the brown ones typically are from free run chickens.)

WHAT?

 

[EggWalrus]

I don't understand; why would brown eggs typically be from "free run" chickens"

That's what I was wondering!
He must have been joking, as long as he's been on here, you know that he knows better.

 

[kwhites634]

That's what I was wondering!
He must have been joking, as long as he's been on here, you know that he knows better.

Could be Chocolate milk comes from brown cows, though. Doesn't it?