Egg Value

[rjohns39]

As has already been mentioned, there are lots of laws that govern the sale of eggs and/or poultry. To protect and guide me, I belong to the Farm to Consumer Legal Defense fund. It's great to be able to just send an email with a legal question and get a call from a lawyer who will outline what's legal, what's pushing the envelope and what your level of risk is.

In my area, eggs must be washed and refrigerated. They have to be in a new carton and stored in a separate fridge. And there are labeling requirements. I can sell up to 18,000 eggs without a license, but cannot sell to institutions or retail sales outlets without the license.

I'm still having difficulty finding the market near me, but know it exists.

 

[2 many chickens]

I sell button quail and bantam eggs. The button quail hatching eggs sell great, in the past 6 months I made $500. I sell them online, not in person.

 

[jonaeselaye]

Here here in Victoria, Australia, I see a lot of people selling their eggs at local markets.
As long as they use the usual buzzwords "organic", "fresh" and "homegrown" they can sell them for up to $10 (AUD) per dozen easily.

I'm sure you need a permit to sell backyard eggs at markets but I believe most don't. I don't think egg selling legislations are heavily enforced here unless someone gets sick and reports you.

 

[Afroggie4u]

For those who sell their eggs, how would you go about increasing your eggs value? I plan to try to do this next spring for the new market season so I'm just curious as to what other people have done or ideas they may have had. Obviously it could be a region specific solution.

Sell duck eggs, I can't keep up with requests for them.

 

[MTP55]

Sell duck eggs, I can't keep up with requests for them.

We also sell duck eggs. We had to teach people they aren't gross before they would buy them. We get $2 for a half dozen.

 

[DownByTheRiver]

I sell mine for $5 per dozen. I’ve had a few people who said that’s too much, but I offer a free dozen to them to try. Once they discover how yummy they taste compared to store eggs, they happily pay $5. Plus, I tell them that even “organic cage free” eggs sell at Walmart for $5 per dozen. I just use used egg cartons people give me. I do sell the small eggs that some EEs lay for $2 per dozen, that makes the truly frugal people happy.

 

[MontanaChickDoc]

I agree, once people TRY fresh eggs with the dark rich yolks, they are hooked. The eggs market themselves. I am very sad right now because of 40 hens (half of which are 6 months old or less and have not started laying yet, but still), I am getting 3-5 eggs per day Thank goodness for my two ducks that lay 2 eggs a day like clockwork. People can be a little weirded out by the duck eggs at first, no idea why (I think I should just say nothing and let people think they are really really big chicken eggs!), but once they try them, they are believers! I lost my 2 Ameracuanas and 4 Easter eggers to a fox or coyotes this summer...my Whiting true blues and Cream Legbars I replaced them with at the end of July (as day old chicks) won't start laying for a few months yet, but my lavender Am's (that I got at the end of April as day old chicks) and OEs (that I hatched myself from EEs and black Amer's over FBCM roo) should be starting any day now...it can't start up soon enough. I feel like my cartons are so blah without the blue and green eggs. Right now only my Polish and a couple of light brown layers are laying, and maybe the odd accidental egg from my Welsummer. The marans (I have French black and Fr. black copper) are taking a break. The olive eggers are the same age as the lavenders, COME ON GIRLS...feed is expensive and I have customers waiting!!! I am SO tempted to put lights on them come Dec 1st otherwise I will not have enough for holiday baking!!!

 

[MontanaChickDoc]

These were my spring cartons. So pretty. Sigh.

 

[WthrLady]

My customers know I let my girls take the winter off. They are usually molting and can do with the break over the hard winter months we have here. I MIGHT get enough for our house, or not. We take a break from late October to Early March on sales.

 

[mysunraedreams]

For those who sell their eggs, how would you go about increasing your eggs value? I plan to try to do this next spring for the new market season so I'm just curious as to what other people have done or ideas they may have had. Obviously it could be a region specific solution.