Got a 2.8 oz egg today!

[cavemanrich]

Candle that large egg... Maybe you will see 2 yolks

 

[ChickNanny13]

I've offered to charge based on either weight (24 oz) or number (1 dozen) as people prefer. Its $3 either way and so far folks have been happy with anything over 1.7 oz. One buyer doesn't care if they're smaller she paid $15 for 5 dozen including the smaller ones She also said she's buying all her eggs from me from now on

And one buyer (my grandma's friend) paid me $4 because they live 35 miles away (grandma lives across the street) and she felt it was worth giving me the extra dollar since I had to drive up there Despite the fact I was going to my grandma's anyway lol...

Wow, fresh eggs sell for $5/doz here ...
Market ones run $3 - $5, on sale (med) 3doz/$5, (leg) 2doz/$6

 

[tweetzone86]

Candle that large egg... Maybe you will see 2 yolks

Can you see the yolks via candling though? I tried with my first one and didn't see anything

 

[tweetzone86]

Wow, fresh eggs sell for $5/doz here ...
Market ones run $3 - $5, on sale (med) 3doz/$5, (leg) 2doz/$6

I can imagine. When we visited Hawaii milk was $8/gallon and all groceries seemed to be outrageously expensive compared to north Idaho.

I don't do organic feed because I can't afford it, and my birds are cage free but I can't free range them unless I'm outside to keep the cats and hawks away.

I saw cage-free large brown eggs in the organic section of my store yesterday and the cheapest one was $3/dozen and it ranged from $3 for that one to $5 for the organic ones.

I know pricing one's home-raised eggs can be tricky but I don't know rich people either Since it's either my eggs or the $1.48 per dozen factory whites, I figured charging double than those would be fair. I don't think I can sell them (esp since they aren't all large sizes yet) for more than that to friends and family at least.

And though my city laws say I can have them, the HOA technically says no poultry (but it was written before the city passed that law. City law trumps HOA in this case but I'm not about to fight with my very "citified" neighbors. That being said, three have said it's ok (I did ask the immediate ones because they can see them in my yard and the one across the street because they're very very nice people) and they have said they'll want to buy eggs when they become available.

So I can't exactly "advertise" that I've got eggs for sale publicly. I did on a private fb account and on my church's fb, and I told friends and family. I only have 12 birds and we eat a lot of eggs too so I think that I'm going to sell 15 doz or so each month to break even on feed costs

But as for now, we're eating the smaller ones and selling 1.7 oz and up (save one person who didn't care how big they were and bought 5 dozen). Once all of them are large size, or at least 1.9 oz, then I will be able to sell more at that point.

We'll see how it goes

 

[EggSighted4Life]

I thought doubles were longer but skinnier? This one was nicely rounded. Or am I wrong? This is my first flock so I'm still a newbie

It just depends on the bird really. There aren't MANY set rules in chicken keeping. I even have a two year old HEN that crows!

I think the record was 9 yolks in one egg.

 

[WVduckchick]

I never had much luck candling the eggs from my production reds. Their brown pigment seems much “thicker” to me. Even when incubating them, I had a tough time seeing development early on.

 

[DobieLover]

I now regret not weighing the large egg one of my pullets left last week. It was huge. About twice the normal size, normally shaped and yes, a double yolker. I ate it!
But I'm with @Eggcessive . Eggs that big make me nervous for the chicken. That has got to put a strain on the system getting it out.
I have my 9 chickens on 1/4 acre green pasture, they free-range for a few hours in the evening and I feed them organic, omega 3 enhanced fermented feed and I have lots of different colored eggs. I'm in upstate NY.
Votes on how much per dozen to sell them for??

 

[Bonniebooboo]

It just depends on the bird really. There aren't MANY set rules in chicken keeping. I even have a two year old HEN that crows!

I think the record was 9 yolks in one egg.

I believe that is what I read was 9 for the record. I had a wonderful buff orpington she laid a triple yolker, the largest I ever had. I also lost the hen. She was only 2 yrs old. She had to do some major struggling to get it out.