How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

[Jen4]

Guess I'll go put a sign out at the end of the drive

 

[mullers3acers]

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I need to find customers! Got about 100 in the refrigerator right now!

People in California just put a sign at the road and get more customers than they want. Not sure what you can get in your area - but here prices range from $2.00 to $3.00 per dozen.

Sandee

We have three custom made signs in front of our farm and sell our eggs for $2.00 a dz. For the person that has about a 100 eggs send them our way. we sure could use them. Ha Ha

 

[Dragonfly Ranch]

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People in California just put a sign at the road and get more customers than they want. Not sure what you can get in your area - but here prices range from $2.00 to $3.00 per dozen.

Sandee

We have three custom made signs in front of our farm and sell our eggs for $2.00 a dz. For the person that has about a 100 eggs send them our way. we sure could use them. Ha Ha

But you know in reality if we want the chickens to pay for themselves we would have to charge about $23.00 a dozen. If you can $3.00 for a dozen that would cover a couple of bags of feed in our area.

Sandee

 

[Jen4]

But you know in reality if we want the chickens to pay for themselves we would have to charge about $23.00 a dozen.

but soooo true! Yeah I'm not looking to get rich but it would be nice to sell enough eggs to pay for their food!​

 

[blueseal]

i put a sign out and i sold 14 dozen in 6 days they wiped me out . lol. been getting a dozen + a day from 23 hens some still arent laying yet.

 

[kuntrygirl]

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I know what you mean. I just delivered 8 dozen eggs and the person that bought the eggs has requested every single egg that is layed from this point on until January 2010. They have a LARGE family and will have several large family gatherings over the next couple of months, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years. They need the eggs for cooking and baking. I have so many more customers, so I still have to keep eggs for them. I guess it's a good problem to have. I hope my girls don't let me down.

 

[NotTheMomma]

How did you all get those customers? And second, what are you charging for large orders like that? I've got someone wanting 15-20 dozen a week, but at only $1.25.

 

[kuntrygirl]

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Make sure that you tell as many people as possible that you come in contact with and tell them to tell others. I have been lucky in that people that know I sell eggs tell others and so on and so forth. When I talk with people, the conversation always leads to me telling them that I live on a farm and then after I tell them I have chickens they ask if I sell eggs. That is always the catch line. After that, guess what? New customer. Good Luck.

 

[kuntrygirl]

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Not sure if that question was for me but if so, I will tell you how I get so many customers.

First of all, I'm a "talker", so I love meeting and talking to people. I'm a very frugal person who likes to recycyle, so when I'm out talking and trying to hustle to find things things to recycle to use for my little farm and around the house, I come in contact with many people. They always ask me what will I do with whatever item that I'm recycling. It's always about my farm and my animals. Then they ask what kind of animals do I have and then I tell them. When I tell them that I have over 100 chickens, they ask do I sell the eggs and I tell them yes. Their next statement is that they love fresh farm eggs and would love to start eating fresh eggs again. After that, we exchange information and they begin calling when they need eggs.

An example of how I connect with so many people. I was looking for gallon buckets for feed, so I called around to the Wal Mart bakery department and other bakery shops and asked if I could get a few gallon buckets. They said yes. When I went to get the buckets, they asked what was I going to do with the buckets and I told them that I was going to use the buckets to hold chicken feed. Well, guess what the next question was. You guessed it. They ask do I sell my chickens eggs. I got 2 customers from the Wal Mart bakery.

Another example - Went to the bread store to ask for the expired bread for treats for my chickens. The lady at the bread store was so happy to get rid of the old but still good bread. She asked me did I sell my chickens eggs and I told her yes. Guess what? Another customer.

Another example- I post ads on the Freecycle yahoo groups for egg cartons. People contact me to let me know that they have empty egg cartons. When I go to pick up the empty egg cartons, they ask me what do I plan on doing with the cartons. I tell them that I sell eggs and I need the cartons for my customers. They ask how much do I sell my eggs for and begin telling me that the eggs in the store do not taste like the farm fresh eggs and would love to get some fresh eggs. Well, guess what? Another customer.

And the list goes on and on and on. I just hope I continue to be as lucky to get new customers and keep the customers that I have. I live in Louisiana and everyone here loves to cook, so many of my customers use the eggs for baking. Unfortunately, I only sell my eggs for $1.50. That is the going rate in my neck of the woods. I wish I could get more but I don't think so. You may want to find out what the going rate for eggs in your neck of the woods.

I have a few elderly people (70+ years old and older) who are on a fixed income, so I sell my eggs for $1.00 a dozen just for them.

Large or small orders, I sell them all for the same price. I have a lady that was having a family reunion during the Labor Day weekend and she needed 10 dozen eggs but I only sold them for $1.50 per dozen. I had thought about selling them for more but I didn't.

 

[Tala]

3/3 today, got my second brown egg and it is so purdy!