how much do you charge for your eggs?

[pkruid]

I had so many eggs that I was giving them away or selling them for .75 to $1 a dozen. Then I ran out and had to buy eggs at the store. Those scrawny. pale things were $1.89. I will not be giving egss away from now on $2 a dozen doesn't seem out of line at all.

 

[greyhorsewoman]

A couple of years ago, I suddenly realized my 32 RIRs were giving me close to 2 1/2 dozen eggs a day and the fridge was filled to capacity.

I went to the barn and quickly made this sign ~~ I would put the sign up whenever I had extra eggs ... sold them out any day I put up the sign. I was so pleased to get some money to offset the cost of the little bit of feed I used for our freeranging chickens.

Just a few years later, I'm again going to have eggs for sale and they will be $2.00 a dozen, minimum. Things change pretty quickly, huh?

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b335/greyhorsewoman/FreshEggs.jpg

 

[greyhorsewoman]

Oh, I nearly forgot. I spoke with my daughter last night (she lives in Wash DC). A friend bought a goose egg (that's right ONE) for $4.00 at the farmer's market so she could take it home to eat.

 

[s6bee]

C.H.W. :

How do I get a hen to start sitting?

Do you mean laying eggs or setting them to hatch?​

 

[chicknmania]

We look at the price the local grocery charges and make ours just slightly under that; so this year, around $2.00 a dozen. I think they should really be Higher priced than store eggs but I'm not sure people would pay it; these days, anyway. Last year we charged 1.75 a dozen. We have six or seven faithful egg customers who usually pay a little more than what we ask, anyway.

 

[mudderhen]

I am new to the chicken world, and I bought 18 chicks from a hatchery. They are only 8 weeks old now, and I know they still have a ways to go before giving me any eggs, but in my impatience, I went yesterday and bought 4 hens, 3 RIR, and one very large grey one.....? full grown. I was so excited about getting eggs that I couldn't hardly sleep last night. This morning I was so disappointed...No eggs. Is there any way to tell how old a chicken is, or tell if they are getting ready to lay an egg? also, does stress play a role, like moving to a new environment have anything to do with it?

 

[Stella1964]

Organic eggs up here in Ontario Canada, my area anyway, cost $5.50 per dozen large, at the grocery store. If I have excess eggs, I'll give them away to my neighbours first as a good will gesture, then I'll start charging if I have more than we can handle. I'll probably sell them for $4 per dozen, especially if they're a good size.

I see a lot of comments here about duck eggs. Can anyone describe what they taste like, in comparison to chicken eggs? I'm wondering if finicky family members would notice enough that their scrambled eggs don't quite taste the same but will like it regardless...please advise. Also, how many eggs do ducks lay and how often?

 

[mmajw]

$2.00/dozen

 

[LoneCowboy]

You need to see what they cost in the stores. Then you can charge a little more. Nest Fresh was at 2.79 someone told me. I sell mine for $3.50 but I was at a place yesterday who sells them for $4.00 However, I'm in the middle of town, in Boulder County CO. Everything is organic or healthy here. I put my sign out on the street and I'm sold out in just a few minutes. I had no idea they would go so well. I have more layers now, but they aren't laying yet. I hope I can do well with them when they do. I can't keep up with demand currently.

I have some friends that are more in the country and there are several places around them that sell eggs. They can only get about $2 for theirs. It all depends on where you are at.

 

[Nichole77]

so get this. I was at the farmers market yesterday and some vendors were selling eggs for $5 a dozen. in used cartons. If they had been in cartons made from recycled material and were free range, pastured, organically fed non fertile eggs I could see trying to charge that much. But one woman was selling rennetless cheese but fertile eggs. I know they taste the same but the vegetarians and hippies don't care.