How much do you sell eggs for?

[redoak]

I'm thinking $2 a dozen to start, since my hens eggs aren't full size yet.

 

[JessaLynn]

Lets face it feed isn't getting any cheaper and we really aren't making a profit nowadays.

I pay $16 a bag for Layers here in Ohio and sell my eggs for $2.75 a doz. or 2 for $5.
I have barred rocks,red stars,and Buff orpingtons so all brown egg layers.Nobody likes the white eggs!? I guess the brown ones do look nicer but it's all the same.Geez!

 

[tattooedchickenlady]

We actually had this discussion the other day....
I was thinking $2 a doz $3 doz and a half and I won't size them, customers get what we get straight from the bird. We really give them away alot to friends and family, but it's time to start charging. I think we'll have an egg $ jar too, that way we can keep better track. I also started writing down how many eggs we get and the # of each color.......

 

[Barnbrat]

Oh wow! I'm cutting myself short. LOL I'm only selling mine for $1.50 a dozen. And I actually get complaints from that amount!
"I can buy them cheaper in the store", they've said.
My only response was, " I bet those hens never see daylight either, so they have to be fed antibiotics. Oh, and I bet they get a daily side of hormones to go with that too." hehe

Then I'll throw in the fact that they're at least a week old before they're sold at the market. I hate it when people compare my eggs to the cheap ones at Walmart. Do they ever do that to you?

 

[HaileyandJoliesMom]

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Tell them if they can buy them cheaper at walmart, then go to walmart. I would love to be able to buy fresh eggs around here. My girls havent started laying yet!!

 

[wyliefarms]

My daughter has the egg business. She sells them for $2.50/dozen.

Now when I sold the eggs a few years ago, before she was old enough, I got a lot of complaints about the price. Since my daughter has started, there is only the occassional critic. It must make a difference having a 12 year old selling them

We just raised our price a few months ago. We figured out our costs and we weren't making anything. If we wouldn't of raised it we would be losing money with the price increase of feed.

There are other kids in the area selling their eggs for $2.75-3.00/dozen

 

[tattooedchickenlady]

That's crazy that people complain,at Wal-mart here small eggs are at least $2 doz, jumbo are more like $2.50 I'll double check prices today, just to be fair...
But yeah, if they complain encourage them to go to Wal-Mart, whatever they might save on the egg price they'll more than make up for in gas....so poo on them....

**EDIT** went to Wal-Mart, the small eggs are $1.27 jumbo are $1.57, cage-free and brown are more expensive--a little over $2. So, IDK, I may still go with $2. Most of my friends and family get delivery with that, so I guess it works out!

 

[MamaDragon]

So. Arkansas here-

I sell eggs for 2.50 / dozen. For repeat customers, if they bring me back a clean, usable carton, I give them 25 cents off the price. I'll give credit for up to 4 cartons per purchase.

We break even at about 1.00 / dozen right now (will have to re-figure the costs next time I buy pellets and scratch). Of course, come winter when they will be eating more feed, and getting less from free-ranging, my costs will go up.

Also, I pay the boys (who actually own the chickens) 1.50/dozen for the eggs collected, then they have to purchase the feed, and any other needs for the chickens out of that money. What's left, goes to the college fund. ('bout the only way i'm gonna be able to afford to send them to college...LOL)

Kathy

(I can't wait until spring when I can try selling fertile eggs instead!)

 

[weenie007]

Soon I will be getting RIR but I as wondering how many I should have to get 6 eggs a day. My coop will be 11.5'x5.7' and about 8 feet tall how many hens would fit in there? Can anyone help?

 

[dalostshaker]

Over here on the coast of NC they sell for $2-$3/dozen on CraigsList and at the flea markets.....but if you go to the trendy "farmers market" the people that try the hardest not to be yuppies will pay up to $5!!!