How Much should i sell my eggs for?

[pullets6]

Hello I'm coming out of NC how much should I sell a dozen eggs for 1$-2$ dollars at local store.

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[WalnutHill]

Hello I'm coming out of NC how much should I sell a dozen eggs for 1$-2$ dollars at local store.

Does anyone around you sell eggs?

Do you live on a busy paved road?

What are prices on free range brown eggs in the store?

If I drive 25 minutes I can find eggs for $2.50 a dozen. But I can sell mine in my location for $4/dozen because the stores sell for $6-7.

 

[pullets6]

Well they are about 1.90 in the local stores and I have a pretty busy path so…

 

[123RedBeard]

Are these eating eggs? Hatching eggs?

If eating eggs ... What size? What color? Fertile? Open range?

I personally am willing to pay double what the store sells month+ old eggs from a big factory farm, to get local FRESH healthy eggs!

ETA: A place I like to get eggs from has various sized eggs ... $3 Med, $4 Lg, $5, XL ...

 

[WalnutHill]

Are these eating eggs? Hatching eggs?

If eating eggs ... What size? What color? Fertile? Open range?

I personally am willing to pay double what the store sells month+ old eggs from a big factory farm, to get local FRESH healthy eggs!

ETA: A place I like to get eggs from has various sized eggs ... $3 Med, $4 Lg, $5, XL ...

x2. Backyard farm eggs taste way better. Fresher...depends. I stopped by a farm in Ohio once, a couple miles down a dirt road, to talk to the proprietors. They had 40 hens free ranging, but only found about 6 eggs a day. They had 12 DOZEN for sale. I don't think the oldest of those were all that fresh.

We are filling 8+ dozen a day and selling within 48 hours. I'd consider those fresh.

I just had my first customer refusal of fertile eggs on the grounds of cruelty to animals.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

x2. Backyard farm eggs taste way better. Fresher...depends. I stopped by a farm in Ohio once, a couple miles down a dirt road, to talk to the proprietors. They had 40 hens free ranging, but only found about 6 eggs a day. They had 12 DOZEN for sale. I don't think the oldest of those were all that fresh.

We are filling 8+ dozen a day and selling within 48 hours. I'd consider those fresh.

I just had my first customer refusal of fertile eggs on the grounds of cruelty to animals.

What??? How do they figure that?
3 of my November hens just started laying last week! I was so thrilled!! I have 14 eggs now!! lol My son is upset I am not incubating them already though...lol Once they start averaging out in size I will see the extras. (I've already had a couple people ask about possibly buying from me once I start getting a regular supply.) Only thing is my hen that is laying the most reliably (so far) is my Aracuana/NN hen and they are olive eggs...lol A lot of people around here are adverse to green eggs...lol

 

[scflock]

I get about 10 dozen/ week, and sell out every week at $3/dozen. To be fair, I have $1/carton in cost, but it keeps demand high. I have several breeds of chickens, with several different colors of eggs. I buy clear cartons, mix the colors, then add a custom label to the top. I got my labels from Kathy Moreno (AdozenGirls on BYC), and absolutely believe that the personal touch helps sell the eggs

 

[AmyLynn2374]

I get about 10 dozen/ week, and sell out every week at $3/dozen. To be fair, I have $1/carton in cost, but it keeps demand high. I have several breeds of chickens, with several different colors of eggs. I buy clear cartons, mix the colors, then add a custom label to the top. I got my labels from Kathy Moreno (AdozenGirls on BYC), and absolutely believe that the personal touch helps sell the eggs

That' a good point I hadn't thought about carton cost. Maybe I'll do a discount for "bring your own carton"....lol My sister has labels for hers too. I'll have to get creative and put my pc to work...lol

 

[scflock]

That' a good point I hadn't thought about carton cost. Maybe I'll do a discount for "bring your own carton"....lol My sister has labels for hers too. I'll have to get creative and put my pc to work...lol

Most people around here will discount 25-50 cents for returned cartons, but I just stick at $3. If they return them, then I start recouping some of my carton cost

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Most people around here will discount 25-50 cents for returned cartons, but I just stick at $3. If they return them, then I start recouping some of my carton cost

I was thinking 50 cents...lol