how much to charge for eggs?

[RockinM]

3.00 a dozen brown green and blue 12-15 dozen a week with 80 more hens coming on line in June I am in N East Texas

 

[marlo1968]

Anyone noticed a price drop on grocery store eggs? Locally around here various stores are running sales .79 dozen

I think they are feeling the pinch of the backyard chicken craze.

Are these prices recent? If so, it could just be the whole Easter thing. Eggs always go on deep discounted sales around Easter. I am on the western slope, Interstate 70 corridor, and I sell my eggs for $3.00 per dozen. Each doz has some of each color in it, white, green, and brown. I have recently been allowed to sell my eggs at our local bountiful baskets pick-up location each Saturday. I sell out each week, and I am given kitchen scraps for my chickens and people like to bring in their egg cartons to me to recycle. Works out great for everyone.

 

[cluckcrazy]

My customers are getting a sweet deal. $2.00 doz. for large eggs, different shades of brown, and at least 1 large blue egg in the carton, usually. My hens free range but I don't feed them organic feed or treats.

I had to laugh, a customer brought me some egg cartons, on them it said "From vegetarian chickens kept with roosters" $4.50 doz.
They're charging more for that? I didn't think chickens wanted to be vegetarinas...My chickens definately are not vegetarians! lol! And I can't tell which eggs are fertilized and which aren't....?
I guess the bottom line is, they're worth what someones willing to pay. I might try the "What will you give me" route.

You should say "Farm fresh eggs from meat-loving hens" and charge $4.50 for that!

 

[gigelus2k13]

I live in the San Francisco Bay Area. I'm not selling eggs, we get too few for my egg-devouring family and I have to complete the need with store-bought eggs.

We have a nice grocery store in the area where one, then two farmers started selling their pastured eggs. It's probably the only store selling true free-range eggs. During winter time, the few cartons they manage to bring in sell out in the same day, so there is appreciation for a high-quality egg in the region.

One charges 3.99 per half-dozen, the other 4.50 per half-dozen. I always use these prices when thinking about how much the feed I buy costs

 

[Chickens R Us]

I checked on Craigs list before selling mine $2.00 to $2.50 is the going rate where I live, I sell mine for $2.00

 

[countrydream7]

does blue iowa chickens taste gamey

 

[ChickInDelight]

I have been getting $4 per dozen, mostly brown with some green. I only have 4 layers. Wish me luck when my 24 pullets (or whatever) mature.

I sell at work currently. I am hoping to sell to passers-by soon - with a sign in the yard that says stop only when sign is out.

 

[MosureMom]

Ok, so when looking at what is sold in your local stores, there are so many different grade qualities and sizes, how do you know what egg size yours falls into, and how do you know what grade quality your eggs are? (forgive the silly question, I am very very new to the chicken world)

 

[MosureMom]

Another question I now have...Why is there different demand for different colored eggs (White Brown, etc.)...forgive me for sounding dumb, but what is the difference besides the color?

 

[MosureMom]

Hmmm, that is something I also would love to know. My aunt is big into selling her eggs and was saying that things like garlic, or onions when given made the eggs taste weird. I found that interesting.