How much to sell hatching eggs for?

You should sell them for a little more than you sell them for eating.

 

I would sell 6 eggs for $5.00 and 1 dozen for around $10.00 because they are mixed breed.

 

I too am having the same dilema. I advertised eggs for eating and have people wanting them for hatching. They are the same eggs. What are the reasons for them being more expansive as hatching eggs?

 

Everyone around here sells them for $5 a dozen for hatching and $3 a dozen for eating....if they were pure it would be like $10.
Since yours are mixed and your not sure of fertility i would say $5 or $6

 

I think people charge more for hatching so they dont get ripped off by breeders you know. One lady i bought eggs from thought i was a breeder cuz i wanted hatching eggs so she tol dme $12 a dozen, when i went to pick them up and she could tell this was obvisously my first time hatching and i had my kids with me, she only charged me $6 for a dozen for hatching eggs...And there are pures mixed in

 

depends on your market. Around here I can sell any fertile egg for $3 each. I might have to advertise a lot, and not keep too many of that kind, but good red layers of any generic sort are in big demand, and there are a lot of people who just want to try hatching them themselves.

 

You can break open a few of your eggs and examine them to see if they were fertile. That way you will have a good idea how well your rooster is doing. This shows how to do it: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=16008

 

Quote:Can you tell me more about this? What do you mean by breeders trying to rip people off buying eggs? Sorry, I am new to this.

 

Unless the eggs are of show quality or some rare chicken, why in the world are they worth anymore. I buy them locally and only ask that the person just doesn't wash them and store them pointy end down. I dont ask them to turn them and still get an 80% hatch rate.