How successful are you all at selling eggs?

[mauraoc]

We're considering expanding our flock, but I have concerns about how reliable demand for eggs is.

It costs us $40 - $50 a month to feed our girls, a little less in the summer when we're supplementing with lots of veg from the gardens. We're selling about 5 dozen a week and could sell more easily; but I don't want to expand the flock, increase our expense and then have no buyers for eggs and a $70/month feed bill.

What are any of your all's experiences with selling eggs from your hobby flocks?

We live in a semi-rural area, and the fact that our eggs are "organic, cage-free" and the "buy local" sentiment seems to be fueling demand.

Just to be clear, we have no delusions of making money at this; we got the chickens primarily as pets and for fun; but I wouldn't mind losing *less* money or in my wildest dreams, breaking even.

 

[Dar]

I live semi rural. I posted an ad on Kijiji, which is like craigs list...

I posted and within 1 hour I had requests coming out my ears and I am n=sold out.

I listed my prices as:

$5.00 for a doz blue eggs
$4.00 for a doz mixed blue and brown eggs
$3.00 doz brown eggs
$2.00 doz, random eggs, peewees and browns and blues
$1.00 doz for peewees

 

[mauraoc]

We just sell for $2/dozen, either brown or white.

We have a sign at the end of the drive that we take down when we're sold out; and we have people show up anyway, upset that we're sold out.

$2/ dozen seems to be what the market will bear, but at that price we're just barely paying for the chicken food, which is why I'm questioning expanding.

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

We sale standard brown eggs for $2.50 and Bantam eggs for $2.00