Mahonri's 3rd Annual, BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[ronott1]

I would like to ask for some input . I have been selling eggs at the end of my drive, clean, and in new cartons per Mass law. I put up big signs to draw in commuters, and was barely keeping up with customer demand. THEN a neighbor put up a small cardboard sign. Her price undercuts mine by a lot. My sales have dropped. Several times no money has been left, or half the money has been left. Maybe 2/3 of the time the correct money has been left. I Keep the eggs in a clean cooler with an ice pack; a computer generated sign informing the price and the nice free ranging life.

My driveway is 1000 feet of gravel.

If you were a customer would you drive all the way up?
Would you be upset if the eggs were no longer available?
Does the stand need to be monitored like a lemonade stand?
Should I just drop my price?
Should I buy out her eggs and eat them myself? JK
Help me think this thru.

Sorry the neighbor is under cutting you.

Ok this is what I would do. Find out what is better about your eggs to justify the higher price. As an example, If you are not giving the chickens food that will raise their Omega 3 levels, begin doing so. Have your eggs tested to find out what the Omega three levels are(Get Ultra Kibble or feed them some Flax). Place an add in Craigs list with the price you want per dozen and yes have the new customers drive up to your house.

Have you tried to"Opec" with your Neighbor(make an agreement on the price)?

Good luck!

Ron

 

[SunnyDawn]

Chick-among-us what an incredible story! I'm afraid I would have been in such a rage I doubt I would have thought to spare it's life! You obviously think well during a crisis and how awesome that your kids got to see you handle that situation in such an amazing way!!! I am sooo sorry for your loss! I had a similar problem with a predator killing for fun not food. It is a horrible, heart wrenching experience! I hope Princess heals up quickly and completely!!!

...we had a 21 yr old guy crash and roll his car at the storage units were i work and he died

very tragic. so i forgot my camera at work and took this photo on the ds last night.

still dealing with that today with insurance etc.

Oh my gosh!!! How sad!!!!!

Mahonri, you know you miss seeing this. I took this picture from my big front window this morning. Snow covered mountains..beautiful!

Very nice view you have there!

 

[Jessshan8]

I would like to ask for some input . I have been selling eggs at the end of my drive, clean, and in new cartons per Mass law. I put up big signs to draw in commuters, and was barely keeping up with customer demand. THEN a neighbor put up a small cardboard sign. Her price undercuts mine by a lot. My sales have dropped. Several times no money has been left, or half the money has been left. Maybe 2/3 of the time the correct money has been left. I Keep the eggs in a clean cooler with an ice pack; a computer generated sign informing the price and the nice free ranging life.

My driveway is 1000 feet of gravel.

If you were a customer would you drive all the way up?
Would you be upset if the eggs were no longer available?
Does the stand need to be monitored like a lemonade stand?
Should I just drop my price?
Should I buy out her eggs and eat them myself? JK
Help me think this thru.

I would set up a mailbox type thing slightly hidden from view and place a camcorder in there facing the "egg stand" let it record for 6 to 8 hours. then you will know exactly what is going on with your eggs. I tend to be on the trusting side even to a fault myself. Just a thought....

 

[countrygirl911]

Hi everyone my husband just called me from home and said the temp spiked to 102 not sure how long it was at that temp when we left this morning for work it was at 100 did the eggs just get ruined

 

[tls_ranch]

I woke up to this morning to a bator full of chicks on the first day of Spring To bad it was raining and cold outside

Blue double laced barnevelders
Cornevelders (93+% barnevelder blood with a drop of Dark Cornish)
Silver Pencilled Rocks

Looks like I have at least four more pipped eggs that will be zipping soon and a few eggs left to pip. I did loose 3 that pipped on the wrong side (laying flat against the floor of the bator) and looked like the poor things drowned.

The egg carton in the back of the bator has 12 eggs in it due just before Easter weekend for a kindergarten classroom hatch. Don't mind the little one with yellow paint on it's head. I love it's momma and wanted to keep track of her egg

Trisha

 

[Sphinx]

I have gone back and forth on whether or not to join the conversation. I REALLY wanted to join the Easter hatch, but knew I couldn't because I had promised my son's preschool I would do a hatch for them at the school. I can't have chicks hatching at a school over the weekend, so I thought I was out. But, as I got thinking, there will be chicks hatching late, and I'm not doing this for anything other than fun, so why not join in?

So, just today, I set 7 eggs in my Brinsea Mini Advance. It's at my son's preschool, and the obsessive candler in me is *dying* at the lack of control I'll have on this hatch. Sure, everyone's been given strict instructions not to mess with the incubator at all. However, I can't go check the eggs on any old whim. I'm not sure I'll even get the opportunity to candle them at all. Yikes!

Anyway, I set 3 BCM eggs. 3 lavender ameraucana eggs (the moms were separated into breeding pens about 1.5 weeks ago, so dad MAY be LA, but may be something different). 1 egg where mom is a BCM/Lav Am cross, dad unknown.

 

[Lady Chickadee]

Hi everyone my husband just called me from home and said the temp spiked to 102 not sure how long it was at that temp when we left this morning for work it was at 100 did the eggs just get ruined

I'm sure your eggs are fine. My incubator has done that before but my eggs have never been effected.

 

[mallory2013]

Marking my spot!

 

[Happy Chooks]

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Oh good, we can be clueless together!

 

[ambrosia]

I have gone back and forth on whether or not to join the conversation. I REALLY wanted to join the Easter hatch, but knew I couldn't because I had promised my son's preschool I would do a hatch for them at the school. I can't have chicks hatching at a school over the weekend, so I thought I was out. But, as I got thinking, there will be chicks hatching late, and I'm not doing this for anything other than fun, so why not join in?

So, just today, I set 7 eggs in my Brinsea Mini Advance. It's at my son's preschool, and the obsessive candler in me is *dying* at the lack of control I'll have on this hatch. Sure, everyone's been given strict instructions not to mess with the incubator at all. However, I can't go check the eggs on any old whim. I'm not sure I'll even get the opportunity to candle them at all. Yikes!

Anyway, I set 3 BCM eggs. 3 lavender ameraucana eggs (the moms were separated into breeding pens about 1.5 weeks ago, so dad MAY be LA, but may be something different). 1 egg where mom is a BCM/Lav Am cross, dad unknown.

HI!!!!! Glad u decided to join us addicts!