Price for sellling eggs

[spies04]

I don't sell them - I give them to people at work and friends, who then in turn, supply us with bakery goods or other food that they made with some of the eggs

- win win for us. I will also scramble them when I get a bunch and feed it back to the flock for the protein.

Make sure you check on the regulations with your Department of Ag on the regulations in your area on selling them and the health requirements. It can open up a whole other can of worms (no pun intended).


Good luck! Hope you much lots on these.

 

[hennible]

Yes, I should add what I do ( with the store retailing my eggs) is 100% illegal, the store could easily be fined if the law was enforced here. And I sell mixed sizes in a single carton, all eggs are candle ( looking for blood spots and quality ) and washed before packaging.

 

[ChickenLegs13]

Dollar General charges $1.97 for doz. Large but I charge $3 doz. for L/XL and $2 doz. for Med/Small, 1 guy simply pays $5 for a dozen for blue eggs and the bantam eggs I give away as a marketing gimmick.
My regular customers return their cartons plus a few extras, so I don't include cartons in the cost.

 

[SimplyLogan]

I did a little research about selling eggs in Louisiana and it appears It is not very complicated as other states (most of the south seems pretty simple). Yay! Most recent info I could find, as long as you are selling under a certain amount a week and had less than an specific number of chickens it did not matter. You just cant sell them officially as grade A eggs with out being inspected.

ChickenLegs13
You get a really good price for a dozen. I have always used 18 ct. and the people I sell to sends back more than enough cartons. I have considered going to 12ct. I always get free cartons, so far I have never had to worry about the cost of cartons. This one lady a few towns over was selling hers over the store price. That's when I realized I may be underselling. However, I was just doing to get rid of excess eggs and was not really out to make money. It did become nice that it was paying for chicken food and extras. Its like having free chickens

. I was just trying to unload extras quick the other day and one of the ladies was so happy to get fresh farm eggs she paid extra when they were delivered. Many people I run into down here love farm eggs over store eggs. Just in case someone new wants my eggs, I even try to explain that the occasional blood spot may appear or odd egg (I try to weed those out) and no one cares, they just want fresh farm eggs!

 

[ChickenLegs13]

If you ask me I'd say that even as "farm fresh & free range" my small and large are slightly over priced and my mediums are fairly priced but my buyers are happy with it. It pays the feed bill + I have a few dozen eggs for my personal use each week. I got in an arguement with the guy that wants $5 blue eggs, because he thinks they're special & worth more. I told him they're just regular eggs but if he wants to pay $5 that's ok with me.

I'd rather do 18 packs instead of 12 packs but 12 seems to be the magic number for my customers. Seems like they are either single people that eat 2 eggs every morning, or families that eat a large breakfeast on Sat or Sun.
I only sell eggs on Saturday so 12 packs keeps them coming back like clockwork. If they get 18 packs then they run out in the middle of the week and buy them at Walmart or DG and drop out of my cycle for several weeks.

Your laws sound like mine. As a small time egg peddler I can't deliver off property or sell wholesale or to commercial estlablishments unless I was USDA inspected or had a state egg permit. I've heard that selling eggs privately can cause you to run afoul of your home owners insurance because it increases their liability if someone was to sue you over a bad egg.

 

[kjat32]

We are on Vancouver Island. All food is expensive! I sell for C $5/1 dozen . I have seen $4 but that's the cheapest. We pay $12/ 1 bag of feed and I don't know if that's expensive or not.

 

[SimplyLogan]

We are on Vancouver Island. All food is expensive! I sell for C $5/1 dozen . I have seen $4 but that's the cheapest. We pay $12/ 1 bag of feed and I don't know if that's expensive or not.

I feel your pain. We lived in Washington State for 4 years, which I loved. When I was there milk was 6-7$ a gallon, Deli lunch meat averaged 10$ lb. Cant remember what eggs cost. It was one of my favorite places to live, however, extremely expensive.

 

[SimplyLogan]

That is what I pay for food from our local Co-op. I like it much better than commercial brand types.

 

[jennyg]

I pay $35 for a bag of feed (organic pride).
I have 6 hens and just added 3 chicks. Ones they all start laying i will have way t many eggs for our family of 4. I used to give the extras away to friends, but now i will start selling them. We don't have family near us.

The other day the conversation came up during a ladies night wha we feed our hens (many people here keep backyard chickens) and my other friend has 10 hens and says she feeds scatch. I told her she needs to give them layer feed. (she has also been complaining about egg laying) She also free ranges. I free range about 7-8 hours a day. Give them all of our leftovers, feed organic layer pellets and oystershells.
My friend says she would buy my eggs now that she know what I feed them! and to let her know if i have extras. because her and her husband were talking and agreed that they won't buy backyard eggs bc many people feed gmo feed/non organic and costco fells an 18 pc organic for only $8

I live on oahu (hawaii) Free range organic feed chicken eggs sell for about $5-7 a dozen on craigslist.

 

[Classy Chick]

In my area eggs are in high demand, so I sell mine for $5 a dozen. I have six large hens and four silkies who try their hardest, so my cartoons always have three or four smaller silkie eggs in them. I feed them organic food, and everyone loves organic eggs, so I normally can't keep eggs in stock, so I went and picked up six more chicks to expand my little "business" once they get older. I place flyers at my local Tractor Supply and customize my cartons with my own little logo to help jazz them up haha