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[Terri E]

I sell mine at work- and give some to my daughters. But I don't have as many eggs as you

I have noticed posting on Facebook, Craigslist, and other social media forums of people selling their free-range eggs. I have heard that if you can land a contract with a restaurant in purchasing your eggs, you'd probably be good as gold. I do not know anything else other than that. Wishing you luck. Hope to here from you if you found another source in selling your eggs.

 

[NickyPick]

Facebook Marketplace turned out to be a good one. Lots of responses. I'm leery of hooking up with a restaurant. Sometimes the egg flow is pretty steady,then sometimes all the hens decide to quit laying for a few months, or some cursed predator comes along and wipes out a good portion of the flock and I'll have no eggs.

 

[Hamiam]

Ok! I'm ready! I've been wanting to start a flock of green egg layers for sometime now (my last name is Ham). The only thing holding me back is which ones. Isbars or Olive Eggers?? I've found a breeder of both here in North Texas. Can anyone give me advice on one over the other??

 

[AllenK RGV]

I still think if you can offer a tacquira fertilized eggs you might find a market for what limited supplies you might have.

I don't understand their cultural signifigance, but know there is something there.

 

[Terri E]

Facebook Marketplace turned out to be a good one. Lots of responses. I'm leery of hooking up with a restaurant. Sometimes the egg flow is pretty steady,then sometimes all the hens decide to quit laying for a few months, or some cursed predator comes along and wipes out a good portion of the flock and I'll have no eggs.

I have seen a lot of both free-range and caged eggs for sale on Facebook. I have wanted to do the same but hesitant to do so. I free-range my flocks. I have Austrolorps, Pilgram mix with Austrolorp (2), Americauna, Americauna mix with Austrolorp, and now 2 game roosters mix (just don't know with what) and a red mix game. So, the eggs they give me range from EE eggs (light blue, green and some looking like brown green mixture?), and light brown eggs. I am not counting my duck eggs! They average 6-7 a day. However, my Americauna hens are black except for one, she is grey.
Anyway, planning on hatching to sell baby chicks and ducklings.

 

[AllenK RGV]

I just would love someone to explain the diffrence to me in simple to understand terms why there is a diffrence between fertile and unfertile eggs, culturally. Are there really no bilingual Texans here that can explain this to us?

I am bilingual it is just I am the German/American sort.

In San Benito there is someone selling fertile/refridgerated eggs, Fertile/never refridgerated eggs, and stetile eggs on brownsville craigslist at three different pricing tiers. Also, the sterile referidgerated ones are the least expensive.

I can understand why fertile incubatable eggs are the highest price point in this, but don't understand the diffrence between the other two classifications.

 

[Terri E]

I just would love someone to explain the diffrence to me in simple to understand terms why there is a diffrence between fertile and unfertile eggs, culturally. Are there really no bilingual Texans here that can explain this to us?

I am bilingual it is just I am the German/American sort.

In San Benito there is someone selling fertile/refridgerated eggs, Fertile/never refridgerated eggs, and stetile eggs on brownsville craigslist at three different pricing tiers. Also, the sterile referidgerated ones are the least expensive.

I don't speak German, but as far as fertile eggs? Can only make assumptions about it. Must be a process and experience to this and I, too would like to know.

My assumption is that it must have been candle lit to determine fertility. I've read stories of promised fertile eggs with either no viable hatching to just one out of ordered numbered eggs. Very few have all hatched.

As for refridgerated fertile eggs? That's new to me.

 

[AllenK RGV]

From what I gather those refridgerated fertile eggs are only meant for consumption via breakfast tacos or whatever. I just assume it is a cultural thing I never assimilated as a child.

To me a breakfast taco is just a breakfast taco I don't care about the fertility of the egg. I care more about if you can give me a good salsa verde to go with it.

 

[Terri E]

From what I gather those refridgerated fertile eggs are only meant for consumption via breakfast tacos or whatever. I just assume it is a cultural thing I never assimilated as a child.

To me a breakfast taco is just a breakfast taco I don't care about the fertility of the egg. I care more about if you can give me a good salsa verde to go with it.

I am the same way! It doesn't matter as long as it's going to be used for consumption! Love a good breakfast taco w/ salsa .

 

[AllenK RGV]

I am the same way! It doesn't matter as long as it's going to be used for consumption! Love a good breakfast taco w/ salsa .

I lived all over this state and the worst tacos I found were in Wise County, they put like 4 eggs in a taco and fluffed them in milk at the tacouiros. The best were in San Antonio vs. Austin, but now that I live on the border the Salsa makes all the diffrence. I live in breakfast taco heaven! So happy my wife the vegan doesn't understand! I am home!

To be honest before moving this far south I had never seen a tomitillo at the grocery store.