My girls have been laying for about 3 months now, and I'm getting 7-9 eggs a day on average from 11 ladies. I'm having a hard time finding enough friends and family to give the eggs away, and also having no luck in getting anyone to buy them for $2.00 per dozen either. It's also becoming a hassle to collect egg cartons since most people saved them for me initially, but now aren't sending any back. I'm almost at the point of having to start buying cartons.
So I put an ad on Craigslist and got a bite from a local bakery. He said he would buy all I had, once a week. He's fairly far away (15 miles or so) and I am only producing around 4-5 dozen on a good week, so I told him I'd charge him $1.00 per dozen (he supplies the cartons). The DH is rather annoyed, saying I'm underpricing them, and after doing some calculations, I'm not sure I'm completely covering the feed bill, but it's close. No margin for inconsistencies though, like someone going broody (already happened twice this year!) or someone getting sour crop and being out of production for a few weeks (happened once this year).
I'm pretty happy with the arrangement though. He will come to me and pick up once a week. He said my eggs were the prettiest he'd ever seen and I don't even have to wash them or refrigerate them since he's from the country and takes pride in using "farm fresh" products and is totally comfortable with my run/coop, my collection and storing on the counter methods. So it's going to be pretty low maintenance for me (no cartons, no taking up room in the 'fridge, etc.) He even wants me to get more chickens and has a "connection" to bring in some NPIP certified Black Copper Marans and Araucanas to add to my flock. We haven't worked out the details, so not sure if he wants me to purchase them, or how much they are, but we're talking about it. He uses 40 dozen eggs per week and has several local suppliers that he wants to use exclusively.
Am I being too generous, or is this a decent deal?
So I put an ad on Craigslist and got a bite from a local bakery. He said he would buy all I had, once a week. He's fairly far away (15 miles or so) and I am only producing around 4-5 dozen on a good week, so I told him I'd charge him $1.00 per dozen (he supplies the cartons). The DH is rather annoyed, saying I'm underpricing them, and after doing some calculations, I'm not sure I'm completely covering the feed bill, but it's close. No margin for inconsistencies though, like someone going broody (already happened twice this year!) or someone getting sour crop and being out of production for a few weeks (happened once this year).
I'm pretty happy with the arrangement though. He will come to me and pick up once a week. He said my eggs were the prettiest he'd ever seen and I don't even have to wash them or refrigerate them since he's from the country and takes pride in using "farm fresh" products and is totally comfortable with my run/coop, my collection and storing on the counter methods. So it's going to be pretty low maintenance for me (no cartons, no taking up room in the 'fridge, etc.) He even wants me to get more chickens and has a "connection" to bring in some NPIP certified Black Copper Marans and Araucanas to add to my flock. We haven't worked out the details, so not sure if he wants me to purchase them, or how much they are, but we're talking about it. He uses 40 dozen eggs per week and has several local suppliers that he wants to use exclusively.
Am I being too generous, or is this a decent deal?