What do you all do with your eggs?

[chicamama]

I want to know what you all do with your eggs?
We're not geting a lot yet (maybe 2-4 every other day), but I have a hard time using the ones we have.

Any tips? Ideas?

 

[hwerner]

The ones we don't eat, we sell to friends and family for 1.50 dozen. After that any that's left go to farmer's market and sell for 2-3 $ dozen. I increase the price for market due to driving them in and family ALWAYS gets discount....

 

[newnanchic]

we give eggs to all of our family and sell some at work.

 

[Jenski]

I use them to pay debts and increase my power and standing among my co-workers. I also use them to maintain good will among my suburban neighbors.

Those clear 4- and 6-pack plastic egg cartons are great for distributing small egg batches; I get mine from eggcartons.com, but I know there are other places that have them as well.

 

[Jenski]

Oh, and we COOK lots of yummy things with them too! You're welcome to check out my small but growing recipe collection; I have quite a few egg recipes in there, and they're so much better with home-grown eggs!

(Remember, you don't have to just make omelettes ~ creme brulee has eggs in it too!)

http://theworldofjenotopia.com/cmsj...ent&task=category&sectionid=7&id=16&Itemid=29

 

[arlee453]

Most of mine I give away. For me, my chickens are therapy - like gardening for some, and I get a lot of joy out of sharing my bounty with others....And I'm too lazy to deal with 'customers', and don't really need the money.

We're getting about 10-12 eggs per day. I save them up and give most away to my church family every sunday. I also give them to my students and family too.

We eat more eggs than we used to - used to be a carton would last literally MONTHS in our fridge - but still no more than a doz a week.

But I get a big kick out of giving them away - watching people who have never eaten a BYC egg giving you that 'look' and then having them come back the next week with an empty carton and a 'BOY, you were RIGHT!...those eggs were GREAT!"

 

[scooter147]

If you have pets you can hard boil them and mix them with their daily feeding.

 

[Guitartists]

People at DHs work are already forming a waiting list for when mine start laying! LOL

 

[ashyannehand]

I give all the extra away. Mostly to family, like my grandmother who is on a fixed income. Everyone is happy to get them. I am proud to give them the eggs that I have "produced" .

 

[CritterHill]

I have a dozen people I owe eggs to who came by and helped build the coop and run.

I have two neighbors that ran to our house on my request about various doors/windows that were left open when it started to unexpectedly rain while I was at work.

One neighbor that I ticked off using lavender dryer sheets (who knew lavender was offensive?)

Also one neighbor who cuts the verge of our field near his house.

So I have a ton "thanks for the favors, here's some eggs" people that I owe eggs to and one "oops sorry bout the lavender smell, here's some eggs even though I think you are quite insane" person that I want to make nice with. Plus a line of coworkers begging.

Our chickens haven't even started laying yet. I wonder if WE will ever get to eat any of these eggs?