What is a good price to sell a dozen fresh duck eggs for?

[kitkatbahr]

I live in Florida, on the Space Coast (East Coast near Kennedy Space Center). I have two of my three duck hens laying nice looking eggs now. They have been laying a couple of weeks and the eggs are nice sized and consistently sized now. In the beginning, they were smaller. Now they barely fit in an egg carton!

WHat is a good price to offer them to people for? I am the only one in my house that eats eggs, and even with just two hens laying, I am getting a dozen every six days. So, I need to sell a few dozen a month. They eat high quality purina layer food and scratch grain, plus other veggies that I give them. They are "free range" to the extent that they are in a large pen, not just loose in the yard, as I don't want anything to get them. They do not live in a cage though. They are Pekin/Swedish mixes.

Anyway, just looking for a ballpark idea of what duck eggs sell for. NONE of the stores around here sell, them, not even the health food store.

Thanks!
Kathy

 

[Wifezilla]

I would try selling them for $4 and see what kind of reaction you get.

 

[goosedragon]

DEpends on your local market. Most people don't know about duck eggs and you can hardly give them away. I live in an area with a large number of first and second generation Asians. Duck eggs were part of their normal food supply. At flea markets and farmer markets the average runs about $6/doz but depends on supply and demand.

 

[wombat]

You might get more as the holidays approach, too. Duck eggs are great for baking!

 

[kitkatbahr]

Well, I actually tried to GIVE them away, to family and friends and nobody even wants to try them. They all have hang ups about them coming from ducks, rather than chickens. Crazy people! LOL They are beautiful eggs. We have baked with them already, and have cooked some up for me to eat. I also fed some to my dogs and they liked them too! LOL

I don't expect alot of people to want them, but I was hoping for one or two people that would take a couple dozen off me each month. I know I can put them on craigslist and probably find someone but haven't done that yet, as I was looking at how much to sell them for. Around here, we don't have many asian people that I know of, so that market is probably out.

Thanks everyone! I appreciate your input.

Kathy

 

[GrannySue]

Quote:
So true! I've discovered that even the Food Bank clients steer clear of duck eggs.
At one point I left a pile of them in a wooded area where I know there are raccoons. 2 months later the eggs are still there, undisturbed. I eat them exclusively these days, saving my chicken eggs for sale.
That being said, I've managed to sell a few @ $4/doz, same price as freerange chicken eggs around here.

 

[Sweetfolly]

I can get $3 a dozen for them where I live - I'm in a very rural, agricultural area where nobody's afraid to try them!

 

[ladybug4ut1]

I live on the other coast of Florida and I sell mine for $4 a dozen and I just happen to have a lady that buys 2 dozen off me a week to every other week. Just get that you have them and someone will want them. Good luck with them.

 

[Crickett]

Genrally about $4.00 a dozen is usually the going price. But you may have trouble convincing people to try them. Once they do though, they'll keep coming back!

 

[ChaosTheory]

Do you know anyone who bakes a lot? Give them some testers to bake with and I bet they'll come back for more, they make everything so rich. Also, like someone else said, a lot of different ethnicities use them (I'm Italian and my Nonna lovessss them to make pasta and such with).