Your plans for the year? Egg prices and such

[Brooks_]

Feed prices here went up Flock Raiser 50# $35

All things considered, that's not terrible. $26.49 for me, up from $16.99 in April.

 

[Iluveggers]

Adding 5 to our at-home flock of 10. The farm is raising prices from $4 to $5 on Feb 1st…still under the grocery stores.

Also doing a hatch to sell on CL this spring, and adding a few extra pullet chicks to my chick order to sell as well.

 

[WallyG74]

Adding 5 to our at-home flock of 10. The farm is raising prices from $4 to $5 on Feb 1st…still under the grocery stores.

Also doing a hatch to sell on CL this spring, and adding a few extra pullet chicks to my chick order to sell as well.

I’m hatching extra early this year to get a jump on new layers so I can sell my normal spring/summer chicks. I think this year is going to be a better year for selling than when Covid first hit.

 

[Alagirl]

I just realized I still have all of the front yard to use....
Might have to put a padlock and electric fence around the chicken run though....you know how people get when stuff is expensive!

 

[Isadora]

I have no plans to actively grow or shrink the flock. I would let a broody set if she wanted to and sell babies or started birds but I would do that anyway, regardless of what's going on with the market.

 

[fat brown hen]

If you have something to sell, now is a great time! I've been getting clobbered on craigslist every time I list chickens the last few weeks. A few days ago we rehomed 3 free roosters in one day, and the guy who took two was determined to pay for them. Aww.

Dumb question, but did he know that roosters don't lay eggs? I want to hatch some of my own eggs to expand the flock, but the one thing holding me back is the stress of rehoming extra roosters. But if there is actually demand for roosters, hmm....

 

[lori_smith99]

I have a steady run of eggs from my 18 girls (4 have not started laying yet). i am adding 4 in the spring because I had 4 that turned out to be Roosters and I had to give them back to the farm. So that will be a good start for the Fall. I am about to start selling some of my eggs off. I get about 14 a day now. Here they are $7-9 a dozen so probably will sell for $5-6 a dozen and see how that goes.

 

[Auntiejessi3]

Last year I sold a dozen for $3 and 18 for $4, feed prices went up and so did my eggs by a dollar. Definitely going to let the broodies hatch out some chicks, I'll sell most of them and reserve 6 or so for freezer camp. I "may" add a couple, but that's still up in the air.

 

[3KillerBs]

Dumb question, but did he know that roosters don't lay eggs? I want to hatch some of my own eggs to expand the flock, but the one thing holding me back is the stress of rehoming extra roosters. But if there is actually demand for roosters, hmm....

Sometimes I can sell them, sometimes I eat them myself.

In my area I could ALWAYS give them away no questions asked, but I've only done that once when I was just too busy to butcher them.

 

[Sally PB]

Feed prices here went up Flock Raiser 50# $35

Kalmbach Flock Maker 20% has stayed the same here, maybe gone up $1-2 a bag. I get it for $22.59 for 50 pounds. With an offer to carry it out to my car, no less.

In my area I could ALWAYS give them away no questions asked, but I've only done that once when I was just too busy to butcher them.

Wow, if I knew I had that option, I'd be hatching eggs all the time! Well, maybe. Two summers ago, I could not give away two 4 month old problem cockerels as "chicken dinner, some disassembly required."