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How much do you charge or pay for fresh chicken eggs?

 
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We currently charge $3 a dozen. Our chickens have uncertified organic feed and a few hours of free range time each night...except when there is snow on the ground. This is what we have to charge so that they pay for their and own feed and we still get more than enough eggs from our own use.
 
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We live a little south of St. Louis Missouri.  My best friend has a little farm where she and her daughter treat their 20 plus chickens like babies!  They feed only organic and the chickens run free and look like they have a fantastic life!  I pay $6 a dozen but that's because I know cage free organic eggs take a lot to produce.  The feed is crazy expensive even when she is able to feed what she's grown herself.  She always has to supplement with organic feed and she's very picky.  She basically charges whatever people can afford to pay.  My elderly mother only pays $3 a dozen (my friend would give the eggs to Mom but Mom refuses to NOT pay).  Anyway, these eggs are extra large and taste like NOTHING I can buy in the store.  I've paid over $6 a dozen for cage free/organic at the supermarket.  It's well worth the cost for me just to know I'm feeding my family the very best that I can find.  The way I look at it, I'm helping my friend to be able to keep doing what she's doing.  It's not cheap and it takes a lot of her time to make sure her little farm is running status quo.
 
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Here you can buy factory farm eggs for $.89 a dozen.  If you charge more than $1 a dozen for eggs, people won't normally buy them.  At the store, organic, cage free eggs are about $4-6 a dozen.

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We charge $5 a dozen for our eggs and my wife sells them to her coworkers, and there's more demand than supply. We feed a certified organic ration that costs 75 cents a pound. The hens have really just gotten into the swing of abundant regular laying since march to where we have enough eggs to sell that pays for the feed and have enough leftover for ourselves. During winter when our chickens aren't laying we pay $6-7 for a dozen organic eggs from local folks at the farmers market.

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We spend 15 dollars to get four dozen at a time. We could get one dozen from the same woman for 4 dollars. We tried duck eggs for comparison when we were first looking for pastured eggs and if we'd liked them better would have been spending 5 dollars a dozen for those.

We're pretty happy with getting this quality for this price. Everything from the thickness of the eggshells to the taste of the egg stands out as noticeably better than what I can pick up at work for cheap.

I suspect costs are kept down in my region because they can free range the birds for a large portion of the feed all year long. It does seem that most of the higher prices are from places with real winters.
 
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San Antonio, going for upwards of $7 here--3.50 lowest I recall seeing for retail. I can't possibly pay. This is just not reality for me.

I really struggle a lot with this: that us po-mofos who really really think the right things can't afford to do the right things, while some rich dude slaps down a bill for eggs he has no inention of cooking just to make his fridge look full.

Also (just this one more thing, and I promise I'll stop bitching), labeling on grocery store eggs has just gone off the deep end--with "natural" this and "cage free" ("free range? range-free?) no-this and no-that, "omega 3 fortified", "vegetarian-fed", "local" or "GoTexan" here in Texas--a label shared paradoxically by Turkish figs....they've just got me walking out of there with my shoes on my head.

I can't remember what the hell I thought was good anymore. And I RAISE chickens!
 
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In an effort to better price our eggs and considering expansion of egg layers . Have ya'll's pricing changed much? Do you calculate the  cost of producing eggs? or price the eggs according to market?
In Phoenix we sold a dz for 6$. Here in rural Western NC, there is much more competition. I'd like to get 5$dz. That's fairly reasonable considering quality eggs in the grocers can be $6dz.
What are your thoughts?
 
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well its time for breakfast
the Walmart superstore gets $5 dozen for eggs labeled organic free range- check the newest organic regulations as to what that really means, I've seen locally small farms that produce eggs selling for $2 dozen

if you have some reading time here's the real organic series of stories
https://www.realorganicproject.org/media-news-articles/

there was a very informative report done a few months ago by bbs/npr about how huge corporations have hijacked the organic food rules and regulations to dominate in sales
wish I could find a copy of the story I listened to on npr

sorry for my rant on organics
 
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All good. The Organic labeling is rather soft. We are not concerned with labeling our egg cartons. Our practices are permaculture/biodynamics.

I'm curious to how other smaller egg sellers price their eggs. We are looking into getting 50 laying hens that produce around 30 dz of eggs weekly. Those numbers will vary of course. I base these number from current regs with the USDA and NC. If we have 50 or less hens we can offer/sell our eggs as ungraded. Now each state/county may have different regulations. Check your area.

We will track most expenses, cost of chicks, feed, bedding and then layer feed once the hens are out on pasture.

Just curious what everyone else's numbers are looking like.
 
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I live in BC, I just increased my prices to $7/dozen for "beyond Organic". I sell out every week.

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I'm in a small town and I just match the organic grocery store at $4 per dozen.  Selling to friends so I'll probably only raise prices when the store does too...  

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Not in USA but here organic eggs in the supermarket are $4 for 10 we used to sell at $3 for 15 for organically fed free range but not certified.
 
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I recently paid $7 for a dozen large at a Farmers' Market in a touristy spot. I know that I can get them for $4 a dozen from a local CSA.

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Around here, i have seen eggs for as low as 5 buck a dozen and up to 8 bucks a dozen.
The thing about our island is all of the food comes from the same feed store located on the island.

So to me the variation in pricing comes from how they are fed and how they are raised.

Some people are feeding organic feed and some are not.
Some are raised in a pen which is never moved and they are fed garden surplus.
Some have a larger pen which isn't rotated at all.
Some are raised in chicken tractors, which are rotated.
Some are raised with joel salatin style pens which are moved daily.

We go for the joel salatin style pen which is moved daily along with feeding them soaked organic feed along with organic layer pellets. They have their chicken pasture which is rotated thru and they do not see the same area for 30 days. In the winter they get moved into a green house and are kept warm in a deep bedding of sawdust. smells nice.

Anyways all of this to say

We only charge 6 bucks a dozen because they eggs are paying for them selves at that price. We get to eat as many eggs as we want and are able to have them pay for themselves. Win win!

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I give mine away to a Not For Profit Organization.

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We get $7/dozen here(Organic, Soy-free, gluten free, pasture raised, basically the best you can get), I know there is a local couple getting $8.50/dozen for similar practices.

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Where about are you in NC? We live in Western NC and it seems eggs are going for about $4-5lb. We'd like to fetch a higher price since we pasture raise our hens organically.
 
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About halfway between Lincolnton and Gastonia, in Gaston County. We were selling them for $6/dozen at another market before we switched. The same eggs would go for $8-9/dozen in the stores and out this way you can't find them in local stores. I'd also recommend Reedy Fork Organic Farm for feed, out in Elon, they have pickups in western NC.

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Average cost of Eggs here is $4.42. That's an average of everything from the el-cheapo factory eggs to the local organic.
Check your local average here

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The price of 1 pair of men’s leather business shoes in Whitehorse is C$164
The price of Microwave 800/900 Watt (Bosch, Panasonic, LG, Sharp, or equivalent brands) in Whitehorse is C$175
The price of 500 gr (16 oz.) of local cheese in Whitehorse is C$11

The eggs I buy are about $7.50 per doz. Local organic. I can't raise them myself that cheaply, yet we are getting 6 laying hens in the Spring. For the entertainment!

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Do sell them with the cartons or the people bring there own we are finding the cartons are expensive
 
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Tracy Combs wrote:Do sell them with the cartons or the people bring there own we are finding the cartons are expensive  

Welcome to Permies, Tracy!

Are you selling farm gate? If so, you can likely get away with reusing cartons and just putting your own label on them. We print simple labels on the computer that have our farm address on it, as that's a local regulation with the health department.

Our regular customers not only bring their old cartons back, but we put their names on them, so they get their cartons over and over again until they get old and ratty. These are people who do a weekly order with us,  so we know they will come on a certain day and have their eggs waiting for them.

We also find that people who don't buy our eggs often drop the cartons off for re-use.

However, when the epidemic started, things went weird and we actually ran out of cartons for the first time in years and not only are the cartons *really* expensive on our sort of scale, but we actually had trouble getting them. Once things calmed down, we're back to the "we've got too many cartons" situation!

We do reject any that look dirty and we sun-solarize many of them. We heat with wood, so any that are mucky end up being kindling.

I suggest you put the word out that you're looking for clean, re-usable egg cartons and see if you get results.

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Hi Tracy,

Be sure to check out your state laws regarding cartons and the sale of eggs.  

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I have neighbours who keep happy chickens. They make tasty eggs.

I garden my brains out. I make tasty veg.

Each of us has surpluses in certain seasons. And we swap generously -- no quid pro quo, just sharing.

Naturally, in keeping with my reputation as an incorrigible scrounge, I keep an eye out for egg cartons at recycling depots. And they are available, regularly, and sometimes in large quantities. Clean as a whistle. I grab them with both hands. That's the place to look. My 2c.
 
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Tracy Combs wrote:Do sell them with the cartons or the people bring there own we are finding the cartons are expensive


I went to our local food pantry and they had a stack of used cartons 300 high.  They get eggs and have to sort them to remove the cracked ones.  Thus they gain cartons and might be happy to give them to you.

Once people know you sell eggs, they will bring you cartons to be helpful.  It's never been a source of struggle for us.

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I saw this thread resurface recently... and realized that eggs haven't changed price where I have lived in the west US for years! My last post is the same price as I'm paying now for high quality eggs.

So there's something that hasn't gone up with inflation yet.

Once my husband and I get our house built and can start on our land, our goal is to attempt to grow enough food to cover a lot of the chicken feed cost.  And some duck feed.  We like duck eggs better, but chickens are so useful. As Geoff Lawton puts it, they can be the fertility engine of a small permaculture farm.  That scratching activity is quite valuable.

But my point is, for me, there is nothing like the eggs one raises on their own property.  I don't know why, but they beat all!

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Good morning this is Rooster from Brenagan Park in Northern AZ. My girls are between a year and a year 1/2 they are able to be held and pet very social. They are fed only the best chicken scratch grain and meal worms also only high country well water that is changed out every other day there roosting area is isolated and kept between 65-70 degrees and they have lots of area to run scratch peck and fly. I pull there eggs 1st thing in the morning and agin in every evening when I close them up. They give me 12 to 14 eggs a day between 10 of them and there eggs ar twice the size as a normal egg lots of times I do get eggs with double yokes and 1 of my girl gives me blue eggs 1 to 2 times a day. Is it possible for someone who has positive experience and knowledge to help me figure out what it would take to market my eggs? It would help me out with the overhead in regards to my beautiful girls. Thank you stay safe and healthy. 🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔
 
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Dredging up an old post, factory farmed eggs are currently 10 dollars for 36 eggs. Local Walmart.

This is the first time in history I’ve ever seen it cheaper to raise your own eggs
 
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Eggs have gone up in price significantly. We buy ours (free-range) from a local farmer for NZ$5/doz--because they know us, they have not increased the price we pay since 2020. We also are willing to take their older, dodgy eggs because we're not afraid of doing float tests, and compost bad eggs in the garden. We share unusual plants with them in return -- galangal, yacon, etc, and bring them jars for their home preserves.

The shops are now selling free-range eggs at NZ$7-9/doz--they used to be $6-7. A flat of eggs is now $8 for 20 cage eggs--a few years ago it was $7 for 30. The gap between cage eggs and free-range eggs is closing, but everything's headed higher.

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I used to sell a few dozen eggs for $2 a dozen.  I'll probably raise the price if I start selling them again.  Kwik Trip was selling eggs for under $1 a dozen so free range eggs didn't sell for much more.  There are a lot of people here with backyard flocks that just sell a few dozen for extra money so there is a lot of competition, and if the prices are too high, people just buy the cheap ones, even though the quality isn't there.  The price has really gone up now though, so I can probably get $3 a dozen if I sell any.  I have 3 old hens that hardly lay anymore, so I don't have eggs.  I do have 16 new hen chicks and 14 more in the incubator, so hopefully too many eggs is a problem I will have again soon.  I give as many to my family and a couple close friends as they need first, if I have more after that I may sell some to save up for the winter food.  In summer, I don't have to feed my chickens, they feed themselves.

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How much is everyone paying or charging now?
 
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While I build my farm stand, I am currently 'off loading' eggs on family and friends.

The average for my area is around the $3 mark for a dozen eggs.

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I've been getting eggs from three little farm girls "Three Sisters" who have been given the chore of raising chickens and selling eggs.
The chickens free range, real free range, not crowded in a building instead of a cage. Just get regular chicken feed.
Bought for $2.50 a doz for about a dozen dozens a week and most get resold for $3.50 at a local place, or friends for $2.50.

They got chickens in the spring, so they were laying in the winter when everyone else's chickens were moulting.
The resellers supply was gone.
My local, in-town egg maker was out too.
Three Sisters had an add on craigslist and have been bringing us eggs ever since.
I still support my local backyard egg seller, for $3.00, when he has them.
 
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I have not found a good place to buy eggs.

Our daughter inherited our chicken house and she loves her chickens

They have bracelets with their name or a color code.

She is a marketing rep so her eggs all go to her customers free of charge as a thank you.

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We live on an Island. The Canadian dollar is about $0.75 US. Chicken feed is big bucks. Aerial predators prevent "real free-range" so we have them in portable shelters which is a lot of work. The better quality grocery store eggs are $7.50/dozen.

We charge $8/dozen and are frequently sold out. Our duck eggs are $12/dozen. Our limited supply of goose eggs sell for $5 each. That's assuming I don't give them to my Muscovy moms to hatch for me...



These two hatched Sat night/Sunday morning and just moved to grass today.

Our customers keep hoping we won't retire. They are sure the price is worth it.

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My last post was from August 2022. It's May 2024, and things are definitely looking different here!

I'm buying free-range eggs from the same local farmer for NZ$6/doz -- hasn't increased the price too much because I'm a regular customer and provide her with empty jars, egg cartons, and weird plants to grow in her market garden (someday she'll get the yacon established!) Her eggs are marked NZ$8-9/doz, more for the blue/green ones.

In the shops, things are pretty dire. The absolute cheapest (colony cage) eggs at the grocery store are now NZ$8/doz, but those are always sold out. Free range eggs are up to NZ$9-12/doz. A flat is now $12-15 for 20 eggs.

Some of this is because the NZD has fallen against USD, increasing the price of imported feed grain. Some is because a number of chicken producers left the industry after the nationwide ban on battery cages a couple years back. Either way, eggs are no longer the cheap protein source they used to be. At an equivalent of $12.5-17/kg for free-range eggs, it's actually cheaper to buy pork or chicken, and a similar price for beef.

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