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Barnyard Buddies:  How much for a dozen eggs?  |
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K-Falls Farmgirl
Chapter Leader
2096 Posts
Cheryl
Klamath Falls
Oregon
USA
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 Posted - Mar 17 2009 : 3:55:59 PM
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I sold my first dozen this morning. These 3 girls are really doing a good job..What are you all getting ? I sold them for $2.50 to my neighbor. She sure wasn't complaining...in the big grocery stores I see cage-free for over that much?
Cheryl
Farmgirl #309
Klamath Falls "Charming Chicks Chapter" Mother Hen
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sjs
True Blue Farmgirl
247 Posts
Stephanie
Oakland
CA
USA
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Posted - Mar 17 2009 : 4:12:05 PM
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Wow, I wish they were that cheap here. At the grocery it's $5 for a dozen, and at the farmers market it's $7.
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
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Posted - Mar 17 2009 : 4:46:46 PM
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I pay $2.00 a dozen for free range eggs from an acquaintance, but they go for about $4 a dozen in the stores.
Farmgirl Sister #98
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Calicogirl
True Blue Farmgirl
5216 Posts
Sharon
Bruce Crossing
Michigan
USA
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Posted - Mar 17 2009 : 5:56:47 PM
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In stores cage-free are anywhere from $2.89 to $4.00.
At Farmer's Markets they go for $3.75 to $4.25 per dozen
~Sharon
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
4813 Posts
Julie
Russell
AR
USA
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Posted - Mar 17 2009 : 6:44:51 PM
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Ive seen them about 4.00 at the farmers markets here. I sell mine for 2.50. But if I didn't sell them they would go to waste so I'm not out to make a killing.
Farmgirl Sister #17
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www.willowtreecreek.wordpress.com
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Mar 17 2009 : 7:26:30 PM
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I've been buying them for $2 from a guy up the road. When I had lots of eggs during the summer I'd get $3 at the farmer's market. But organic are about $5.
Congrats on your first sale! Doesn't that feel great to be able to sell something you've put so much love into?
Kris
Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you. Maori proverb |
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Mar 18 2009 : 05:31:42 AM
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I charge just 2.00
It keep 'em coming back for more and cuts a deal better than the stores.
Those of us who sell KNOW how much better fresh is too, so its nice to spoil our customers this way.
We are also selling sausage and bacon from a hog I bought from a friend 2 months ago. Absoulty no hormones and added extras!
Sausage in 1 1/2 pound packs is 3.00 (a dollar cheaper than the most expensive in local stores) and bacon is 2.00, for the same reason.
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Lorie Marler
True Blue Farmgirl
265 Posts
Lorie
Guymon
Ok
USA
265 Posts |
Posted - Mar 18 2009 : 6:31:02 PM
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My friend just called me and said a cute little girl just brought them a flyer that reads
Fresh farm Eggs
1.25 a dozen
1.50 for 18
Please call my daddy at :
I am so excited I called and they are about 2 miles from me and said to just call a day before I want them so they can have them ready to be picked up!! |
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4179 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
4179 Posts |
Posted - Mar 19 2009 : 04:30:23 AM
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Mine go for 2.00 a dozen. There are some that think that is high, but I say, go to the store and get them then.
Michele |
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deeredawn
True Blue Farmgirl
2306 Posts
Dawn
Cordova
TN
USA
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frolicnfibers
True Blue Farmgirl
668 Posts
Diana
White City
Oregon
USA
668 Posts |
Posted - Mar 19 2009 : 06:06:05 AM
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I sold mine the other day at the growers market for $5! I thought that was ridiculous, but my market neighbor was selling hers for $6 and i didn't want to lowball her too much. She ended up selling 14 doz but took 10 doz home, so I think she was a bit high.
Diana
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sweetproserpina
True Blue Farmgirl
535 Posts
meg
Vinemount
Ontario
Canada
535 Posts |
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knittingmom
True Blue Farmgirl
665 Posts
AnneMarie
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
665 Posts |
Posted - Mar 19 2009 : 4:22:02 PM
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That's very reasonable. Too be fair to yourself (and your chickens) you could charge more. I buy mine from the farmer's market (free range, happy, nature chickens) for $4.00 a doz and I do not mind paying that for those good quality eggs and to support a local business. Our local grocery chain sells its free run, organic eggs for $5.70 a doz.
"There is no foot so small that it cannot leave an imprint on this world" |
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Bellepepper
True Blue Farmgirl
1207 Posts
Belle
Coffeyville
KS
USA
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Posted - Mar 22 2009 : 08:20:53 AM
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I'm selling mine for $2 a dozen. I deliver them to my hair dresser, across the street from the post office so it is not out of my way to take them to her. She sells a dozen or two to her customers.
Planning on tripling my flock. Have them ordered from Murry. Hope egg sales stay up and the price of feed don't get much higher. With my larger flock, we'll not deliver but will have to put up with folks comming after eggs right at supper time. I don't think I'll have a problem selling and getting a good price. People are becomming more aware of free range chicken eggs.
When you sell eggs, do you use new egg cartons? Or do you use used egg cartons? Our Farmers market ask us to mark out the brand name on the carton if we are using used. I have not found new cartons for less than .25 each. Would hate to tack that on to the price of eggs. |
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Mother Hen
True Blue Farmgirl
604 Posts
Cindy
Peck
ID
USA
604 Posts |
Posted - Mar 22 2009 : 11:29:59 AM
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Belle, when I was a kid and we sold eggs, my dad always asked every customer to bring back the cartons to help keep the cost down. He also asked people in town that he knew bought store bought eggs to save him the cartons. We just would trash the ones that got bad, but most people would bring us more cartons then the number they would buy so we always had a surplus. Maybe you could even give them a .25 discount on a dozen for every 5 cartons they brought you at the time of sale or something. A win-win solution.
Cindy
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Celticheart
True Blue Farmgirl
811 Posts
Marcia
WA
USA
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Posted - Mar 22 2009 : 1:39:59 PM
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We sell ours for $2.00 and $2.50 a dozen. A lower price for the smaller eggs. Most people seem pretty happy with the price. We're not out to do anything but pay for the feed, mostly. I now have a chef as a customer. He takes 10 dozen at a time. He's French and I only understand about every tenth word he says. Too funny!
It's not about being perfect, but enjoying what you do. Set aside time to be creative.
Robyn Pandolph
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GaiasRose
True Blue Farmgirl
2552 Posts
Tasha-Rose
St. Paul
Minnesota
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Posted - Mar 23 2009 : 08:11:05 AM
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there aren't many organic fed chickens kept around here. I am about to get $5 per dozen here at the farm. At the farmers market, $7. Seems like a lot but the folks that buy them know that it goes to feeding the chickens, keeping them healthy, etc. so they are more than willing to pay for them.
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Tasha-Rose
Farmgirl Sister #88
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9325 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
9325 Posts |
Posted - Mar 23 2009 : 10:05:51 AM
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How do you advertise that you are selling eggs? We have sold in the past but I am a little leary about putting out a sign this year since they want everyone to tag their animals. Which seems stupid for chickens because those can be eaten. Anyone else heard about this tagging thing?
Denise
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deeredawn
True Blue Farmgirl
2306 Posts
Dawn
Cordova
TN
USA
2306 Posts |
Posted - Mar 25 2009 : 06:27:37 AM
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Until someone in a suit walks on my farm and threatens to take everything I've worked for, I am NOT tagging my animals. I have a sign out front. I also sell at a local general store and they go like crazy. I'm also on localharvest.org. I sell so much, I have none for myself.... and that's the truth! Also, I jut raised my prices to $2/doz. Maybe that'll weed some customers out so I can stop buying chickens.
Dawn #279
MJ's Heirloom Mavens-QMD
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stacyluu
Farmgirl in Training
24 Posts
stacy
tuttle
oklahoma
USA
24 Posts |
Posted - Mar 29 2009 : 7:16:25 PM
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| i sell mine to my hubby's co-workers for $2.00 doz...it only started out as a hobby and a way to get rid of extra eggs, but we have had a large demand for them...we can't keep up...i'm thinking of buying some more laying hens...i have asked some friends to keep egg cartons (ones who eat a lot of eggs) and those are the people i give free eggs to ... i also barter with my neighbor for veggies |
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