Selling free range eggs? How much do you charge?

HariboJunkie

cheeky49 wrote: »

I suppose it all depends on what the price of the layers pellets are for the chickens.
I sell free range eggs my self the prices i sell them for are
£1.00 for 6 and £2.00 for 12.

Same here. It more than pays for their pellets and corn.:)

angeltreats

My local butcher sells free range eggs from a local farm for 99p per half dozen. A deli up the street sells six for £1.20. We're surrounded by farms with free range hens, they probably have more eggs than they know what to do with

carriebradshaw

if I use one of the shops in the village they're £1.55 for 6, if I go to another village a few miles away, eggs from the same farm are only £1.03 for 6! So I try and stock up when there & freeze some for cakes, omlettes, quiche, scrambled eggs etc These are free range but the organic free range are £1.82 for 6 :eek: I don't buy them

Jack_D_2

Just found a shop near to were i work selling 6 large free range eggs for 1.35 or 12 for 2.70 or 4.05 per tray and they are all have double yolks..

lostinrates

I'm just about to start selling now we've moved...although the little dears didn't even give me one egg yesterday...I have a kitchen surplus all the time atm.

I'ma bit dubious, as an ''incomer'' about what to charge. I'm thinking £1 per half dozen? Ours our mixed colours/sizes, free range in the extreme, and buyers will be able to see them from where they pull in to buy. I've seen other prices in the area ranging from 60p for 6 to £1.80 for 6 (goodness....my guess is they are bigger suppliers with associated increase in costs).

MrsE_2

JennyW wrote: »

as they are free-range eggs then the price increase wouldn't bother me. I'd pay the extra to ensure the good welfare of chickens

I'm in Surrey and my friend charges £1 for 6 eggs.

Its £1.40-£1.60 for 6 in my neck of the woods (Surrey too) for small holding/farm free range eggs.

MrsE_2

JETTYBLAKE wrote: »

I sell mine for £1 per half dozen. People go mad for them at that price!!! Our hens have the run of our 2-acre garden (and even wander into the house if we are not looking!!!). The yolks are dark orange and taste delicious!!! I cannot recommend enough to people the joys of having your own hens. We have 60 free ranging now and they are a delight to have around. I am about to put 20 eggs into the incubator. It is magical to see them hatch then grow up. Our children love it!!! I am thinking of hatching leghorn chickens which lay white eggs but someone told me not to because even though their eggs are huge (almost as big as duck eggs!!!) people don't like white eggs. I would welcome any feedback on that from people on here. Obviously the nutritional value of white eggs is as good as brown but do people really not like white eggs for some reason?!!! Very Best Wishes Juliette

Waitrose sell some eggs, Burford or something. When they are on offer of some kind I buy them.
I cooked DD poached eggs & she commented on them as being super nice.
They are rich dark yolks too, they are lovely.

lostinrates

Its worth noting now that some of the feed suppliers have cottoned on to the dark yolk thing, and its possible to have orange yolks without much access to grass. Technically I don't think those who only have gate sales are meant to say ''Free Range'' or make any claims ...I'm selling the eggs next to where the chooks are...people can see 'em in they are free ranging in the right place, lol. we're also not meant to reuse boxes...another expense.

emiliah

I pay £1.40 for 1/2 doz.

Seems to be more expensive than most people are paying, but I really couldn't go back to eating supermarket eggs.

ambriel

We sell ours at £140/half doz.

We only have half a dozen hens but will be increasing that by another half dozen after the snow's gone in the new year. They have nearly half an acre to forage in as well as being fed layer pellets.

As a special treat in the cold weather I feed them layer pellets with warm water added to make a sort of porridge. They love it.