Selling free range eggs? How much do you charge?

moggylover

I pay £1.20 a DOZEN for mixed size eggs (some are bantam but others large) at a local smallholding. Lovely eggs. Lots of places charging a lot more though.

Hoping to have some chickens myself once the alterations to my house are done - I just find them so amusing to watch:o

cooking-mama

JETTYBLAKE wrote: »

I sell mine for £1 per half dozen. People go mad for them at . 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

Do you mean white shell??,I realy dont mind what colour shell my eggs have as long as they are free range.hth.x

Nikkisun

I prefer white shell eggs (don't ask me why - there's no logical reason) but I can't buy them because my son is convinced that the white ones are the ones with baby chicks inside!!

Lotus-eater

Traditionally the US housewife has wanted white eggs and the UK one, brown. So most of the egg producing chickens in each country lay those eggs.

ALIBOBSY

I guess I am lucky that I live on the edge of a small town in what would probably be classed as a village, we are effectively semi rural which means the lanes near here are peppered with farms selling stuff.
We have a couple of local farm shops one sells fruit veg/farm butter/cheese etc, most of which comes from local farms. The other shop sells locally produced high quality meat-they try to be organic, but haven't gone through thr process of being certified. They are happy to talk about the meats (they sell lamb and beef) and you can go in and see the animals and how they are treated, they also sell free range chicken and outdoor reared pork both from other local farms.
Both these shops are cheaper and better quality than the supermarkets. Plus they both do free range eggs-you can see the chicks wandering around at both. They both do them for around £1.20 per dozen. There is also a local producer of free range eggs on a larger scale, alot of his larger eggs go to local shops, but at the gate so to speak you can get the smaller/wonky shaped eggs by the trayful at £1 a trayful (around 26-27 eggs, but 24 at a min). These are mostly small eggs so when baking you need say 3 in place of 2 normal eggs, but for frying etc I love them as the yolks are almost as big as normal and less white hurrah.

ali x

cathodetube

I just paid 5.30 for 24 free range eggs delivered to my door. Laid yesterday. Just tried one for dinner and it was delicious. Still cheaper than the supermarket I think! They are about the same as I pay at a local farmer's market on a Sunday. This is in London.

zarazara

I buy them at £1 for a half dozen

babyboysmommy

85p for 6 large free range eggs.

cheeky49

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.

rachbc

I'd be thrilled to buy fr home gown eggs at £1 a half doz