Some consumers prefer to wash their eggs because they can do it before eating having left the protective bloom intact and wash based on their preferred cleaning method.
Those should be washed and kept separately or discarded. These are sent to foodstuff manufacturers. The size and weight of eggs are generally divided into six categories:. Also, you do not have to fill the carton with eggs of the same size.
You can vary the size with two large, two medium, and two small, for instance. However, you can purchase new egg cartons inexpensively from your local farm or garden store. I will re-use clean cartons, not broken or damaged, and non-soiled erring on the side of caution.
If you plan on making this a regular occurrence, you might consider putting a label on the carton with your name, address, and phone number. This way, people remember where they bought those delicious eggs! If you have a small number of eggs to sell weekly, the customer base may be friends and family. But, if you have more eggs to sell, you will need to start looking further afield.
Check around your area to see where you may be able to sell to. However, if the owner of the campground comes to you — you will not need a permit! In my experience, though, the best advertising is, of course word of mouth.
If your eggs are tasty, reasonably priced, and local, you will probably have more customers than eggs, especially in the winter months. Would you have bought from them? You can either build your stand or use a small garden shed for the task. Unless you have many other things for sale, a small homemade frame will probably be sufficient. Make it simple and fit for your needs.
Freshly painted frame, good presentation of your products, even some whimsical decorations all help to attract folks. No one wants to be poking around looking for someone to buy the eggs from! A poster showing your hens and the pasture will let people know your hens are free rangers. A couple of close-ups of your girls will likely bring a smile to faces, and they will remember you for the future.
Ensure your products and prices are displayed, so there is no room for confusion. Always check your spelling. Ensure your money box cannot be broken into and bolt into the stand. Sadly, people can and will take not only your product but your cash too. Many consumers these days are aware of the terrible conditions in which hens are kept in the commercial world and will buy local, free-range eggs whenever possible. Pricing your eggs to sell can be tricky.
If you consider all your expenses feed, housing, water, electric, etc. Pricing will also have to take into account the local availability of your product. If you live in town, folks may pay more for freshly laid eggs. In some rural areas where almost everyone has chickens, you may have to sell them cheaper. If you raise bantams, quail, or ducks, there are specialty markets out there for you.
Bakers love duck eggs — if you have never baked with duck eggs, I highly recommend it!! You will have to do your homework to find these places, but it can be well worth it in the long run. If you can get a small local restaurant or bakery to buy all your eggs, that is a bonus and a good start for your small business. Finally, we need to touch on the legalities of selling eggs to the public. In a nutshell, small private sales from your home are typically exempt from licensing. It would help if you also were inspected by the USDA and have your facilities inspected yearly.
Each state in the US is different, and the UK and Canada also have licensing systems in place, which you will need to comply with if you sell there. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. How to sell fertile eggs properly. Thread starter savingdogs Start date Oct 1, Sort by date Sort by reaction score.
Aug 2, 1, 13 Southwestern Washington State. Chicken newbie here, but need to find all the ways I can to have my flock pay for their own feed due to finances. I have a beautiful Buff Orpington roo and eight BO pullets just starting to lay. So I'm looking into the future a little, but I'd like to sell fertile eggs and also hatch some. I see people advertising online locally asking for fertilized chicken eggs to hatch and wonder if I could fill a need. I do not have show quality but do have attractive, healthy and productive birds.
I'd like to know the proper steps and did not find a thread about this here on BYC. I would need to: 1 Let my pullets get a little older and see that they are laying well and the eggs show the fertilized "bulls eye". Do I need to watch that my roo is covering all my girls? I have one roo to 18 hens other breeds as well. Should I put him with just his BO girls for awhile? Do I need a separate pen for chicks?
Is it unethical to reproduce birds of this quality? I think they are real nice myself. Thanks in advance for your advice! I've learned so much already here at BYC and have only been a member one summer. Sep 12, 1 Casa Grande. First you should try to keep your birds pure bred.
Barnyard chickens are mixed breeds and even though there are some real cute mixed breed chicks out there, it is much better to keep them pure. Chickens have been around forever, and each breed has had many decades of breeding out certain traits and if we mix breed, we would be unwittingly breeding bad traits back into our birds. I would wait until they are at least 32 weeks old before breeding them. And I would have a separate pen for them to breed in.
Put the roo in the pen with the same breed hens and collect the eggs daily for 7 days. Fridge is too cold. We use a small fridge outside and raised the temp in it and it works great at holding the steady temp. We also use a dry cloth to wipe each egg down. Also remember after they lay and you collect them, bring them in the house to get them room temp for a few hours before tossing in a cool storage. Then hatch out at least 3 batches of collected eggs.
This should give you a good idea of the health of the fertile eggs your hens are laying. After doing all that, then you could sell your eggs as pure bred and show pictures of the beautiful chicks that hatch out of your eggs. And remember, eggs are a dime a dozen figure of speech , but good quality eggs are extremely hard to come by. As far as hatching your own chicks, once they come out of the brooder, yes you would need to keep them separate from the rest of the flock until they are about the same size, or they will just get pecked half to death or worse.
There are lots of threads here on how to introduce new chicks to the current flock. I have always had good success with waiting until dark when the chickens are asleep to put the new ones in with them. This way they all wake up together the next morning and then they would just work on their normal pecking order. Hope this helps you. Junkmanme Songster 12 Years.
Also select eggs from multiple hens and roosters if possible, to provide as much genetic diversity as possible. As you are collecting your eggs and getting the word out about their availability, be very careful with your record-keeping of when eggs were picked.
With a pencil, write what day they were laid, and any other details that are important to remember on the side of the egg. By the time they reach their destination, they will be between days old already. You want success for your business and success in the incubator will bring you great reviews and more business! That would mean that there will be a few extras included to make up for any breakage in shipment. One added egg for every is reasonable.
And people LOVE getting extras! When you do create your ad or are working on working for flyers or social media posts, be sure to be very specific in how many you will be sending. As far as pricing, due diligence in finding out pricing for your area and for your specific breed will help you in determining your price.
It also comes down to selling your product like a professional. What will that look like? When buyers are looking for additions to their flock, they want to know all the details. It gives people a sense of connection to you as a seller and to the birds that they will be caring for. Selling fertilized eggs possibly may have never been easier. There are so many proven options available these days.
In selling online, you will usually have two options: auctions or set price. In a set price situation, you can set a price and are guaranteed that amount. In an auction, you can have a minimum price, and may even get much more than the minimum!
Breed a great quality bird, take care of those eggs and make it worth your time to sell those eggs! Prompt and efficient communication between you and your buyer will help make a difference between a good experience and a bad one.
There are several ways to ships eggs. And this probably is the most important part of the whole process. So as you package your eggs, make it double your best effort. Eggs will ship well when they are packaged correctly with lots of padding bubble wrap for the win! Individually wrap each egg in small strips of bubble wrap and tape well. Then place the lid on top of the eggs and wrap with bubble wrap. Tape well.
Place in a flat rate box and add filler all around the egg carton. Use the Meeks Method. Each egg will be wrapped in a long strip of bubble wrap and taped well. These long tubes are placed side by side on end in a box with bubble wrap and packaging all around them. You can find awesome pictures and a tutorial here: Meeks Method.
Also, attach the NPIP paperwork to the outside of the box if you have it.
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