Martin B Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Hia when I get my chickens and they start laying I want to sell them for £1.40. I have decided categories for money to be placed into! Office- 20P This will go towards replacing egg boxes + other equipment Chickens- 90p The chickens get most of the money going straight back to them! After all it was their hard work, and the money can buy them new things. BHWT-30p from every egg sale goes to the BHWT as a donation! Good Idea? ----Martin---- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twiglet Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 £1.40 an egg seems a bit excessive Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted April 5, 2006 Author Share Posted April 5, 2006 4/6! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken on a mission Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 2 problems: £1.40p is too much and as you only have 2 chooks and a hungary family, are you going to have many eggs left over to sell? Enjoy your chooks and think about what to do with the excess if/when it happens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted April 5, 2006 Author Share Posted April 5, 2006 Yer, I'm the only one who eats egg really. My dad has them when he gets up late! There should be a lot left! (touch wood) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motherhen Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Will you be selling them in eglu 4x egg boxes or regular 6x egg boxes? If £1.40 for 6 then, if you have customers happy to pay that, then go for it I think it is common for people who sell their work (eg hand made quilts) or produce to undervalue their products. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted April 5, 2006 Author Share Posted April 5, 2006 I don't know how many per box yet if it is 4, i'll reduce them slightly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motherhen Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 If you do 6 per box then you can use boxes people give you and save paying for them Go to bed Martin - it's nearly 11pm and we all need our beauty sleep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted April 5, 2006 Author Share Posted April 5, 2006 I don't feel sleepy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Martin when you get your chickens you will have to get up really early in he summer to let them out. I'm having to get up at 5.45am at the moment to open the eglu door and I am very tired and bad tempered. You will be very tired if you stay up late and then have to get up early to let your girls out. Even if you leave their door open you will still have to get up to put the food and water in the run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Martin,I don't think you will have enough eggs from 2 hens to sell We have 6 hens,5 in lay,& we are managing to eat most of the eggs at the moment. The new girls eggs are really,really small, so we eat those,then we have only 2 big ones a day which takes a while to add up to a half dozen to sell By the time I have made a Frittata or Omlette every week, an egg fried rice, a cake & the girls have had boiled egg for breakfast ,there are only a few left over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 I dunno if only martin eats the eggs he may have some to sell. This last week I gave 10 to a neighbour 6 to a girl at work have eaten 4 and I still have 10 in the kitchen Betty and Wilma are certainly good layers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popcorn Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 I'm not a huge egg fan, so we always have loads left over too Louise. We do swapsies with next door, as he has a garden full of vege's. Otherwise, they go into a cake (which I must stop eating otherwise I'll not fit through the front door soon ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 I don't make cake Gina I just give them away my parents are coming for easter and my dad will expect to go home with 12 and have loads to eat when he is here as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Otherwise, they go into a cake (which I must stop eating otherwise I'll not fit through the front door soon ) I'm not sure that would have anything to do with the cakes, Gina........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motherhen Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Have any other mothers given Gina the sad news about the post-birth body shape ie the likes of Liz Hurley are not normal. Thats the great thing about baby slings - with one of those on (with baby inside for the authentic look ) the sad saggy tum is hidden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popcorn Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 If I came out of hospital looking like Liz Hurley I'd be one happy mummy or should that be a yummy mummy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Martin I respect your planning and think your ideas sound great, but I think that you may be looking a bit too far ahead and getting a little carried away with your enthusiasm. Even if your family don't eat many eggs now you may find that that changes when they start getting access to fresh eggs.... we used to eat eggs very rarely before chickens, but now that we can have truly delicious omelettes at the drop of a hat, or a quick super fresh poached egg on toast for sunday brekkie.... we do.... frequently Fanily members who help you out with other things may feel a bit upset if they think that you are trying to make a profit out of them... and at the end of the day the amount that people will pay is dictated generally by what they can get for that money from the supermarket. £1.40 strikes me as being top end of the supermarket price range, and you might have problems selling at that price. You know, and we know that your eggs are superior to the supermarket varieties.... but don't expect everyone to understand that view. That said, if you have a surplus and you've got enthusiastic, enlightened customers, then go for it... and the very best of luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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