Patridge bantam chicken poorly foot?

[RubyReckless]

Do many people have massive demand for their eggs? All my friends and (most) of my neighbours are dead keen. They drop by unnanounced, in a "just passing" kind of way. They ask with a phoney casualness, "any eggs going spare?" and are so pleased if I have.

 

So far i've swapped eggs for baby and toddler clothes, for allotment produce, for garden rhubarb, and for donations to the PTA and the National Childbirth Trust. I've given them as birthday presents instaed of just a card, as thank yous to teachers and have raffled them off at a promise auction (fresh eggs for a week as a prize, it got loads of interest!)

 

I am looking forwards to the increased trade as I get my Cube!

[Egluntyne]

I give mine away, but have received unexpected gifts from recipients, which is nice.

 

One friend always puts the money he would have spent on eggs into his church collection

and another saves it up and gives it to a local charity every so often. Nice ideas.

[RubyReckless]

yes, it is often a haphazard bartering here too, like "my raspberries are going mad, I can't use them up. do you want any?" "That would be great, can i swap with you for half a dozen eggs?"

 

Although someone I'd never seen before approached me at toddler group to say she heard i liked fresh veg and had eggs, would I swap some for her leeks? surreal thing to be known for...

[Sandychick]

I'm swapping eggs for tomatos with my neighbour. I like that, but do get annoyed with people I don't know very well always asking for eggs. I love to give them to good friends, family etc but have no problem saying no to most......am I mean

[Hen Watch]

Family get freebies...... but can be a pain when they pinch your last ones.

 

Work collegues - hubbie has swapped for trout and rabbits (from the hunting, shooting, fishing people).

 

Neighbours - have swapped allotment veg for eggs.

 

Everyone else - must pay a £1.50 "donation" for half a doz, to the hens upkeep.

[Reikiranf]

I swap eggs for vegetables with a friends dad and a couple of friends who are welcome to free eggs insist on paying so I save it in the girls moneybox & use it to buy things for them.

 

Scrambled, perhaps if you gave your moaning neighbours some eggs they might understand what all the fuss is about

[dancing cloud]

I bring mine to work and sell them, proceeds to the BHWT. Not everyone is interested, even though I only charge 50p per 6, but I have about 10 or 11 regular customers and there can sometimes be a backlog of boxes to fill. I like to think of my girlies giving a bit back to their rescuers and the money does add up quite quickly

 

I also give them to friends and family - a good game with my brother's children is to get them to guess who's egg is which - and occasionally get some myself. I have found myself in the situation where I have six hens and no eggs for me, but am getting better at setting some aside especially now I have my egg-skelter to display them on.

 

I hadn't thought of trading, though people have brought in things like lettuces for the hens, and I love the idea of a week's eggs as a prize - I'll remember that one !

[mrsallen08]

Thats so lovely that people are using profits fro charity.

We have neighbours at the back who have an amazing garden full of veg. She always sends over her 'extras' and now mine have started to lay she will be getting eggs a plenty! She has some chickens too but one has just stopped laying and the chicks are only 15 weeks the same as ours!

 

We will be selling eggs though hopefully. We were thinking of 10pence an egg? But some of you are doubling that!

[Electricbarbarella]

OMG I must be so tight, I am selling mine for 25p per egg, and even my mum has to pay for them. , they are saving up for another eglu to rescue some batts into.

 

they curretnly have £2 in their box (ok they have only been laying for about 3 weeks and only 3 iof them, I may get a bt more generous once they are all lay8ng, the organiser of playgroup has said that I can take them and sell there if I like.

[dancing cloud]

OMG I must be so tight,

 

I don't think you're tight at all ! You're saving for such a good cause (well, I would agree with that, wouldn't I ).

 

Hens need housing and feeding, and not everyone is in a position to just give eggs (or money for them) away, and I love the idea of bartering for veggies or using the money to buy treats for the hens themselves, or providing housing for other needy ex-batts. I'm definitely going to borrow the idea of "fresh eggs for a week" for a raffle prize - the winner can even come and meet the donors if they wish

[Blackrocksrock]

I also give mine away to friends and workmates - I enjoy doing this and I am getting 16 - 18 eggs a week from my 3 hens - they are just wonderful

[chelsea]

we give ours away to family, friends and neighbours.

 

Having a dry spell of laying at the moment though, only 2 laying and 1 of those is on baytril, the 2 broody mad cochin freeloaders havent laid much since march!

[nicki9]

Next door we give to for free as they mow the strip of grasss outside our house. They always give the kids chocolate in return though ! At Easter they returned a box filled with choccy eggs for the kids which was lovely !

 

Family get them for free if we have enough, other neighbours and colleagues pay £1 per 1/2 dozen - if they return the box and proceeds go into our egg fund which pays for chicken treats !

[mrsallen08]

I was worried about asking £1 for 6 then I saw a Somerfield advert selling the cheapest, smallest, battery eggs for 97p for 6.

I think mine are a bargain now! Only 2 of ours are laying atm so getting through eggs well but when all start we will have too many!

[lisa33]

I usually sell mine with all money going to the BHWT. At the weekend though I swapped half dozen eggs for 5 large bags of coal and half dozen eggs for 6 bags of loft insulation.

[mrsallen08]

I usually sell mine with all money going to the BHWT. At the weekend though I swapped half dozen eggs for 5 large bags of coal and half dozen eggs for 6 bags of loft insulation.

Thats a right good deal! Well done you! (I take it you didnt just go to B&Q!!!)

[ajm200]

One of my friends gives me £1 for 6 to help towards the cost of the feed.

 

Hubby takes the excess to work and so far has swapped them for:

 

3lbs of homegrown carrots

A carrier bag of french beans

A carrier bag of beetroot (twice despite the fact that none of use like it )

A large bag of home grown tomatoes

A children's bucket and spade (we were taking LO to the seaside and didn't have one)

About 40 assorted plants for the garden - mainly veg