Omlet Smart Autodoor - New in box

[chestnutmare]

I've just been asked if I'll sell eggs to someone. I said yes but I didn't sell any there and then because I'm unsure what to charge.

Tesco's medium free range eggs are £1.48, Happy Egg medium free range eggs are £1.75.

My eggs are medium-large and was planning on selling them for £1.50, but OH has just told me someone at his work sells them for £1.20 for 6.

So, what are you charging for your eggs now?

(No wonder I just give my eggs away, easier!)

[Ain't Nobody Here]

I sell mine at work, £1 for 4 or £1.50 for 6. They seem very happy to pay that .

[LottyJ1]

Do you have to register with DEFRA if you sell them?

[Ain't Nobody Here]

I certainly haven't . I'd imagine that would only be an issue if you were selling them to the general public rather than friends/colleagues.

[Duncan08]

I seem to remember reading that is OK to sell them directly to the end user, but you cannot sell them to an intermediate like a shop, who would then sell them on.

 

There are a lot of strict rules over food sales so best to stick to friends and family.

[chestnutmare]

Thanks ANH. I thought I had lots of replies and got excited, ha. No you don't have to register to sell to family and friends. I'll stick to £1.50. Some of the posh packaged eggs are around £2 a box! Anyway if they don't want the eggs, more for me!

[LottyJ1]

Thanks for clarifying the DEFRA thing - I have read so much it gets confusing!

 

Our local breeder sells eggs for £1.50 for six.

[chestnutmare]

Thanks.

The lady bought the eggs Wednesday and seemed happy paying £1.50. The money can go towards the chicken food fund.

[Space Chick]

That's exactly what I charge, £1.50 for 6.... I bet the woman who sells for £1.20 hasn't got the same Unique selling point that you (and I) have of super doper coloured eggs

[chestnutmare]

That's exactly what I charge, £1.50 for 6.... I bet the woman who sells for £1.20 hasn't got the same Unique selling point that you (and I) have of super doper coloured eggs

yeah! Our eggs have got to be super doper just from the time, money and effort we waste, I mean spennnnd, on them. most of my eggs are given to friends and family.

[Electricbarbarella]

I also sell mine for £1.50 for 6 and £1.00 for 4, it was my mums idea, they may be slightly more than some of the cheaper free range eggs, but they are a million times better, fresher and yummier.

[Lavenders_Blue]

I also sell my eggs £1.50 for 6. I think that's a fair price as new customers always open the box and go 'Wow, your eggs are HUGE!" Just ordinary but equally tasty brown eggs here.

[StephenW]

What would 6 banty eggs be?

 

Steve

[clucker1]

£1.30 here for half a dozen. I copied my chicken breeder.

[StephenW]

Thanks clucker, these are for eggs for eating?

 

Stephen

[Lavenders_Blue]

Whatever price you go for I would suggest that it's something easily divisible by 6. There have been lots of occasions in the past where someone has come to my door and I've only had 4 or 5 eggs, but they've wanted them anyway. Some very hasty and complicated mental arithmetic has then taken place as I've realised my eggs cost 23.333333333333p each! Now they are priced at £1.50/dozen or 25p each which makes life a lot easier!

[clucker1]

Yes StephenW, my price is for eggs to eat, sorry about the confusion. My breeder sells her eggs at the gate for £1.30 and our local upmarket farm shop which sell gorgeous blue eggs which are also very free range are £1.50, so I went for £1.30. Also locally I have seen them sold outside people's houses for as much as £2 for half a dozen. I just wanted to remain on the low side so my customers think they are getting a super duper deal which of course they are as "Ooops, word censored!"ody else's eggs are so fresh or as delicious as mine!!

[Mr Rhode Island Red]

I sell mine at €2.50 for 6 ( about £2.01 for 6)

after reading this tread it seems a bit expensive, but my customers never complained

[StephenW]

Thanks clucker, I will keep these prices in mind.

 

Steve

[Julia W]

I've been selling my eggs for £1 per half dozen for about two years, this seems a very low price but it's difficult to raise the price to £1.50, though I do think my 'customers' would be happy to pay that. My eggs are usually between 75g and about 90g so are very large eggs so they would still be getting a bargain for £1.50 and I like the idea that they would be a sensible price for one. Might try and raise my prices as the money goes towards their food, straw, corn and mealworms which are extremely expensive. I try and buy these in bulk from eBay having been ripped off by garden centres. I bought 800g for £19.99 from our local garden centre then found I could get 3KG for about £28 on eBay.

[..lay a little egg for me]

I seem to remember that you get into trouble with Defra if you sell your eggs by size (i.e., one price for 6 medium eggs, another for 6 large eggs). Not sure where I read it. I think it was saying that selling eggs "at the garden gate" is fine but they must be "as they come". I never seem to have any spare to sell...

[Julia W]

I seem to remember that you get into trouble with Defra if you sell your eggs by size (i.e., one price for 6 medium eggs, another for 6 large eggs). Not sure where I read it. I think it was saying that selling eggs "at the garden gate" is fine but they must be "as they come". I never seem to have any spare to sell...

 

I don't sell them by size, I sell them as they come, what I was saying is that they are all very large eggs on the whole. I had one the other day of 109g, I've had about 16 over 100g and I don't sell them at any extra, as I say, I sell them as they come. I did once auction an egg that weighed over 100g in the pub where I worked and the proceeds when to the Life Boats as that was a charity we supported in the pub. Might do that again with the very large ones.

[Cheeky Chooky]

What would 6 banty eggs be?

I sell mine at £1 per half dozen