Market Farming

[Aaron Brower <aaronbrower AT yahoo.com>]

We sell eggs for $5/dozen but don't think they are profitable in themselves. 
We 
continue to do them because they have value outside of any profit or loss. We 
pasture them, moving them around our fields all summer, adding to the soil 
and 
attracting attention from passer-bys and from the local media. 
Also, people come to the farm or join the csa specifically for our eggs. We 
may 
not make money directly from the eggs but we do indirectly. Some come for the 
eggs but buy our veggies and dairy.
$5 may sound like a lot to some but we sell out everyday, especially since 
the 
recent salmonella outbreak. People get visibly upset when we do not have any 
eggs.

Aaron, 
Rollinsford, NH


----- Original Message ----
From: "sunnfarm AT netscape.com" <sunnfarm AT netscape.com>
To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Mon, January 24, 2011 10:33:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Egg prices

I quit poultry 10 years ago after a 30 year run I did the chicken bit... 
Today 
XL brown eggs wholesale for $1.80 mediums are $1.08 in the northeast US. So 
you 
can see what your competeing against. I used to figure it cost me $3.00 to 
raise 
a chick to pullet. And I figured 2-3 pounds of commercial layer mash per 
dozen 
eggs for housed chickens depending on the time of the year. A couple of grey 
areas in figuring costs is the time between small eggs to the most profitable 
large grade. Another sticky point is between moults. Its good to time a 
forced 
molt to get the whold flock to molt together. I can't stress enough to find a 
good feed dealer most today cater to hobby farmers and rip you off... Bob.
Sunny Meadow Farm
Bridgeton, NJ.

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