Selling eggs to morons

[Chic Rustler]

So i posted an add. Fresh eggs $3 a dozen. I got this reply

Loooong sigh. Like you can turn chickens on pasture in the dead of winter without feed

 

[sumi]

@Chic Rustler I saw this on FB yesterday and thought of you and this thread

 

[Mini Horses]

I have some hens that I bought as day olds from My Pet Chicken, their "Super Blue" lines. When I finally got eggs I was a little disappointed that they were such a pale blue but, definitely blue. These are white hens, some black feather here & there, some with crest, others not. I believe F1s...definitely blue egg layers mixed with some leghorn. Mean roos that became stock, soup stock! MPC won't divulge their crosses for these birds.

Forward to now...3 yr olds, who are still SUPER layers! Large pale blue eggs. They go broody and are "ninja hens" with the chicks. They have calmed their flightiness mostly, forage GREAT and I intend to pen 6 of them, & after 2-3 weeks add my lavender full Americana (from dark blue layer eggs)…..collect and hatch the results! They can't keep laying "forever" and have turned into such good layers I'd like to keep more. Last year some of their eggs were hatched, with a Marans roo dad and I get some lovely green eggs from those new hens. I'll get more those if I collect while they are fertile from those roos now. The eggs are lovely together with the dark brown Marans ones & light brown RIRs. Probably going to crank up the incubator this year!

It's fun. Keeps me out of trouble.

 

[Beekissed]

That person has obviously never raised a chicken before. Mine will go out on the "range" here shortly but what's the sense of it during the winter?

Mine glean quite a bit out there, even in the winter. If we have deep snows they will find whatever is sheltering green grass from the snow and graze that green. If there isn't any snow, they are constantly scratching~and finding or they wouldn't bend down to eat it so vigorously~things to eat. If I lived where the soils froze solid all winter it might be a different story, but my birds range all winter and work diligently at it....grass seeds fall and can be found then, pine nut seeds finally turn loose of the cone, bugs hibernating under the leaf layer, various grubs hibernating under the garden soils they can excavate, etc. Consequently, even though depending a lot on supplemental feeding, their yolks remain dark orange all winter long and they get fresh food, exercise and clean soils on which to spread their poop and not having to walk in it again. Lot of benefits to free range in winter if you don't live in the cold, dark and far north states.

Here's a little funny for all who sell their eggs...

 

[Mini Horses]

Don't let it get to you. Plenty out there who ask questions and Know not "why". The even complain about $3 for fresher than they get at grocery for $5.

I tell them
mine eat flies & the larva (maggots), crickets, worms, horse and goat poop, fresh grass, old veggies, food tossed from plates, scratch & laying mash. Yeah, the poop part generally makes their eyes swell.

Those who KNOW chicken diets, don't ask. They just applaud the huge yellow yolks and taste.

It's kinda funny to see their faces and hear the replies.

 

[sumi]

I finally found this! @Chic Rustler You'd be hard pressed to beat this one Found on FB a few months ago:

 

[FarmerJamie]

Got my first dozen. A beautiful mix, including an Easter egger. Can barely contain my excitement for using them this weekend

 

[SprigOfTheLivingDead]

FJ, there is nothing close to fresh, free range hen eggs I had to do without eggs for a while now and one of our two hens finally started back up a few days ago. It's so nice to have those fresh eggs again!

My chickens weren't laying much for the past two months and about two weeks ago I got desperate and bought two dozen eggs. They were bleh. Made me really appreciate the fresh eggs again when they started laying more last week.

 

[FarmerJamie]

In a previous professional life, I sold 5-10 dozen eggs per week. Never had one issue with any of the city slickers complaining about the price or the occasional flecks of poo. good times. When I left, one of my most loyal supporters was literally in tears, asking where would she get the "good eggs" now?

Only smh moment was one of my regulars going to a weekend market where they saw a sign "free range eggs". They allegedly asked the vendor what "range eggs" were and why were they free. LOL.

 

[sumi]

So many people think a blood spot means the egg is fertile and started developing. I got into a friendly argument with a neighbouring farmer about that once. I got him into keeping chickens and selling eggs and he was convinced of the above and would not hear otherwise. So I asked if he'd ever seen a blood spot in a store bought egg. He said yes, loads of times. I asked him if he'd ever seen a rooster on a commercial egg production farm....