Where to sell eggs

[corfin103]

Evening all,

I'm just trying to see if anyone has any experience of my situation.
I have a couple of acres that isnt fit to hold much livestock so I want to get a 200 or so laying hens as the father did it years ago. I dont have much time during the day as I'm working full time but plenty of help and most evenings, my question is where can I sell these eggs and i know you can sell them over the gate but I'm in a very rural area so that's a no go and I dont want too much red tape as we all know that's a disaster if you involve the ministry. Any help? P.s I'm allergic to eggs P.s x2 I'm living on the border between NI and ROI

 

[teslacoils]

You're allergic to physically touching an egg?

 

[Veryfruity]

Ive just started this year. I started with 240 hens and sell the eggs on the side of the road with an egg vending machine.
We’re in France so things may be different, here under 250 hens is subject to less rigorous rules. Our aim is to walk, then run. So we’ll go up to 550 in the spring. Once we know what we’re doing we’ll push A bit harder and place machines off farm.

We are fruit growers and have lots of people in the season, so we aim to keep hens 18months with overlap in the summer.

The vending machine is from Paddy Mukian in Dundalk, he was very helpful.

It all costs lots of money, though, chicken feed it ain’t !

 

[ridger]

Evening all,

I'm just trying to see if anyone has any experience of my situation.
I have a couple of acres that isnt fit to hold much livestock so I want to get a 200 or so laying hens as the father did it years ago. I dont have much time during the day as I'm working full time but plenty of help and most evenings, my question is where can I sell these eggs and i know you can sell them over the gate but I'm in a very rural area so that's a no go and I dont want too much red tape as we all know that's a disaster if you involve the ministry. Any help? P.s I'm allergic to eggs P.s x2 I'm living on the border between NI and ROI

Which part of the border? I'm on it as well near porthall

 

[corfin103]

You're allergic to physically touching an egg?

No not that bad yet, havent had an egg since I was a child but remember a rash and tongue swells up

 

[corfin103]

Which part of the border? I'm on it as well near porthall

I'm the other side near dundalk

 

[Netherfield]

Have you thought about the fox situation, or you won't have any eggs to sell at all.

Have you a power supply, without some lighting you'd be lacking any eggs this time of year.


Sell them where you work, although you could be looking at around a 100 dozen a week to sell.

 

[ridger]

I'm the other side near dundalk

Too far away fir me to buy your eggs then

 

[MrA.G.]

What about bakeries which would be buying wholesale? Maybe that is a no go without the appropriate approvals etc. But maybe most bakeries buy liquid or dried egg nowadays?

 

[ridger]

What about bakeries which would be buying wholesale? Maybe that is a no go without the appropriate approvals etc. Any maybe most bakeries buy liquid or dried egg nowadays?

A euro a dozen they are giving

 

[henman]

In uk you must regester with the ministry over 50 hens

 

[Barleycorn]

Ive just started this year. I started with 240 hens and sell the eggs on the side of the road with an egg vending machine.
We’re in France so things may be different, here under 250 hens is subject to less rigorous rules. Our aim is to walk, then run. So we’ll go up to 550 in the spring. Once we know what we’re doing we’ll push A bit harder and place machines off farm.

We are fruit growers and have lots of people in the season, so we aim to keep hens 18months with overlap in the summer.

The vending machine is from Paddy Mukian in Dundalk, he was very helpful.

It all costs lots of money, though, chicken feed it ain’t !View attachment 1007181View attachment 1007180View attachment 1007179

Lovely that the Eurozone are selling 'oeufs' by the dozen!

 

[Flatlander]

my step daughter has 200 hens from a Hutterite colony. At its peak we had eggs coming out our ying yang. Wife put an advert on Facebook and after a week we were hard pressed to find an egg fir breakfast. She made a pile of money over the summer. I’d say try and find some private regular customers thru work or relatives. Dealing with the public isn’t easy and you’ll need thick skin to tolerate it. I’d consider doing a weekly run to a farmers market or a local farm shop and supply them. You’ll most likely take less money but you’ll be able to shift them all and not have the headache of people knocking on your door 24/7. Not sure how the tax man factors into your thinking but here were we’re having cash sales and e transfers. All e transfers have been declared,any unknown customers paying cash was also declared.

 

[Veryfruity]

Lovely that the Eurozone are selling 'oeufs' by the dozen!

I know. I was surprised when I first came here to hear ´imperial’ measurement terms.

The metric system was only introduced after the revolution. It was done badly so napoleon rejigged the imperial system, so a livre (lb) became the name for 500g.

The imperial system is derived from the Romans. Douze pouces fait un pied de Roi (12’ Make a foot)

 

[Grassman]

We have between 200 and 300 layers. It's a very difficult number.
Unless you are stamping eggs you can't deliver or sell wholesale.
Wholesale price is absolutely hopeless unless you have large numbers daily.
Part of the year you won't have enough eggs. Part of the year you will have too many. For,a small part of the year you will have just enough.
Christmas time everyone will turn up and buy what you have and not leave enough for your regulars.
We are ready for a new batch of 100. Shortly after we will have 600 pullet eggs a week to find a home for.
Then we have 100 cull birds to dispose of which will be worthless.

Now one of our neighbours who doesn't have any poultry buys in eggs for very little money and undercuts us by £1 a dozen and probably makes more money for very little hassle.
Think the job out before committing. I wish we had gone down the buying in route really.

 

[Chasingmytail]

I was delivering organic pasture raised the trouble was I couldnt increase my flock or system without spending on investment in housing and the lifespan of the birds, then getting rid, costs etc wasnt a decent margin to bother. Delivering only worked locally and in a loop as the time it took. I really wouldnt bother. Try keeping 25 birds on rotation would be a better idea to try.

 

[Flatlander]

If you can’t find a market for the eggs without putting a mountain of time and money in to it Maybe try rearing some pasture raised roasting chickens and turkeys, take orders and a down payment from unknown customers and get them pricessed and picked up fresh on a regular basis. Would be a lot less time consumed.

 

[Dead Rabbits]

This is maybe 20 minutes south of cork. 2 500 hen set ups I believe, maybe 2 250 hen units. Can’t remember. It was just a small part of the operation.

That’s his entire processing set up. He has to wholesale some of the flush but was retailing a good proportion of them at the farm gate store.

 

[Christoph1945]

Just a couple of silly out o' the box thoughts from a none farmer ..... there are reports of Bird Flue in some UK areas, how are things in your part of Ireland? Would it make sense to pickle and jar unsold eggs; there are any number of pickled egg recipes on the internet and some are far more tasty than the standard pickled eggs that are sold in our supermarkets?

 

[Netherfield]