selling chicken eggs

[ThreeBoysChicks]

CSA - Community Supported Agriculture.

Basically, it is becoming a really big thing in the area where a I work. So you pay to belong to a CSA. Depending on the CSA, you may be able to purchase Chicken for $4 / lb. Or Beef or Pork or Goat or Lamb at the going rate. Some sell eggs. Others only do vegetables. I have a co-worker that belongs to a CSA and weekly, she picks a share of the weeks garden produce. Many different things.

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

Did you know that the average store egg (here in the Sates at least) is 49 days old when it gets there? Yep that true. And they do not have an expiration date on eggs so they can keep them there a long time. Also the Grade the get, that is when they send them out in most cases and alot of times they are just BARELY still Grade A when you eat them.

 

[ThreeBoysChicks]

Did you know that the average store egg (here in the Sates at least) is 49 days old when it gets there? Yep that true. And they do not have an expiration date on eggs so they can keep them there a long time. Also the Grade the get, that is when they send them out in most cases and alot of times they are just BARELY still Grade A when you eat them.

Tell people that all the time. People ask me how long they will last. I say, well given that they were laid yesterday, you have a couple of months.

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

Did you know that the average store egg (here in the Sates at least) is 49 days old when it gets there? Yep that true. And they do not have an expiration date on eggs so they can keep them there a long time. Also the Grade the get, that is when they send them out in most cases and alot of times they are just BARELY still Grade A when you eat them.

Tell people that all the time. People ask me how long they will last. I say, well given that they were laid yesterday, you have a couple of months.

Yep. It's funny if you tell someone they have been in the fridge for three weeks (doesn't happen much here. We sell alot of eggs and eat a TON) and they think they are old. haha Try store eggs. They are at least twice that by the time you finish them.

Oh and also, does it not KILL you when you see eggs upside down in the carton?? Fat end up people!

 

[pridegoethb4thefall]

Did you know that the average store egg (here in the Sates at least) is 49 days old when it gets there? Yep that true. And they do not have an expiration date on eggs so they can keep them there a long time. Also the Grade the get, that is when they send them out in most cases and alot of times they are just BARELY still Grade A when you eat them.

Tell people that all the time. People ask me how long they will last. I say, well given that they were laid yesterday, you have a couple of months.

Yep. It's funny if you tell someone they have been in the fridge for three weeks (doesn't happen much here. We sell alot of eggs and eat a TON) and they think they are old. haha Try store eggs. They are at least twice that by the time you finish them.

Oh and also, does it not KILL you when you see eggs upside down in the carton?? Fat end up people!

I always thought it was only fat end up if you are trying to keep them in good shape to incubate? Didn't know it affected the eggs meant for eating. What is the difference, I mean, why big end up for eating eggs?

 

[bonbean01]

Big end up and keep them longer if you want to boil them and peel them without losing half the egg. The air sac is on the top...you need to let that dry for that reason.

And yup...reason you can boil and easily peel eggs from the store is because there are so OLD!!!!

 

[promiseacres]

Big end up and keep them longer if you want to boil them and peel them without losing half the egg. The air sac is on the top...you need to let that dry for that reason.

And yup...reason you can boil and easily peel eggs from the store is because there are so OLD!!!!

Omg I never knew all this....only after making deviled eggs this past holiday from my fresh e will beggs and about 1/2 the time they Would not peel nicely.... will put those big ends up....

 

[Royd Wood]

Straw - Fat end up My kids hate it when I have a breakdown because they put the clean eggs in any old way

Pride Goeth lol offended me not in the slightest - all I will say is PLEASE PLEASE go with a modest price increase which you deserve then the buying public will get used to it. Why sell at 2 bucks when a store charges 6 for a free range dozen - your eggs are way better and fresher

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

Yep, big end up ppl! That's where the air sac is so the large end goes up. And yes, the reason you can peel the eggs are because they are so old! The fresh "real" eggs you have to do all kinds of stuff you peel them without shredding them to bits.

My kids hate it when I have a breakdown because they put the clean eggs in any old way

I go crazy in the grocery store when I see them in the wrong way. I always tell people that it's wrong. haha

 

[pridegoethb4thefall]

Yep, big end up ppl! That's where the air sac is so the large end goes up. And yes, the reason you can peel the eggs are because they are so old! The fresh "real" eggs you have to do all kinds of stuff you peel them without shredding them to bits.

My kids hate it when I have a breakdown because they put the clean eggs in any old way

I go crazy in the grocery store when I see them in the wrong way. I always tell people that it's wrong. haha

My kids KNOW to put them in 'pointy side down' from when I was hatching ALL the time- any egg was subject to hatching, including those in the fridge! But I DIDNT know about big end up for ease of peeling after boiling.

I have found that fresh eggs peel MUCH easier if you wait to put them in the water until AFTER its is at a rolling boil, and add a pinch of salt. Much easier, but still not as easy as icky old store bought eggs- which my kids no longer want to eat but have had to since my hens have quit laying for the moment. (bad combo of stress from moving to a new home, and change of seasons) Normally they lay huge eggs right on through the winter with minimal drop in production, but this year has been tough on my girls. (poor little princess's!)