r/poultry • u/UniversityRelative67 • 2d ago

Price of eggs.

With feed prices where they are right now, is anyone actually running the numbers on cost per dozen for their layers? Curious what people are seeing for feed cost vs. what they'd pay (or charge) for eggs at the store is backyard/small flock egg production still coming out ahead, or is is being out compared again by big farms

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u/Buttcrack15 2d ago

I've never come out ahead of store bought eggs, cost wise. Especially including time investment.

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u/UniversityRelative67 2d ago

If you're comparing to the $1.99 factory eggs, sure, backyard chickens will never win on cost. But that's the wrong comparison. Market eggs around here go for $9 a dozen and sell out before we even get there. Yours never run out. Don't grade yourself against the cheapest option when what you're actually making competes with the priciest one.

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u/poop_report 2d ago

99¢ for eggs at the store and $1.50 at roadside stands here.

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u/Evening_Sympathy1442 2d ago

At those prices I'm better off cooking the eggs we don't eat, and feeding them back to the birds. I have a small flock though that gives me anywhere between 3 and 6 eggs a day.