Anybody hear that egg prices are going up

Never really spent anytime in atchison. Been through there 100s of times. sure glad the new bridge is done over the river. I am in South east of Manhattan.

There wasn't nothing wrong with it, unlike the bridge at St Joe. I remember there being a toll booth on the Kansas side.

Last time I was through there you couldn't smell the acahol plants. That's a positive side.

It could be. Was just reading info in the news articles...This wasn't the exact article

"An estimated 20 million eggs a day are imported into California, and any producer shipping product in from outside of the state will have to comply with the new rules."

http://www.nbcnews.com/business/cons...akfast-n278531

Crazy enough they are shipping eggs from Iowa to California..How in the world could that be cost effective?

"Jim Dean, president and chief executive of Centrum Valley Farms in Iowa and Ohio, said one of his buildings that holds 1.5 million hens is about half full to meet California’s standards, and another building may have to be completely overhauled."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politi...0ed_story.html

California's Known for producing crops, but not really feed crops.
Water and space are also premium.
Tax rates are high, not sure on Farm tax rates there so may be a mute point.

So would you use your Limited Resources to produce Eggs, and import all you feed from the West/Midwest?

Or do you raise premium crop and let someone with space and in the feed belt produce the inexpensive eggs?

I imagine, farms not suited for large scale feed crops are used for chicken farms. 10 acre hill farm can easily house 100,000 chickens. That's why egg farms are heavy in Ark and So Mo

I have got 5 within 5 miles of me, all raising chickens for Golden Plump. Which has a processing plant 18 miles away. And there are even more chicken barns further away as you get closer to the processing plant.

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Its that way herebouts with rabbits, those who have them, and are contracted to Pel-Freez in Fayette Ark

..............Speakin of Chicken ranches , they usta to have one down by La Grange in south Tx , lostsa good lookin hens and each one had her own little love nest for maximum production ! , lol , fordy

Whatd they charge fordy? $40.00 lol

I pay three dollars a dozen for free range eggs and consider myself lucky. These are healthy orange tolled eggs from happy, healthy birds. If I don't take the time to drive into Detroit to pick them up from the farmers market then we don't have eggs.
I feel for the families who's budgets are tight and are facing the increase with dread but for those of us who can opt out of this disgusting factory farm production model we certainly need to.


Mommy in Michigan

I have 20 Buff Orphington chickens and get more than a dozen eggs a day.
I sell my surplus eggs for $3.00 per dozen. It doesn't come close to paying for
the day old chicks and the feed for 6 months before they start laying and then
you have to keep feeding them. I keep them because I like fresh eggs, I know
what my chickens eat, they are housed in a 30 X 70 foot hoop building with
dirt floor and they have a 70 foot outside run with free access to the hoop house. There is also a nice stand of bamboo at the end of the run, and the
hens love staying there and scratching for bugs and eating the bamboo leaves.
Its about the best life a chicken could have.
I think we all need to realize that food we get from the stores are priced way
lower than it can be produced because of govt. subsides. I have an organic garden and raise most of my own food. I have chickens and rabbits for meat.
If you tried to get the kind of prices they get for organic food, you wouldn't
sell anything. Everyone wants it cheap or free.
Just my 2 cents.
Mr. Rich

There is a CSA near here that has so much demand for eggs, this season they are charging $8.50/dozen.

So...

I also have buff Orpingtons. I love not having to buy eggs. My chickens are spoiled rotten. I have four hens and one English orp roo. I love the huge eggs I get and I'm hoping to have lots if babies in the spring. I have them for eggs and meat. I think a lot if people are going to go without eggs if this continues but I will give my extras to family, they help me a lot with the farm animals 😃

8.50?!?!?!?!?!

Wow. That is incredible. All of my extras after we pickle and feed the dogs go to the older people around town that need a little help to make it by. I usually drop off about 3-4 dozen a day at the Senior Center and they give them to the people that they know need them the most.

I haven't got any eggs from a supermarket in about 8 years and have never looked back. Although I will say that once we started 'boiling' the fresh eggs in the pressure cooker I really enjoy how easy the shell comes off.

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Could you please give me details on pressure cooking your fresh eggs?

I was in a HyVee yesterday and picked up a dozen eggs for I think 1.68 a dozen grade A large.

I noticed that mild was down to 3.78 at the local C&R but eggs were still over the top.

In the mean time, 8 pullet Buff Orphintons and 2 Roo chicks ordered for March pick up from a local breeder along with 4 bantams (just for fun, I really like bantams?)

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I have had many different kinds if chickens. The Orpingtons are my favorite 😍

I will second that.



Eggs are about $2.50 to $4.00 here a dozen, not free range.

The last "sale" I saw was at Target last year and they were $1.79 dz with a limit.

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Sure thing. We mostly use our electric pressure cooker, I put a cup of water in, then a grate that will keep the eggs up off the bottom, seal and set the timer for 5 minutes. Let it cool down naturally and those shells will come off like they were injected with baby oil.

We have tried the vinegar water, extra salt, etc. Nothing works for us better than the Pressure cooker. I usually will 'boil' a dozen or 18 every morning, then peel and when I make the dog food, I will slice some up for it. But our kids would eat boiled eggs at every meal if we let them.

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I dunno why, but I bought a dozen yesterday and they were all marked down half price... got them for 79 cents a dozen... two weeks ago they were 2 dollars a dozen.

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