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I'm getting about 8-9 dozen a week and raised my prices 50% a few weeks ago but, for some reason, I still am losing money on them. We use about 1 dozen a week and the rest are given to 1 neighbor, 2 relatives, and 4 friends. I never was good at math, but I think my business model sucks.

 

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That's okay.

My business model sucks, too, but I know that people who need eggs are getting them.

Yep. Chickens are my hobby and I would have them even if no one wanted the eggs. I am fortunate that there is still a feed mill operating near us where they still grind chicken feed into a powder. Chickens love it and there is very little waste because chickens can't flip it out on the floor like they do the processed pellets and crumbles they sell at the farm stores. The ground feed is also a bit cheaper. I paid $11.50 per 50 pound bag a couple weeks ago.

 

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There are some big egg companies out there. We have a lot of chicken houses here in my county. If there is a confirmed case of avian flu locally all back yard flocks have to be killed along with the thousands of birds in those big chicken houses. The houses here are for Peco fryers

rank	Company	Number of hens (millions)
1	Cal-Maine Foods	46,78
2	Rose Acre Farms	27,59
3	Hillandale Farms	20
4	Versova Holdings LLP	19,95
5	Daybreak Foods	14,48
6	Michael Foods	11,91
7	Center Fresh Group	11,5
8	MPS Egg Farms	11,1
9	Prairie Star Farms	9,3
10	Gemperle Family Farms	8,6
11	Opal Foods	8,39
12	Herbruck's Poultry Ranch	8,3
13	Weaver Brothers	8
14	Sauder's Eggs	6,6
15	Rembrandt Enterprises	6,25
16	Kreider Farms	6,1
17	Hickman's Egg Ranch	6
18	Mid-States Specialty Eggs	6
19	Hidden Villa Ranch	5,5
20	Sparboe Farms	5,48
21	Fremont Farms of Iowa	5,3
22	S&R Egg Farm	4,78
23	Wabash Valley Produce	4,7
24	ISE America	4,56
25	Sunrise Farms Inc.	4,5
26	Cooper Farms	4,33
27	Minnich Poultry	3,94
28	Ritewood/Oakdell Egg Farms	3,68
29	Konos Inc.	3,4
30	Creighton Brothers	3,2
31	Forsman Farms	3,1
32	Esbenshade Farms	2,8
33	Berne Hi-Way Hatchery Inc.	2,4
34	Sunrise AcresEgg Farms	2,38
35	Central Valley Eggs	2,3
36	Giroux's Poultry Farm	2,3
37	Pearl Valley Eggs	2,23
38	Kreher's Eggs	2,2
39	Hamilton Eggs LLC	2
40	Schipper Eggs LLC	1,82

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Lucky for me, mine aren't in the backyard. They are across the lane in a barn.