How to Sell Your Chickens Eggs
If your hens are producing more eggs than your family can eat you can sell your extra chicken eggs but before you start selling your eggs check out these tips. The first thing you should do once you decide to sell your chickens eggs is contact your city or county clerk to find out what, if any possible permits or requirements they may require regarding selling eggs from backyard chickens or to sell eggs commercially. It is important that you collect, clean, grade, and handle your chicken eggs properly from the time the egg is laid until the time your customers receive them to ensure that your customers get the highest quality eggs. Selling mishandled eggs could result in your customers getting ill which would lose you customers, destroy your new business reputation, and could even end up in a lawsuit so it is so very important to keep your eggs clean and fresh at all times until the point of sale. Here is how you do it.
Collecting Eggs:
Here are several great ways to get the word out to people that you are selling eggs.
Even though there is a bit of work to do to sell your chicken's eggs there are several benefits that make it worthwhile. When you start selling your chicken eggs you are essentially starting your own small business. You can earn money to cover your marketing costs, part or all of your feed and supply costs of taking care of your chickens, and you get a sense of accomplishment of a job well done. So if you are a motivated and detail oriented person who takes good care of their chickens and would like to make some money doing it this is the way to go.
Have a blessed day!
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Collecting Eggs:
- Collect eggs several times daily.
- Keep track of dates eggs are collected.
- Wash eggs.
- Grade and size eggs
- Put in new egg cartons
- Label egg cartons
- Store eggs pointy end down.
- Keep refrigerated.
- Put your name or farm name on your egg cartons.
- Put date eggs were laid on your egg cartons.
- Put your contact information on your egg cartons. (This will give your customers a way to order more eggs or to contact you if there is something wrong with the eggs).
Here are several great ways to get the word out to people that you are selling eggs.
- Create a Facebook page for your egg selling business.
- Advertise on social media frequently (at least once a week).
- Find out what stores in your area will allow you to put up flyers or posters and then have some made or make them yourself.
- Flyers-Give flyers to family and friends to hand out. Ask local small businesses if you can display your flyer.
- Get a magnetic sign for your vehicle and keep a cooler of fresh eggs with you wherever you go (I have sold more eggs like this than any other way).
- Put an ad in your local newspaper.
- Have some business cards made to hand out to people when you meet them and to leave at businesses that will let you leave business cards for their customers (many restaurants and stores do allow this).
Even though there is a bit of work to do to sell your chicken's eggs there are several benefits that make it worthwhile. When you start selling your chicken eggs you are essentially starting your own small business. You can earn money to cover your marketing costs, part or all of your feed and supply costs of taking care of your chickens, and you get a sense of accomplishment of a job well done. So if you are a motivated and detail oriented person who takes good care of their chickens and would like to make some money doing it this is the way to go.
Have a blessed day!
See awesome "Eggs for sale" signs below. Note: I may receive a small commission from eligible purchase made from ads on this website which helps me support Chicken Heaven On Earth. Thanks :)
