Wow

[livetobake]

I saw eggs selling for $1.29 a dozen today and picked up 2 dozen. What a nice price and people were sure buying them up!

[AllieK]

It's egg laying season. My neighbors chickens are laying eggs at our house. I never know exactly how old they are when I find them, so don't really eat them, but there must be way more eggs on the market now so the prices will go down.

[Sabine]

It's egg laying season. My neighbors chickens are laying eggs at our house. I never know exactly how old they are when I find them, so don't really eat them, but there must be way more eggs on the market now so the prices will go down.

I bought one dozen eggs this morning , and the price was $ 1.70 , I don't buy eggs very often so I have no clue how much they cost before today.

[MudderBear]

Where others were paying exorbitant prices for a dozen eggs other places, ours never went up in price. Usually pay $3.49/doz for large.
livetobake: $1.29 is a great price!
People around here who sell their own fresh eggs usually ask for $5 or $7/doz

[livetobake]

I know the price of eggs has been over $3 per dozen at least for over a year, sometimes higher. I am just happy seeing the price come down as they are a good source of protein.

[Sabine]

$ 7.00 for a dozen eggs is way too much , in my opinion.

[CharleneG]

People around here who sell their own fresh eggs usually ask for $5 or $7/doz

The local farms that sell fresh eggs here are usually about $5 a dozen. I usually buy mine at Costco, the ones that have 2 dozen in the plastic carton and I buy two of those. I can’t remember what I paid for them, maybe $5.49 for 2 dozen extra large cage free eggs.

[MudderBear]

Sabine - $7.00 per dozen, I totally agree! I don't buy them at that price!

[MudderBear]

Sabine - $7.00 per dozen, I totally agree! I don't buy them at that price!

[rosie]

I stopped selling eggs. Sold them for $2 doz. It helped on the feed cost but such a pain. People are weird. with the price of feed thru the roof I would have to charge at least $4 doz. I keep family and one friend in eggs. I can't imagine not having chickens. I enjoy them immensely. I am looking forward to a few more (10 maybe) chicks when I get a broody hen.
anyway I'm very pleased eggs are down in price. Freeze em up while the price is down.

[Chayote]

Eggs in Australia start at about $4.50 a dozen for caged eggs. These are the ones I buy:

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There is a shortage of eggs right now because of the season but that's a temporary situation. Eggs *never* go on special. What I noticed during my trips away was that most of the eggs sold in the US are white, whereas all of ours are brown eggs.

[Sabine]

The color of the eggs don't make any difference at all. I always wondered about it, so I looked it up on the internet and here is what I found.

The color of the egg shell does not indicate a better quality of egg. In fact, there is no distinguishable difference between brown eggs and white ones when it comes to taste and nutrition.Jan 17, 2023

[Vera]

I knew there was no nutritional difference between white and brown eggs. We had a lady help us with yard work several years ago and she raised chickens. I don't remember the breed, but the eggs were pastel colors - pink, yellow, blue - not strong colors at all but pretty. That could put the Easter Bunny out of business with the dyed eggs - lol.

Today on my way home from Northern Virginia I stopped at a local Giant store to pick up a few things since it was convenient. I noticed the store was directing all the foot traffic to only one entrance because the second one was closed. I saw that last week at another Giant but thought perhaps the door was broken or there was some construction going on. I asked the cashier today why that entrance was closed. She said because of the stealing. I wasn't expecting that. How sad this world has become with all the entitled people and believe me most can afford it. We aren't talking ragamuffins here. I don't know what else stores can do other than close up. I know in DC some stores have moved out of the city because crime is so rampant there. I would literally get sick to my stomach if I had to go into DC.

[Sabine]

A while back my grocery store had a police officer standing at the door that people walked out of. I would imagine to stop people who load up the carts and then run out without paying. It is a shame that it has to be that way, but I am all for it, there have to be consequences for stealing.
$8.70 for one dozen of eggs is just plain ridiculous and I wouldn't pay that amount of money for eggs. But if a person wants to pay that, so be it.

[rosie]

[QUOTE=Vera;n766333]I knew there was no nutritional difference between white and brown eggs. We had a lady help us with yard work several years ago and she raised chickens. I don't remember the breed, but the eggs were pastel colors - pink, yellow, blue - not strong colors at all but pretty. That could put the Easter Bunny out of business with the dyed eggs - lol.

The chickens you speak of are americanas also known as Easter eggers. Your right. There is no nutritional difference between white or brown eggs but a huge nutritional difference between free range and cage free. Cage free eggs are no different than plain ol eggs. They have never seen grass or bugs or eaten what GOD intended. They are in a huge barn. Fed what their given. Usually alot of antibiotics because if 1 gets sick they all get sick and they lose tons of money. Makes me crazy when people pay extra for cage free. It means NOTHING.