How much would you charge or pay for duck eggs?

I sell a few duck eggs at $5/doz. They are LARGE and we let the ducks free range and feed them organically. My hubby says next year we are charging no less than $10/doz but I don't think we will get that price! What do YOU all think?

If you wash them up I would charge at least $8 dozen. They are more time consuming to wash thsn chicken eggs

I charge $4 a dozen myself

It is all in the marketing.

It also depends where you live as well.

Maybe try $7.50 if your uncomfortable with $10 and see how that goes.

Prairie Chick wrote:I charge $4 a dozen myself

What do you charge for chicken eggs, Prairie Chick? I go $5 for those too. Again, cert. organic feed and free ranging on our 2 acres.

$3.50 for chicken eggs

Although i don't have any duck eggs this year as I couldn't collect them fast enough and my 4 girls are broody crazies! I missed one day and before you know it there are 4 nests in their coop  

Prairie Chick wrote:$3.50 for chicken eggs

Although i don't have any duck eggs this year as I couldn't collect them fast enough and my 4 girls are broody crazies!  I missed one day and before you know it there are 4 nests in their coop  

If I lived near you I wouldn't need to raise my own chickens for eggs, i would buy them from you for that price!!!!...it's $5.50 in the store here for "free run" eggs and $6.50 for organic. Most farms sell farm eggs for $5 and local farm eggs sold in stores are usually $6.50

Our duck eggs are too big to fit comfortably in a Jumbo carton and we sell them, washed, for $6/doz and always sell out. Our chicken eggs are mixed sizes (but no bantam eggs) for $4/doz and we always have people waiting on eggs.

It does make a difference on price depending on where you live.

Prairie Chick wrote:It does make a difference on price depending on where you live.

Yep for sure! We aren't far from the above poster who said farm eggs go for 5-6.50/doz. We couldn't possibly sell our eggs for that here!

BriarwoodPoultry wrote:

Prairie Chick wrote:It does make a difference on price depending on where you live.

Yep for sure! We aren't far from the above poster who said farm eggs go for 5-6.50/doz. We couldn't possibly sell our eggs for that here!

Thanks, Briarwood, I think $6 is fair and not much of a jump from the $5 I already charge. Considering in the summer at least, I don't pay much to feed my ducks, as they are almost totally on pasture and only really clean up after the other birds. And nobody blinks an eye at $5 for chicken eggs; it's the reason I brought in more birds -- I don't have enough eggs to satisfy the want! And organic, free run hens eggs are about $6 or more in the store here.

all I can add is great egg prices
I dont even try to sell eggs around here
as People are selling eggs for 2.00 to 2.50
a dz all around me and they are farm eggs
I almost sold 1 time and when they asked how much I said 3.50
they said they can buy them from so and so for 2.00
so I said thats fine go there and buy them
Oh well I just eat more eggs My gain their loss

appway wrote:all I can add is great egg prices
I dont even try to sell eggs around here
as People are selling eggs for 2.00 to 2.50
a dz all around me and they are farm eggs
I almost sold 1 time and when they asked how much I said 3.50
they said they can buy them from so and so for 2.00
so I said thats fine go there and buy them
Oh well I just eat more eggs My gain their loss

That must be so frustrating for you appway, especially if your birds are free-ranging and/or organically fed!

I get 4 dollars a dozen for my chicken eggs and will be asking 5 for the duck eggs.