Bare with me so I can ask my questions as I am making some assumptions here that may not hold water. I have read that poeple sell eating eggs for $2 to $6 a dozen, I am assuming some have higher costs but each person feels they are getting a fair return for their eggs. Here is where it gets fuzzy for me. I assume breeders have 3 chickens and one rooster, therefore they can collect a dozen eggs every four days. Those eggs are sold for $24 to $60 a dozen. the only difference I see in producing those hatching eggs is they have to have a rooster. $ 24 - $2=$22-4days=$4.5 a day for the rooster services.$60-6=$54divideed by 4 days=$13.5 for the rooster servives. Does it cost $4.5-$13.5 a day to keep a rooster? The numbers will change with the ratio of hens would it cost $54 a day for a rooster if you had 12 hens? Is there a cheaper way to get fertilized eggs? Is it just supply and demand? When someone comes to get eggs do you ask are you eating them or hatching them to determine the price? Do they always come from different Places? When you sell hatching eggs are they free of all defects?
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