Selling Bantam eggs for consumption...

[urbanfarmers]

I'm not at the point of selling eggs just yet...hope to be one day...but was wondering if anyone would buy bantam eggs for consumption. I know they are smaller than regular eggs so wasn't sure if that would upset people who are looking to buy 'home-raised & hand-picked' eggs. If I sell them do I sell them for the same price as regular eggs or do I double the amount of eggs for the same price as regular eggs...I was told it takes 2 bantam eggs to equal 1 regular egg. Maybe I just need to break down and get regular size chickens???

 

[zavierchick]

I'm interested in hearing this too - we are selling other goodies at farmer's markets here and I'm curious about adding bantie eggs later in the summer when we (hopefully) have enough to share

 

[rubyrogue]

When I have them I sell them for half of what I sell my larger eggs for. Usually those are the eggs I keep for myself/family to eat or give away as "taste testers"

 

[Bantimna]

If I would go to a farmers market to get fresh produce, I would most probbaly go for the bigger eggs and not for bantam eggs.
If the eggs were of a small/medium size then I think I would consider them. That's what I would do, IMO though I think I would go try some smaller bantie eggs instead.

Hopefully this helped.

 

[patandchickens]

If you are in an area with a large "foodie" type population, who might be intrigued by the novelty value and the thought of doing cutesy things with half-sized fried or boiled eggs, I bet you could find takers.

Otherwise it might be a hard sell, to people who want them just for *practical* purposes.

Just a guess though,

Pat

 

[urbanfarmers]

Thanks everyone for your input, it's very helpful. As for using them as taste-testers....LOVE that idea!!! I could do a half dozen of Bantam eggs as taste testers for potential buyers and then allow them to purchase the 'regular size' eggs for daily/regular consumption. Looks like I'm going to need to invest in some regular size girls!

 

[coastaltx]

Market them as "diet eggs" and charge $4 a dozen!! As the big corps do, smaller package equals more money..

 

[jodief100]

I have sold Bantam eggs before, for less than the full size ones. $2 dozen for "standard" ones and $1.25 for banty ones.

I like banty eggs. They make great little snacks hard boiled and for deviled eggs at a party. I can make more and people can snack without filling up. Also good for when I split recipes in half and it calls for 1 egg. My young nieces like the novelty and when they were really little, 1 banty egg was enough for a toddlers breakfast. All of these make for good selling points. Another good thing is I like to have a breakfast of eggs and sausage and bisquits so I can have a "big" breakfast with smaller servings of everything. And one banty eggs fits perfectly on small breakfast sandwiches.

I don't know if having standard eggs in addition to the banty ones would be a requirement but I suspect it would be best to have both. Most customers want both and if they have to go somewhere else for the big ones they might not bother.

I miss my banties.... the feral cats (darn heathens my wonderful hubby calls them) got them. They won't touch the big ones.

 

[crazyegg]

Sell them as "specialty" eggs. They are great for kids, pickled eggs, special salad garnishes, things like that.

 

[suburbanminifarm]

I have Mostly bantams....I sell a dozen eggs mixed mainly bantam and a few large for 4 or 5 dollars a dozen (at my husbands work, in a large beach city). What seems to be a selling point is the beautiful mix of sizes and colors. City people are endlessly intrigued by this novelty factor. So try to get a mix of colors and don't think that small is a "negative" factor. Oh, also I have started giving good customers a couple extra small eggs (maybe 14 or 15 instread of a dozen. I put them in a small white paper bag.
Personally, I prefer eating the bantam eggs for my breakfast.