Couldn't tell you. I need milk and eggs every week. I buy milk and eggs every week.
Couldn't tell you. I need milk and eggs every week. I buy milk and eggs every week.
Waiting for the first season of Tanner's Farm.
I don't think Mazda makes tractors...
$3/dozen from the local farm stand. When I can get there and if they have any, I grab a couple dozen.
I was at the store earlier
One dozen large eggs regardless of store brand , "premium brand" or organic are all 7.49 a dozen
There appears to be no shortage however. The entire huge egg case was full. Unlike mid december when there was usually like 18 dozen in total in there at any time
Phoenix, AZ area. Eggs were north of $5/dozen last week.
Thankfully our little flock has been producing, so at least my wife and I get a few eggs each day (if one of the hens doesn't peck them open first).
18 extra large for $7.39 Cdn last week. I'm not feeling like it's that different from a few months ago. It's also about two weeks worth for me, so no biggie.
On the other hand, I bought two two-packs of roasting chickens at $1.99 per pound today, and smiled doing it. Having grown up on a farm, I have absolutely no idea how anybody can make money at that price. Four chickens for $28.00.
In reply to Streetwiseguy :
Got two. We get a bunch of meals out of a single bird, nothing goes to waste.
Dayton OH and I paid $4.20 for a dozen of generic whatever eggs in the plain brown carton at Meijer. Last week was about the same, and week before I think. I just started eating hard boiled eggs as a snack at work & dang gummit I'm hopeful they stay reasonable.
In reply to Jerry :
At $0.35 each, that's still a pretty cheap snack. Certainly less than anything commercial.
It was almost $11 for an 18ct for plain old x-large eggs last time we were at the grocery store.
We get about 5-8 eggs a week in the winter out of our 10 hens. We have plenty of eggs water glassed from when we were getting 3 dozen a week in the summer so no risk of having to buy eggs from the store.
Facebook has made waterglassing eggs a religion.
Way too much effort when you can just wipe down the shell with vaseline and achieve the same results. Seriously. It's what the "sail a boat around the world" folks do. They stay good for months that way.
Great, never knew or even heard the term "waterglass eggs". Another rabbit hole to go down and waste a few hours reading tonite.
Waterglassing eggs comes with a risk of food poisoning.
Water Glassing Is Dangerous
Water glassing eggs was popular in the early 1900s. It was thought that eggs were sterile inside the hen and that all bacteria came through the shell after the eggs were laid. Research shows that Salmonella enteritidis can contaminate eggs as they are formed inside the hen’s reproductive organs, and there is no way a person can know if it is there.
This method requires using unwashed eggs that are probably coming from smaller flocks. A study at Pennsylvania State University showed that small home flocks have a much higher incidence of Salmonella than large commercial operations (Mulhollem, 2016).
Another concern is using lime water and the fact that it could seep through the eggshell.
The risk of storing eggs for long periods includes loss of nutrients, several oxidative reactions, changes in protein functionality, and a strong, bitter taste from time to time.
In reply to ShawnG :
Wiping petroleum jelly on eggs kinda defeats the purpose of raising your own. We mostly used the waterglassed eggs for scrambled or baking.
In reply to RacetruckRon :
How are they for baking? Are the finished products the same consistency?
In reply to RevRico :
The yolk is more likely to break when we crack them. Haven't noticed a difference in results when baking.
For a real "Get off my lawn" moment, I used to sell eggs to the neighbors for $0.50 a dozen when I was a teenager. That included delivery.
The wife was at the store today. There were no eggs to be had at any price.
It's getting better here, our local Super 1 had them at 8.98 for 12, 11.99 for 18 and 63.99 for 48.
We don't eat a lot of eggs so I'm just noping out on buying any for a bit
5.99 where I am in NC. But that's the eggs I typically get. There are probably 10-15 different types to choose from and I dont monitor them all.
$5.99 is higher than usual, but not going to make a significant impact.
Local Meijer store has large eggs at $4.59 a dozen...plus 10 cents for extra large, or 20 cents for jumbo. I go through a dozen a week regardless of price. A dozen eggs is cheaper than a pound of bologna and better for me.
This article (On the frontline against bird flu, egg farmers fear they're losing the battle : Shots - Health News : NPR) came up on my FB page this morning. It's about a Michigan egg farm putting down 6.5 million chickens, and the reasons for it, as well as some of the extensive activities to prevent bird flu from becoming a human issue. I found it interesting.
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