Eggs

[poxon 5,751]

I see this today on a news feed supermarkets like Morrisons,Aldi,Tesco,sainsburys still trying to shaft farmers/producers the prices gone up on electricity,feed,water but don’t want to pay farmers to make it worthwhile for them to continue farming but they still profit off selling there products greatly we’re as producers take the brunt off it supermarket chains take the piss 

[chartpolski 24,207]

Eggs are an unbelievably cheap food source. I've seen trays of 30 for £2:50.

I keep hens and ducks and have fresh eggs every day, but the cost of feed has gone up a lot lately and it would probably be cheaper to get rid of the birds and buy my eggs, but I know where my eggs come from, what the birds are fed on and how they are housed and treated, and they are a hobby.

There should be no free range British eggs on the shelves now because of the bird flu lockdown, so I guess the price of eggs may go up.

Cheers.

[forest of dean redneck 11,686]

Most the garden gate eggs round here are like £1.20 for 1/2 dozen.

[chartpolski 24,207]

https://groceries.aldi.co.uk/en-GB/p-everyday-essentials-15-eggs/4088600389769

Aldis eggs today.

Cheers.

[chartpolski 24,207]

Yesterdays eggs from my hens and ducks;

A few days of sun has even got the little call duck laying

Cheers.

[mackem 27,043]

Eggs are so last season. 

[poxon 5,751]

I think it’d be interesting for farmers an supermarkets to openly publish there outgoing to produce an buy the products an profit margins I personally think it’d make it clear from a consumer point of view but i can pretty much guess that supermarkets would only want to be paying about 5p per egg or less But selling for 20 odd pence a cage bird produced egg were as the farmers profit margin is a lot slimmer 

I personally don’t have to worry about buying eggs we keep our own hens for eggs we keep 3 hens an get a average of 18 eggs a week sometimes more. 

[forest of dean redneck 11,686]

2 hours ago, chartpolski said:

https://groceries.aldi.co.uk/en-GB/p-everyday-essentials-15-eggs/4088600389769

Aldis eggs today.

Cheers.

I’d sooner go without than eat them tbh 

[Greyman 28,819]

3 hours ago, chartpolski said:

Eggs are an unbelievably cheap food source. I've seen trays of 30 for £2:50.

I keep hens and ducks and have fresh eggs every day, but the cost of feed has gone up a lot lately and it would probably be cheaper to get rid of the birds and buy my eggs, but I know where my eggs come from, what the birds are fed on and how they are housed and treated, and they are a hobby.

There should be no free range British eggs on the shelves now because of the bird flu lockdown, so I guess the price of eggs may go up.

Cheers.

Do some trades, I used to pay my window cleaner in eggs, makes it viable along with all the other benefits you mention

[chartpolski 24,207]

2 hours ago, forest of dean redneck said:

I’d sooner go without than eat them tbh 

So would I, but a pensioner having to choose between eating and heating might have no other choice.

Cheers.

[kanny 20,667]

I get gifted this amount of eggs every week from a friend,  chicken and duck , I pass a few on,  only so many eggs I can eat .

[big sid 1,127]

4 minutes ago, kanny said:

I get gifted this amount of eggs every week from a friend,  chicken and duck , I pass a few on,  only so many eggs I can eat .

were you up all night polishing them

[kanny 20,667]

3 minutes ago, big sid said:

were you up all night polishing them

Lol they still wet mate 

[tank34 2,364]

On 22/04/2022 at 09:39, chartpolski said:

Eggs are an unbelievably cheap food source. I've seen trays of 30 for £2:50.

I keep hens and ducks and have fresh eggs every day, but the cost of feed has gone up a lot lately and it would probably be cheaper to get rid of the birds and buy my eggs, but I know where my eggs come from, what the birds are fed on and how they are housed and treated, and they are a hobby.

There should be no free range British eggs on the shelves now because of the bird flu lockdown, so I guess the price of eggs may go up.

Cheers.

Get my feed £6.50 a sack sort date bloke sells it from his home , small holders an the one with wormer in it £20 or more from shop , he get it by tone , I just get 5 sacks last me as only keep bantams

[chartpolski 24,207]

Just now, tank34 said:

Get my feed £6.50 a sack sort date bloke sells it from his home , small holders an the one with wormer in it £20 or more from shop , he get it by tone , I just get 5 sacks last me as only keep bantams

Layers pellets were £6:50 for 20kg, but went up to £7:99 at my local feed store. Not a massive rise in the great scheme of things, but I now get 20kg of wheat or crushed oats from a local farm for £6.

The birds have been on it a while now and still look good and still laying the same .

Cheers.