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Craton

Craton

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AFAIK, eggs are a commodity and in the past, tended to have a fairly stable price/cost.
However, poultry farming and it's legislation/regulations, cost inputs, inflation and the dreaded avian flu, etc etc etc, have all added to the cost of this family staple.

Of course, thanks to the bird flu, supply has become an issue and and for some time now (at least here locally), the local s/mkts have restrictions on the quantity one can purchase.

For budgeting my partner and I have moved down the scale of egg sizes, from 900g to 800g to the current 700g. Today's purchase of a doz 700g large eggs, $9.90.

Seems we'll be paying double dollar digits for a doz in that size very soon. Guess we'll be moving down the size scale again but 550g are just too small for this little piggy.

If you're inclined, please do post egg prices from your locale, be interesting to note the differences.
I'm in the far west of NSW. :)
 
Our local Coles sells "Cage free" eggs $6.90 for 800g size. I have switched to these as the only other one on the shelves is a free range one, $8 or $9 and 700g. I have no idea what cage free means. I asked a young lady with green hair at the checkout for my free cage and she replied "flybuys ?"

gg
 
Craton said:
AFAIK, eggs are a commodity and in the past, tended to have a fairly stable price/cost.
However, poultry farming and it's legislation/regulations, cost inputs, inflation and the dreaded avian flu, etc etc etc, have all added to the cost of this family staple.

Of course, thanks to the bird flu, supply has become an issue and and for some time now (at least here locally), the local s/mkts have restrictions on the quantity one can purchase.

For budgeting my partner and I have moved down the scale of egg sizes, from 900g to 800g to the current 700g. Today's purchase of a doz 700g large eggs, $9.90.

Seems we'll be paying double dollar digits for a doz in that size very soon. Guess we'll be moving down the size scale again but 550g are just too small for this little piggy.

If you're inclined, please do post egg prices from your locale, be interesting to note the differences.
I'm in the far west of NSW. :)
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bypassed the egg prices bought 6 extra hens ( at point of laying ) for $200 delivered

the feed is $17 for a 20kg bag

the backup up plan is two older ( but bigger ) hens are being let breed , so MAYBE extra eggs and meat next year
 
metropolitan NSW

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Fyfe organics $9 @ 600g
Coles organics $10 @ 700g
Half dozen free range $4.40 @ 330g
Some broken ones and 3 empty shelves
 
Garpal Gumnut said:
Our local Coles sells "Cage free" eggs $6.90 for 800g size. I have switched to these as the only other one on the shelves is a free range one, $8 or $9 and 700g. I have no idea what cage free means. I asked a young lady with green hair at the checkout for my free cage and she replied "flybuys ?"

gg
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Only one box of one size on the entire shelves, 860g for $11.50.
Perth.
 
I generally find that if I go to Coles between 5pm and 6pm when all the Mummies and workers are at home that I can find some eggs on the shelf, often reasonably priced. I haven't done a statistical analysis on this so don't blame me if you have to buy a tub of butter instead.

gg
 
Gunnerguy said:
Only one box of one size on the entire shelves, 860g for $11.50.
Perth.
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Eggs have been on and off in short supply in Perth for months and months... Mentioned here on the forum some time ago.

My price.... Hard to figure out after building fox proof chicken city, plus feed, labour to maintain etc.... but at least we have a ridiculous oversupply of eggs.
 
Craton said:
AFAIK, eggs are a commodity and in the past, tended to have a fairly stable price/cost.
However, poultry farming and it's legislation/regulations, cost inputs, inflation and the dreaded avian flu, etc etc etc, have all added to the cost of this family staple.

Of course, thanks to the bird flu, supply has become an issue and and for some time now (at least here locally), the local s/mkts have restrictions on the quantity one can purchase.

For budgeting my partner and I have moved down the scale of egg sizes, from 900g to 800g to the current 700g. Today's purchase of a doz 700g large eggs, $9.90.

Seems we'll be paying double dollar digits for a doz in that size very soon. Guess we'll be moving down the size scale again but 550g are just too small for this little piggy.

If you're inclined, please do post egg prices from your locale, be interesting to note the differences.
I'm in the far west of NSW. :)
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Don't forget the price the male chicks pay. The male chicks which don't lay eggs are separated at the hatchery from the females and sent into the grinder alive, the females suffer it out on the laying farms for about 3 years before they are sent to slaughter. So the price we pay for eggs is small in comparison.

Even if you have your own laying hens bought from a hatchery, their brothers were killed.



 
wayneL said:
Eggs have been on and off in short supply in Perth for months and months... Mentioned here on the forum some time ago.

My price.... Hard to figure out after building fox proof chicken city, plus feed, labour to maintain etc.... but at least we have a ridiculous oversupply of eggs.
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Sunshine coast qld
Coles yesterday
Free range 700g $6.1 , plenty of supply
 
Value Collector said:
Don't forget the price the male chicks pay. The male chicks which don't lay eggs are separated at the hatchery from the females and sent into the grinder alive, the females suffer it out on the laying farms for about 3 years before they are sent to slaughter. So the price we pay for eggs is small in comparison.

Even if you have your own laying hens bought from a hatchery, their brothers were killed.



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the lone rooster here , was 'surplus ' on a nearby farm , so a gift , it is kept more for his protective abilities ( being half Thai Fighting C*ck ) rather than his ability to breed and HOPEFULLY will teach the young chicks extra survival skills as the farm where he was born was abandoned for three years and those poultry had to fend for themselves ( against foxes , dogs , dingoes , goannas , snakes , eagles , etc )

BTW the rooster's father still resides on that farm

he is not as aggressive as mum's bantam rooster , when it was alive , but is 25% larger ( especially across the chest ) and BIGGER spurs ( which have penetrated the Wellington boots )
 
9.90 for a doz 700g is outrageous by E-coast NSW standards Craton. Sorry don't mean to gloat, and there's cost of transport to factor in.

Home brand cage eggs at the duopoly stores here,can still be had for 5.40 doz, but the supply is erratic. Otherwise you're into the free range, and getting up into the 8-9 dollar area.

At 9.90, I'd be buying some layer hens.
 
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