Easter Eggers

[drewder]

@Ruken

We have customers request the colorful eggs. If we could be bothered to sort them, we could probably charge more for them.

My thought is that kids would love the Verity of colors

[drewder]

@phall0106

First, I’d say look into what types of birds will do well in the typical weather for your area. No sense in getting birds that will die during a frigid winter, or during the heat of the summer.

Second, do a search in your area to see who is selling what and the going prices. You may find that no one is selling blue/green eggs because no one wants to buy them. You may find that brown eggs are going for a small fortune because people think they’re healthier eggs. Or it may be white eggs all the way.

Third, I’d recommend getting some ducks to add in there if you can. While I don’t have ducks (I do have chickens), ducks are better layers overall (they tend not to stop laying during the winter, for example), their eggs are larger and higher in fat (much better for baking). Although, check your area to see who is buying duck eggs…

Be careful about labeling them organic. I don’t know what the legalities are of calling eggs “organic” (does it mean they eat only organic feed? what about table scraps?). Although I don’t sell my eggs (I give a lot away to family and friends), I do say that the eggs are from cage-free chickens (but not totally free-range). And never, ever, say the eggs are from “vegetarian” chickens. (Ever see a chicken catch a mouse? No? It’s probably because it ate it too fast.) Regardless, those eggs will probably taste a billion times better than store bought eggs which can be 6+ weeks old by the time they make it home.

Good luck, and have fun. I love having my girls and wish I could have many more.

Yeah I’ve been seriously looking at ducks. My wife on the other hand doesn’t like their eggs.

[Mudshark]

I would eat any color. I’ve eaten white, brown and blue, and not noticed any difference.

[DorkVader]

@Trinopus

(As far as that goes, could the typical diner tell the difference between various species of egg? Goose, duck, pigeon… Even ostrich?)

As I recall from my days as a short order breakfast cook, when we could get them, we would by duck eggs for use in the daily breakfast special. Yes, different species of egg taste different. The difference between duck and chicken is subtle yet distinct and seemed to be largely covered up if used in an dish with other ingredients such as an omelette.
Goose, I’ve only had a couple of and don’t really remember much about except they were green huge and double yolked. The rest you mentioned, I dunno.

[kayaker]

@drewder

Yeah I’ve been seriously looking at ducks. My wife on the other hand doesn’t like their eggs.

We collect our goose’s eggs so that she doesn’t incubate them (a pair of geese is two too many). I usually scramble them for the dogs, but occasionally my gf requests one over-easy. (shut up)

It’s not easy to cook a goose egg to perfect over-easy, but with basting all things become possible.

[BigT]

The color doesn’t matter to me. I’ll admit that I’d suggest not getting white eggs if you can avoid it, for the reasons you mentioned, but that’s it. I have no issue with white eggs, but they are indeed associated with store-bought.

I think the novelty of different colored eggs like you describe would actually let you charge more, to tell the truth.