The REAL Cost of Free-Range, Soy-Free, Organic Chicken Eggs
When you don't get government handouts, don't force-molt your hens, don't keep your hens in battery cages, don't mess with the hen's natural laying cycle by not using lights in the winter etc., but feed the hens pure, organic feed while allowing them to roam the land free as a bird (pun intended), the real cost for eggs is much higher than you would expect. According to David Robinson Simon, author of "Meatonomics" (2013), the real cost of organic eggs should be $13.00! Our eggs? They are $7.00 per dozen, here's why... Here's our own personal math for the cost of our eggs: Cost of feed per week per hen...........$0.86 (2.1 lb per week X $0.41) Eggs laid per week per hen..................2.96 (% productivity X 52 Weeks) Number of hens to make a dozen...... 4.054 Cost of feed per dozen eggs...............$3.48 Cost of egg carton..............................$0.33 Cost of Labels (2)...............................$0.30 Cost of utiliti...
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