[Roxy]

Whilst looking in the green bins (no, I do not make a habit or rooting through the bins, but I do stock up on cardboard to put down on the floor of the outside cats caravan, to keep it cleanish in this muddy weather!)  on a few occasions I have come across egg boxes (yes, rescue those too!)

What my point is - is that some of my neighbours are driving past my gate to the supermarket for these free range eggs, and paying £1.80 for 6 and another box said £2.82  for 12.  Mine are £2 a dozen.  Also, you would think they would ask if I wanted the egg box, or indeed leave it in my egg container by the gate.  I do sell to quite a few of the neighbours though, and they bring their empty egg boxes.

One neighbour told me she had to buy supermarket free range eggs, as she had seen my hens eating worms, and she was worried they would get into the eggs .....so the supermarket free range hens do not scratch for worms etc. then??

Another lady said my eggs were very yellow and had a strong taste .....turned out she had only ever eaten the battery hen eggs with the pale yolks, and thats what she went back to having!!

Oh well, it takes all sorts!!

[geebee]

Tell me about it! My brother refused my offer of a  box of eggs, he only likes the ones with a stamp on so he knows how old they are!!! 

[plumseverywhere]

very strange      I know my MIL often turns down our eggs because she buys 'barn eggs' from the supermarket, I think she has this fantasy in her head that barn chickens have a wonderful life. if only she could go with her son to visit some in line with his work...

I remember my 8 year old crying in tesco when she saw a lady buying 18 battery eggs.  the lady was a local farm worker (polish) so i don't think understood what milli was sobbing about but my daughter was saying "but mummy, if people keep buying them the hens have to keep laying them.."

[Mo]

We have egg boxes coming out of our ears since we got hens, and we haven't even taken to selling any yet. In the few years we've had hens all our excess go to friends & family and as 'goodwill'.
The boxes come from older people who make to connection: they have hens, must need egg boxes.

It's sad that an awful lot of people don't know what real food tastes/looks like.
IMO a lot of them could do with eating some dirt too 
Never did me any harm, nor did the worms I ate as a youngster - I used to collect them in a little wicker basket and eat the ones that wiggled out....
I also recall my mum telling me that if I ever found half a caterpillar in my salad to "Just eat it, you've already eaten the other half"

[tazbabe]

in the summer when i have surplus eggs i give them to my work mates. one woman said she was nervous of eating them because they hadn't been processed like supermarket ones. 

soon changed her mind once persuaded to try one!

[hughesy]

You cannot get away from the fact that Joe Public, generally speaking, is an idiot. Especially where food is concerned.

[BlueDaisy]

I know a couple of folk who think my eggs are too orange and strong tasting!
That's fine though, just leaves more for the rest of us!

Although my hubby was asked at work if we sell our eggs, he said yes, and was asked if they were 'allright'! Another coworker, who bought eggs from us all last year and has been patiently waiting for our girls to start laying again, piped up "of course they're allright, they're fabulous, but you're not getting any til I've got mine"
ANd we also have customers who prefer a bit of dirt on the egg, or a feather stuck on it!
I think the saying is "It takes all sorts!"

[Rosemary]

One neighbour told me she had to buy supermarket free range eggs, as she had seen my hens eating worms, and she was worried they would get into the eggs .....so the supermarket free range hens do not scratch for worms etc. then??

Actually, they probably don't - although commercial free range operations have to give access to the outdoors, many arrange it so that the hens don't actually go out. Out means dirty feet, dirty feet means dirty eggs and they don't like them.

We sell eggs at the road end - one woman came recently to the house as there was none out and was very excited to actually see the hens. Maybe I should do tours!

[Hermit]

One of my customers...customers asked her if the eggs contained chemicals as the yolks were so yellow!

[bloomer]

its weird when i open eggs i can tell which come from my exbatts cos 6months on they are still far paler yolked than my others...

they all live together and get fed the same but ex batt eggs are still pale...

[cmorrell]

We sell eggs at the road end - one woman came recently to the house as there was none out and was very excited to actually see the hens. Maybe I should do tours!

Judging by another recent thread, you could do a far better job than some farm parks!

[Womble]

I have a colleague who refused to take eggs from me because they didn't have the little lions on them....... so another colleague drew them on for her in red pen 

You know the usual descriptions on egg boxes, like "Eggs from caged hens living in carefully controlled conditions...."?  We made up some labels for ours that say "Eggs laid by individually named hens, living free range in utterly mollycoddled conditions". Also, we've developed an informal policy of the first box always being free. It makes me feel like a pusher, but so far everybody has come back for more! 

[cmorrell]

"Eggs laid by individually named hens, living free range in utterly mollycoddled conditions"

Love it 

[NorthEssexsmallholding]

You cannot get away from the fact that Joe Public, generally speaking, is an idiot. Especially where food is concerned.

nail on the head. 90% of the general public are thick.

[Fleecewife]

You cannot get away from the fact that Joe Public, generally speaking, is an idiot. Especially where food is concerned.

nail on the head. 90% of the general public are thick.

Well, no-o-o.  Just to be a pedant  , half of the general public are of below average intelligence - which of course makes the other half brighter than average......