Know the Laws
As mentioned above, depending on your state and local laws, you may need to set up You may be allowed to, or prohibited from, recycling egg cartons from other companies to package your eggs.
If you put the word "organic" on your eggs, you will probably need to meet organic standards, which can be time-consuming and costly.
Your county extension agent is a good place to start to find out what local and federal laws may apply to your egg-selling business.
Write a Business Plan
The second step after knowing your market is to formalize your marketing plan by writing a business plan.
A small farm business plan will not only identify your target market, it will also look at how you might grow your business down the road, what price to set your eggs at, what costs contribute to producing the eggs, and what profit you can hope to generate.
How to Write a Small Farm Business Plan
Decide How Many Chicks You Want
With your business plan in place, you can work backward from the number of eggs you plan to sell each week, to how many chicks you need to get to meet that goal. Figure that during her prime, a laying hen will, on average, produce three to five eggs a week. If you plan to sell 10 dozen eggs a week, or 120 eggs, you can do the math to determine that 25 or 30 chicks will be a good number to start with.
