All the Duck Egg Facts (+10 Tips to Selling Duck Eggs)

Why are duck eggs so expensive?

Chicken eggs are much more common than duck eggs, which, if there is a demand for them, will usually put them at a higher price point. Ducks also usually don’t lay as many eggs as a chicken does, which makes the cost of raising them higher than raising a chicken.

Pricing eggs will depend on your area and supply and demand. The range of price for duck eggs is wide. They can sell from anywhere between $2.00-$12.00 a dozen, depending on where they are sold.

And the only way to find out what you should charge for your eggs is by testing the waters. What are others charging for their duck eggs? Charge the same. If there isn’t anyone else selling duck eggs in your area, try a price and see how people respond. The price can be altered at any time based on the response received.

Where to Buy Duck Eggs

As mentioned above, duck eggs are not as common as chicken eggs, so finding them may be a little harder. But that doesn’t mean impossible!

Here are some ideas to start you on your duck egg buying journey:

• 4 Dozen Grass-Fed Duck Eggs
• Set of 6 Blown Out Blank Duck Eggshells
• Duck Hatching (and Eating) Eggs
• Farmer’s Markets (If there aren’t any eggs for sale at a Farmer’s Market there probably is someone who knows someone who has duck eggs.)
• Online: Craigslist, Facebook, and Instagram. Any of these online and social media platforms tell so much! Keep your eye out for posts of ducks and eggs, then ask if they have any for sale! Or post a question in a local group asking if anyone in the area has eggs for sale!

It’s definitely not impossible to find duck eggs! And truly? I think you will be surprised and pleased you gave them a try!

This next section is taken from our Farm Fresh Eggs post. It applies to really anything being sold and it is very important considerations to think about when selling your duck eggs.

How To Sell Farm Fresh Duck Eggs

If you have an overabundance of duck eggs and desire for their eggs to not only be used but to bring in added income to your home, then carefully think through these next questions.

We will work through these questions:

Who, What, When, Where, and How?

When dissecting a story in English class, we had to ask these very short and concise questions. By asking and answering them, the story was broken down into the base elements of what the story was about.

And in our situation of wanting to sell more duck eggs, we know that the answer to “WHAT are we selling?” is quite simple: Eggs. We desire to sell our eggs at a reasonable price.

WHO Are We Selling Our Eggs to? We can get more insight into our customers by asking this question.

Who are the people that are interested in duck eggs and where can they be found? And even more specifically, who are the people who love to bake, or which chef at a fancy restaurant uses duck eggs in their high-end meals? There is a wonderful, new trend of people of all ages, desiring to have control over the food they feed their families. These are the people to target.

WHERE do they hang out and how can their attention be caught to pay attention to your eggs and buy them?

Many times these people are found helping at or utilizing these wonderful options available in most communities:

• CSA Programs
• Farmer’s Markets
• Local, Organic Delis or Coffee Shops
• Church, School Activities, Mom Groups, and Health, Gardening, and Fitness Classes
• Local Grocery Stores
• Gourmet Restaurants

But there are also ways of attracting these health-conscious people to us! With the right setup, people can begin to call you for information about your farm fresh eggs. Here are a few ideas:

• Corner Stand (or Honor Stand)
• Front Yard Sign
• Word of Mouth
• Client List
• Friends and Family
• Facebook Groups

When you’ve found the place or places you can sell your eggs at or through, the fun begins!

And then we can begin to answer the question: HOW? How can we sell our eggs effectively and for the most profit?

The Poultry World brings up very good points that are often overlooked when thinking about selling eggs.

What usually attracts people to items, objects, or places?

It’s another series of questions learned in grade school:

See, Hear, Touch, Taste, and Smell. Our five senses. 

And these can be utilized in helping you sell your eggs!

In any type of schooling, they have found that children (and people of all ages!) learn the best and respond the most when all senses are engaged. And this is also very helpful when attracting customers!

When setting up a stand at a farmer’s market or taking a quick picture of your eggs to post somewhere, what can you do to make it LOOK appetizing, pleasing, or engaging? Would using clear egg cartons show the beauty of your eggs in a better way? How can the background of the picture or product be set up to look more appealing and appetizing?

How can you add some SOUND from a CD by recording the ruckus of a flock of ducks?

Is there a way to allow customers to FEEL the softness of the shell?

What are ways to creatively allow future customers to TASTE the flavor of your eggs in a dish or take home one egg as a sample with a business card attached?

Adding the sense of SMELL may be a little harder to come by because you probably don’t want to carry around a scented bottle of the barnyard smell but if you do have the ability to create a dish of aromatic cooking eggs to waft through a farmer’s market…more power to you!

Be sure to check out DUCK DOUGH: Profitable Poultry Bundle–It’s FULL of to-do lists, checklists, record keeping sheets, and resource pages that will keep your flock healthy and YOU organized!

To conclude I’m going to close this chapter, 6 Tips to Selling Duck Eggs (+All the Facts), with a setup that could be put together at a local farmer’s market using each of the senses.

Starting with the sense of sight, display your eggs in a way that is appealing. Instead of only piling up stack after stack of filled cartons on the corner of a table, open up a carton to display the eggs and think of what else you can add to make it more visually appealing, like laying a display of dried herbs over them.

Also, display a basket of eggs with a pretty bow and a lovely cloth cascading out of the basket. Crack open a store-bought egg and one of your eggs into a bowl and allow people to see the difference in color. This will also show the difference in the size of the yoke of a duck compared to a chicken.

Display the nutritional information of eggs from free-range, healthy ducks for people to clearly see and ask questions about.

Some states don’t allow old cartons to be reused, so whether you use old or new ones, consider sprucing them up a bit. Add a ribbon with a business card attached to it. Even consider attaching an egg recipe to each carton.

Remember, people love a little “to do” with any purchase they make. Make them feel special and provide a memory that they won’t forget. And when they don’t forget, they will keep coming back to YOU for their eggs.

Bring along a CD player or hook your cell phone to some speakers playing some lovely barnyard sounds to engage and draw customers to your table. Allow them to feel the eggs displayed in the basket, and smell the herbs on the table.

Using a portable burner, cook up some freshly laid farm eggs, season them and give those customers a sizzle to hear and a smell to behold! If possible, hand out a small plate for people to sample.

Now all of these ideas can’t be used in all situations but with creativity and slight changes they can be used for any option you use to sell your eggs.

Remember, times have changed enough that we need to do MORE than our competitors to stand out and be seen in order to sell our products.

But your ducks are laying…and eating! So collect those eggs and let your ladies help pay for their upkeep!

Ducks are fun, entertaining and it seems impossible to not own any even if a pond or creek is miles away. So it would be worth it to make a go of selling those eggs!