Guinea Fowl Eggs
Are guinea fowl eggs a speciality egg or just a small egg? I have been pondering this thought recently as I have decided to sell some guinea fowl eggs for eating at the farm gate. As I made the decision to sell my eggs, the next question to answer was how much to charge?
I did the usual search on the internet and checked all the major supermarkets to see if they were selling guinea fowl eggs but couldn’t find any. After a discussion with my husband I decided to sell 6 fresh, free range guinea fowl eggs for £1. With this price chalked up on the chalk board at the farm gate, I had decided to market my guinea fowl eggs as a speciality, free range egg. I think that guinea fowl are a speciality breed as they are not widely found in the UK. My guinea fowl free range daily and I have noticed that the yolk is a rich yellowy orange colour with a superior taste to other eggs purchased from the supermarket.
A family member however, pointed out that the guinea fowl eggs are small and that they need to use 3 guinea fowl eggs for every two ordinary hen eggs and that the price of hen eggs is cheaper, so buying my guinea fowl eggs would not be cost effective for them.
I can see both sides to this debate. What are your thoughts on guinea fowl eggs? Do you think that they are a speciality egg and therefore worth paying more for or are they just a smaller egg and therefore more are needed for baking and eating and therefore should not cost as much as the free range hen egg? Let me know your thoughts.
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I think you can sell them as a specialty egg. Chicken eggs can be purchased anywhere.
As you noted Guinea Fowl are not as common as chickens, their eggs are richer in taste and color. As a specialty egg they should not be compared to chicken eggs. Because they are smaller is no reason to eat three instead of two.
Good luck with selling them.
Comment by Diane — April 25, 2008 @ 1:39 pm
This is a difficult question to answer. I have this problem when selling my artwork. I may feel it is worth a certain price because it is original and unique and lovely to look at but I can only sell it for the price someone is willing to pay for it.
Mostly then I give my paintings as presents to family and friends as they appreciate how much time and effort and experience I have put into each one.
Getting back to the question of your guinea fowl eggs. They are rarer than hen’s eggs and, as such, they might be considered a delicacy, and worth the extra cost.
Comment by wildlifegardener — April 26, 2008 @ 7:58 am
You must sell them at a high price as this will reflect the value of your unusual, speciality eggs which are fresh, from free-range happy birds. If they do not sell, scramble them and freeze them. They will not be wasted because you can use the frozen eggs for baking etc..
If you sell them for a lower price you are undervaluing your produce, and your customers will not appreciate how special they are.
Good luck
TopVeg
Comment by TopVeg — April 27, 2008 @ 6:41 am
Did you ever put a notice up at the farm gate to sell these eggs?
I put a notice against the hedge to sell strawberries, & put the straws on a white chair under the notice. After 4 days I had not sold one.
Last night, my son put my notice on a pole on the verge, so that the notice was facing the oncoming traffic, instead of being against the hedge. He wrote on the back, so that people coming the other way could see it.
Within 2 hours all the strawberries were gone & at 8am this morning I had people knocking on the door.
Marketing really works!
Comment by TopVeg — June 20, 2008 @ 6:43 am
Hi TopVeg,
Yes I did put a notice up the only problem is that we live down a lane and don’t get many passersby. I have advertised in our village newsletter but I really need to put a sign up in the village so that people know where to go. The strawberries sound like they have done really well. Congratulations.
Sara @ farmingfriends
Comment by Sara @ Farming Friends — June 20, 2008 @ 6:49 am