What do you really make on a dozen eggs?

Enter your flock, feed and hours and what you sell a dozen for. You get your cost per dozen, your profit per hour, the price per dozen you need to pay yourself a wage, and what feed cost and a winter drop in laying do to all of it.

Your numbers, not advice. Prices, costs and times are yours to check; every value is editable. Nothing is uploaded: inputs are used in this browser tab only.

Your flock

Hens in lay Lay rate (%) Selling price per dozen ($) Feed per hen per day (lb) Feed price per lb ($) Other cost per month ($) Replacement pullet cost ($) Laying years per hen Carton cost per dozen ($) Hours per week Your wage per hour ($) Eggs lost or kept (%)

Your flock for a year

Line	Per year

If your selling price moves

Price per dozen	Profit per hour	After wage, per year	Margin, per year

If feed costs more

Feed per lb	Cost per dozen	Profit per hour	Price you need

If the hens lay less

Lay rate	Cost per dozen	Profit per hour	Price you need

Count eggs for a month and time one ordinary week before you trust the numbers. A flock that looks free can pay pennies an hour; the hours do not shrink when the hens stop laying.

What's recognised

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More: How much to charge for a dozen eggs: feed, hours and winter lay rate.

Common questions

What does it cost to produce a dozen eggs at home?

On the default numbers $3.57 in cash per dozen sold ($0.30 an egg): $821.25 of feed a year, $360.00 of bedding and other costs, $80.00 to replace hens and $137.12 of cartons, plus 0.53 hours of your time per dozen. Feed is the largest cash line at 58.7%. Enter your own figures; the defaults are invented.

How much should I charge for a dozen eggs?

$11.53 a dozen to pay yourself $15 an hour on those numbers, against a cash breakeven of $3.57. Selling at $5.00 leaves $1.43 a dozen and $2.69 an hour before any wage is deducted.

What happens when feed costs more or the hens lay less?

Doubling the feed price takes the profit per hour from $2.69 to -$1.25 and lifts the price you need to $13.63. Hens laying at half the rate (35 percent in the dark of winter) cost $6.79 per dozen and need $22.72.

Is this advice or market data?

No. It does arithmetic on the numbers you type. Prices, costs and times are yours to check, nothing is uploaded, and it is not financial, tax, legal or food-safety advice. Check your state's rules on selling eggs.