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[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Depends on the source, but I assume you want in store prices. We're hovering under $5 a dozen currently.

If you know someone that has their own birds, you're going to find lower prices on average. One guy near here has a decent sized backyard bird flock and sells around 2 for a dozen, but he sells out fast, particularly right now since birds lay slower in winter.

I don't pay anything :)

We have a pet hen that's giving us an egg almost every day. She costs less than a dollar dollar a day to feed, and that's using one of the more expensive brands we have access to, in smaller units than buying in bulk. During warmer weather, she was laying every day, sometimes averaging out to an egg and a half or an egg and a quarter a day (depending on whatever it is that shifts their production).

But, we could switch to feeding her a cheaper feed, and supplementing with scraps (they already get the scraps, but it's more on a treat scale now) of veggies and get things under a nickel a day.

Since if she was a parrot or whatever, we'd still be feeding her a similar amount of food for the joy of her company, I don't actually consider the eggs as costing anything though. The eggs are just a side benefit to having this sweet, sassy little bird in our lives.

Since we don't eat eggs every day, and they last for ages when the cuticle isn't removed, she's giving us enough that we never buy any unless we're doing something for a gathering where we'd need dozens at once.

Tbh though, we've thought of getting a couple more hens for the eggs since we enjoy their company, but it isn't a real option.

edit: we country as fuck up in here, right against the Appalachians of the south

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 14 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

$1.99 per month for 4 months at 7.05% APR, over here in Tallahassee.

[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Wow what a great interest rate, better than a mortgage!

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago

Yeah, but I got hosed on my lunch today. 10% APR for a pizza.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 5 hours ago

$12/dozen in Texas

[–] will_a113@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 hours ago

$8/dozen for both store brand and fancy eggs. South Florida.

[–] BlueLineBae@midwest.social 5 points 9 hours ago

South West suburbs of Chicago:

Farm eggs: $4:50

Cheap eggs: $4:50

Mid eggs: $5

Primo eggs: $6-8

[–] FoxyFerengi@lemm.ee 4 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Rural American West. $4.53/dozen

Edit: I'm allergic to eggs though, so if I want scrambled eggs in the morning I get to pay the disability tax. Just Egg is $7.36 for 16oz.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago

$16 for 2.5 dozen in PA

[–] superduperpirate@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

Looks like the cheapest at my local HEB is $4.34 for 12 eggs.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

$9 in Northern California. I have not seen them this high previously, and some places have even been running out. Honestly I’m wondering if I should cut back and replace them with something else.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Honestly I’m wondering if I should cut back and replace them with something else.

If there isn't enough supply to meet demand at the current price, the price will rise until the demand at that price matches the available supply, so someone will drop buying them.

For some egg uses -- baking, scrambled eggs, etc -- I expect that powdered eggs work, and unlike fresh eggs, they can be stored for years, so as long as someone's stockpiling them, I'd expect that the price would be less-volatile.

looks at Amazon for a powdered eggs example

https://www.amazon.com/POUNDS-Cage-Free-Powdered-Freshest-INGREDIENT/dp/B087HBG615

This is $1.53/oz.

http://convert-to.com/732/powdered-eggs-nutrients-details-and-converter.html

US cup of powdered eggs = 85 grams = 3 ounces net weight = 16 eggs

So for each ounce of powdered eggs, that'd be equivalent to 5.333 fresh eggs.

So a dozen eggs would be 2.25 oz of powdered eggs.

That listing is for $1.53/oz, so that's equivalent to $3.44/dozen eggs.

According to CamelCamelCamel, the price has risen, though: it's gone up and down, but the low point had that particular listing at half that in spring 2021.

https://camelcamelcamel.com/product/B087HBG615

It does beat $9/dozen if it works for a given application and if the reconsititution isn't too much effort, though.

[–] schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business 3 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

For some egg uses – baking

Depending on what, exactly, you're doing here you don't necessarily need eggs.

There's a shocking amount of shit that'll react the same was as eggs - the liquid from chickpeas, flaxseed, applesauce, banana, arrowroot powder, soy protien powder, even freaking tofu - in a lot of recipies, so it may be worth figuring out why eggs are in the recipie and find an alternative that'll end up doing the same thing.

[–] Signtist@lemm.ee 2 points 4 hours ago

Unsweetened applesauce is my go to egg replacement for things like cookies and brownies that only need the emulsifying properties. 1/4-1/3 cup per egg works nearly perfectly for things that call for 1-2 eggs. Beyond that the consistency gets a bit off, but it's usually still good enough.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

I mostly recall arrowroot powder as being an alternative thickener for water-based stuff, so an alternative to cornstarch or flour.

With breads, egg is mostly a binder, as I recall, help keep things together. Like, if one doesn't have it, you'd expect the thing to be crumbly. I'd think of something like vital wheat gluten to fill that role.

kagis

Hmm. This has people testing various egg substitutes, and they do indeed have arrowroot powder on there.

https://www.thekitchn.com/best-egg-substitutes-baking-23003895

Substitute #4: Arrowroot Powder

Replacement : 2 tablespoons arrowroot powder and 3 tablespoons water = 1 large egg

Rating: 3/10

Arrowroot comes from a tuber in South America and can be used in everything from gravies to pies to thicken liquids. As an egg replacement for baking, arrowroot is mixed with water to form a slurry before being added to the muffin mixture. In this simple muffin recipe, the arrowroot brought out some extra sweetness, but left the muffins a bit dry.

I guess it can indeed work.

[–] jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 hours ago

Yummy.com (home delivery groceries) has Veg-a-Fed Cage-Free at $5.49, and Organic Pasture-Raised at $8.99 in West Los Angeles.

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 1 points 8 hours ago

I tell you whut,

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[–] ptz@dubvee.org 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Central Appalachia. I'll know tomorrow, but when I went shopping 2 weeks ago, they were like $4.50 or so for a carton of 18. I buy the cage-free ones, though, so the cruelty eggs would prob be a bit less than that.