Would you pay $4 an egg?

Carl...

No fear...at my age I doubt that I'll live long enough to see eggs selling in general at that price. One of the few advantages of getting older perhaps.

[Robin Garr]

Data point: We got a dozen just-laid henfruit from grass-peckin' hens today from Adam Barr, one of our regular suppliers, who farms at Rhodelia, Ky., not too far south across the Mighty Ohio from 'winger. He asked $3.75 for a dozen , just over 30 cents per egg, and we gladly paid it.

The color of the yolk is dependent upon the diet. a corn based ration leads to eggs with a deeper color yolk and a grain based ration leads to very light yolks. Calm content chickens are less stressed and lay more eggs. The US government had lots of law suits in the 50's from egg producers when the jets went over creating sonic booms. The hens stopped laying. The size of the egg and yolks in part is decided by the breed and the age of the chicken. Pullets, for example when they start laying start with small eggs.