egg coop

my friend and i are trying to get an egg coop started....
it all started when she stumbled upon an add on creags list. a family who wants to sell eggs but delivering 10 dozen eggs at one time. it turned out to be not suitable for us, as we figured we would like to have the eggs delivered or picked up every other week at least. but it got us started and we are now 11 families who are trying to figure out to support a local farm. as for the moment we are looking into chip-in farm which is feeding a well balanced grain feed without fish meal. the chickens are free range which is an other important criteria.
i was surprised on the prize. chip in wants $2.10 for a dozen eggs, which is remarkable for local free range eggs. the egg i get at the moment are organic valley farm, at our local coop grocer i pay over $4 for a dozen. they are new england eggs, but of course they are not as fresh as our chip in farm eggs would be if we go get them every two weeks.
i will keep you informed what's happening and hope our egg coop families will end up with a very good quality and local egg delivery on a regular bases.