Hobby Farms Getting Started: 4 Guidelines For Packing Eggs To Sell You want to sell your eggs, but do customers want to buy them? From shape to size to color and shell quality, here are four considerations to keep in mind. 131 views PHOTO: Peggychoucair/Pixabay With your pullets laying regularly, you’ve decided to share the wealth—and earn some spare change—and sell your girls’ delicious eggs. You’ve checked with your town’s ordinance director or home owner’s association (HOA) to see what restrictions, if any, are in place regarding the sale of backyard-flock eggs. You’ve also reviewed your state’s cottage-food laws and Department of Agriculture regulations regarding the sale of shell eggs.