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Wondering if there are any places around Brandon to buy eggs in bulk..... and how much they may be.... thanks for the input..... greatly appreciated

We are just near Wawanesa and have fresh farm eggs. Feel free to call or text me at 204-922-3477

This isn't around Brandon, but Twilight Colony just outside of Neepawa sells eggs in bulk for great price. Maybe a colony closer to Brandon does this as well?

When buying eggs from someone other than the grocery store ask the producers about their operation. Do they use the cage system, do they run free inside a building, do they go outside and free range in grass, are they outside in a cage that is moved to a new location daily?  
If the chickens do not get real sunshine and get to eat grass/bugs etc then you might as well just buy them in the grocery store.

Farm eggs vs store bought eggs is night and day! Farm eggs are much better always have been always will be. Crack two open and see, colour, weight, taste. Is all noticeable. I can't re call ever hearing about double or triple yoke eggs from a store, we have not the greatest idea of how store bought egg chickens are fed, treated, and maintained. Same goes for the farm eggs although most farmers locally are proud to sell product and stand behind what they sell and eat themselves, to us, store bought do not compare to fresh farm eggs.

I am saying store bought are not as good as farm eggs but in reality if the birds are caged, never see the light of day etc it doesn't matter if they are still farm eggs, they will be the same as the grocery store

My husband usually gets them from Colonies!

I was going to suggest trying to contact different colonies, but that had been covered so just have to address the idea of the best egg, I didn't bring it up so it's not just me going off topic. My preference is a lighter coloured yoke, which is milder in flavour, I think I ate far to many grasshopper fed chicken eggs when younger, and some of those were pretty stong as far as taste.  
 
As for which egg is better as far as health, I'll post a link, but remember everything you read can sometimes be not 100% true. In the link there were two things that I considered opinion not fact, one was there is no difference in eggs, the difference in taste proves there is a difference. The second had to do with the beef comment, the author should maybe do some reasearch on beef before making that statement.  
 
http://content.time.com/time/health/article/08599200233400.html

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To the OP  
Do you need them to be graded? Most farm eggs are not graded some colonies do have grading systems. Most colonies birds are in cages too.  
 
Depends on what you need them for whether you need them graded or not.  
 
I sell farm eggs, ungraded, delivered as well but do not have bulk numbers usually.  
Our birds are on pasture in the warmer months and in winter are loose in a large room.  
Yolk colour and taste is very dependant on feed as well as whether they eat bugs etc  
And no matter what A&W tell you - they are NOT vegetarians!!! They are omnivores.

https://www.facebook.com/thepennyhoarder/videos/1137110019645655/  
 
As great as buying eggs from the colonies may seem those chickens are most likely caged. Other than they are potentially fresher than your store bought eggs there is not a whole lot of difference.

Buying in bulk from a colony is cheaper though in most cases

Store bought eggs I found are at Co-op on Richmond  
They have a local suppler for some of their eggs that they sell  
They are light in colour and fresh enough that you can not peel them as hard boiled for a while.  
Most eggs that are sold in stores sit on the farm for a week before they are sent to commercial graders for resale

Shelley that works at the coop feed lot on parker Rd in the north end is a good person to contact. Just down from the livestock yards.

I was able to take a peek inside the laying room of Twilight Colony (through a window, because disease is a concern...can't have everyone tromping through there) and was pleased to see that it was a very spacious, loose housing concept. The hens had ample space, food and water, and were able to do natural chicken things like peck the ground, etc. They are most likely fed grains and minerals crushed on the colony: if not, crumble from a feed store, which is what most backyard chicken operations feed. I'm not sure how the others run their egg-laying operations: maybe they'd let you take a peek.