Eggs sit under a different rule from the jar, and a different rule from the hive. The cottage-food post left them out on purpose. A homestead and a small farm both run into this, and the four states do not answer it the same way.
This is research, not advice, and the disclaimer applies.
In Missouri, if the buyer comes to your house or farm and the eggs are from your own flock, the Department of Agriculture does not require an egg license. Take those same eggs to a farmers market and you need a retailer’s license. Their FAQ is the plain version: Selling Eggs in Missouri. The rule is 2 CSR 90-36.015. Jam is cottage food. Eggs are not.
Kentucky draws the line in dozens. KRS 260.550 lets a producer sell direct to the consumer without an egg license, as long as it stays at or under 60 dozen in a calendar week. That is about 120 hens. Over that, or into a store, the handler’s license applies. The eggs still have to be held at 45°F. The University of Kentucky sheet is ASC-230.
Arkansas does not put eggs under the Food Freedom Act. That act is for food that does not need a fridge. Eggs need a fridge, so they fall under the egg program. A producer with fewer than 700 hens can sell ungraded eggs if they are clean, labeled with the producer’s name and address, and held at 45°F or below. Old brand marks have to come off a used carton. The department’s page is Egg Programs. The Arkansas enterprise note is the product side.
Mississippi is the tightest small line. Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-321 exempts a producer selling their own eggs on their own place, or selling fewer than 6 dozen a week. Leave the farm and a small producer needs a Retail Food Sanitation License for eggs. The fee is $10, and a copy has to be where the eggs are sold. Cottage food does not cover a fresh egg. The Mississippi enterprise note is the matching page.
A flock under 3,000 hens also sits under the federal line. That is not a permission slip. The state rule is still the one that decides the carton.
Missouri is free at the farm gate and licensed at the market. Kentucky is free under 60 dozen a week, sold to the person who will eat them. Arkansas treats eggs as eggs, not as cottage food. Mississippi is free on your own place, or under 6 dozen a week, and licensed once you leave. The honey post is the hive. The Challenge is what those sales would have to help carry.