You’ve come a long way @gtaus!
The other part of my “chicken compost” plan has kicked into high gear the last week or so.
The 50 chicks I added in August have started laying, and the existing flock is producing more with longer days.
I made my first egg donation just under a year ago...was donating maybe 4-6 dozen per week.
I dropped off 12 dozen last week. Then 14 dozen 5 days later. Then 7 dozen more 2 days later. It’s an egg-splosion! That brings us to 78 dozen donated for 2021, and 301 dozen since late March last year.
When I started donating eggs in 2019, the food pantry ran once a month. They are now up to 3 days a week - there is SO much need right now!
You must be a saint. I am glad there are people like you that are able to give to those who need. Especially in these times when so many people are hurting. I have often donated money to the local food pantry, and, thankfully, Dear Wife and I have not needed to get food from them. We are doing OK in these tough times. But I do know people that could not make it through the month unless they got help from the food pantry. So I think it's a great service for the community.
Thank you for being part of your community food pantry and feeding people.
I have 10 hens. When I first starting getting more eggs than we could eat at home from, I gave some away to someone I won't mention. But they never seemed to appreciate it. So Dear Wife started selling the eggs to her friends for $2.00 a dozen, which is a good price for farm fresh eggs where I live, and those "customers" are always asking for more. I really don't need the money, but the extra egg money pays for the commercial chicken feed. The real issue for me is that people who are paying for our eggs are much more thankful. Go figure.