I have four red hens (RIR's and Red Sex Links. I don't know which is which since they all look a like except for two are smaller and one has lighter red feathers on her breast), one Black Sex Link, two Australorps and a Barred Rock that are old enough to lay. I'm up to five eggs consistantly a day. I have four younger hens. Three Barred Rocks and a New Hampshire Red although she doesn't look like any of the pictures of a NHR I've seen. She's the color of a Buff Orpington with a few black feathers in her tail. She's pretty though. So far we don't have any extras. My husband eats eggs for breakfast every morning. I only eat them 3-4 days a week. Mostly because I don't have time to cook before I leave for work. When I do have extras I'll give them away to friends and family and then sell what is left. I like the food pantry idea. Not sure if we can do it where I live.