A gift of chickens brings a multitude of benefits:
Chickens are very important additions to a Cambodian family. Chicken eggs help to provide very important protein for the children and family, protein which is often lacking in Cambodian diets. And eggs and chickens can provide critical family income at the local market. In the vegetable garden, chickens eat harmful bugs, scratch up the soil and enrich it with droppings, contributing to the family's vegetable crop.
Chicks mature in 18-20 weeks, and then will lay about one egg per day. Through your contribution, the family can feed themselves... but the family soon becomes a "donor family" themselves, as they will pass on chickens to other families, who then do the same... So the gift just keeps on giving. |
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