Rent a Chicken business is thriving

[gallusdomesticus]

This is from today's Washington Post. This guy runs a business renting hens and coops to people. Pretty ingenious!

http://tinyurl.com/norcndo

 

[Pinkaboo]

This is from today's Washington Post.  This guy runs a business renting hens and coops to people.  Pretty ingenious!

http://tinyurl.com/norcndo

We were considering
Rent a cock
And people can bring their hens to be breed with my cockerel, he's only seven weeks at the moment
Its a future business plan!

And
How do you like you eggs
A business incubating eggs for people

Move over Alan sugar( have you heard of him in U.S.?) maybe richard Branson would be a better example

 

[Foghorn Cogburn]

THAT is AWESOME!

 

[JAZsMom]

We have our 4 girls from them right now! Rented 3 chickens and a coop 4-5 weeks ago to see what we thought...would I be allergic, could I handle their care, would the kids love them and tend to them???? Turns out Im actually NOT allergic to an animal!!!

The kids and I love them AND they help tend to them! The eggs are not a bad bonus! Love them so much that we ordered 6 chicks that we're now raising. Soon we have to give up our rent-a-hens and Im super sad. Thinking about keeping 2 of them, Concerned about integrating the docile hens in with our 3-4 week old chicks....

The little girls have been in their run all day for the past 4 days and the hens free range. Theyve checked them out, but the 2 I want to keep arent too interested...at all....trying to figure this out...

 

[JAZsMom]

BTW, its a brilliant business plan. They make coops, so you rent the chicks and coops, really in hopes that youll keep them and the coop. Sadly, Ive seen a handful of their hens and coops on craigslist...it was a fun year, but we're over it....but they make a pretty penny...while city/school/suburban folks get to live the chicken life.

 

[subhanalah]

I recommend not renting out your cock birds, that's asking for serious infection and biosecurity risks.

 

[Pinkaboo]

I recommend not renting out your cock birds, that's asking for serious infection and biosecurity risks.

Dam it! What about my husband? I could rent him out
Do people artificially inseminate hens? I was told that if hens don't like the cockerel they can expel the sperm?
Very clever
Seriously I never thought about my poor cockerel getting ill from being a stud, because you see it with dogs/ cats I thought it was ok for chickens

 

[Pinkaboo]

We have our 4 girls from them right now! Rented 3 chickens and a coop 4-5 weeks ago to see what we thought...would I be allergic, could I handle their care, would the kids love them and tend to them???? Turns out Im actually NOT allergic to an animal!!! e The kids and I love them AND they help tend to them! The eggs are not a bad bonus! Love them so much that we ordered 6 chicks that we're now raising. Soon we have to give up our rent-a-hens and Im super sad. Thinking about keeping 2 of them, Concerned about integrating the docile hens in with our 3-4 week old chicks....

The little girls have been in their run all day for the past 4 days and the hens free range. Theyve checked them out, but the 2 I want to keep arent too interested...at all....trying to figure this out...

I think that is its biggest selling point, you can see if chicken keeping if for you without the massive outlay and upset if it isn't
Great idea love it

 

[mmanco]

Instead of renting, would it be perfect if I sold a coop and chicken ready to lay.How would such work out.

 

[Foghorn Cogburn]

Instead of renting, would it be perfect if I sold a coop and chicken ready to lay.How would such work out.

I would offer all angles. Rent, Buy, Rent to Own...exhibits, school projects etc... Selling the whole package "as is" seems the best way to avoid liability issues though.

City Slicker Special:
2 hens, 1coop w/ waterer & feeder $200
add a run- add $50



Put an add on FB, and a couple in some newspapers and watch 'em come a runnin'!!!!! Lol