BUYER BEWARE.... RentACoop products

[pibb]

Well hang on now. Maybe we can fix it somehow.

What are the poles made out of? Looks like 1/2" pvc pipe. Anyways looks like they are hollow.

Go to a hardware store and get some 3/8" rebar. Cut them in 2' pieces.

Hold the fence pipe upright and drop a piece of rebar into the pipe. You may have to grind the diameter of the rebar down with a grinder so the rebar slides in the pipe easily.

Stick another piece of rebar in the pipe on top of the other rebar and use it to drive the first rebar into the ground 1'. That way you have 1' sticking up out of the ground to hold your fence pipe up.

Take that 2nd rebar out and use it to drive the rest of the rebar into the rest of the fence pipes. Now you can pull up your fence by simply sliding the pipe off the rebar and the rebar holds your fence up. That will make it easier to mow or trim around the fence but beware of the rebar sticking out of the ground.

 

[Jeanw]

Well hang on now. Maybe we can fix it somehow.

What are the poles made out of? Looks like 1/2" pvc pipe. Anyways looks like they are hollow.

Go to a hardware store and get some 3/8" rebar. Cut them in 2' pieces.

Hold the fence pipe upright and drop a piece of rebar into the pipe. You may have to grind the diameter of the rebar down with a grinder so the rebar slides in the pipe easily.

Stick another piece of rebar in the pipe on top of the other rebar and use it to drive the first rebar into the ground 1'. That way you have 1' sticking up out of the ground to hold your fence pipe up.

Take that 2nd rebar out and use it to drive the rest of the rebar into the rest of the fence pipes. Now you can pull up your fence by simply sliding the pipe off the rebar and the rebar holds your fence up. That will make it easier to mow or trim around the fence but beware of the rebar sticking out of the ground.

poles are similar to tent poles, with 2 prongs on the bottom that stick into the ground. But I can see attaching the poles to rebar if you have softer soil where the poles might eventually fall over. Good idea!

 

[KatieMacDC]

Hold on a sec, you said they rent HENS??? That's a thing? Like "meh, I just want a chook for a month or two..."

Yes, they rent hens locally with a coop complete with feeder, waterer, organic feed & bedding all delivered by truck. Also rent a hatching setup.
Ideal for schools renting a hen setup for the school year, but is closed all summer, or hatching eggs for a spring teaching unit. Or for home schooling, etc. Believe it or not, some schools/camps have actually ordered eggs to hatch & then drop the chicks off at the local shelter!!! Or people buy their kids chicks for Easter & then take them to the shelter when they grow out of fluffiness. Or buy chicks thinking “free” eggs only to discover, duh, that tending animals closely resembles work. RentaCoop is a solution for those blunders.


But granted, renting doesn’t make financial sense if keeping chickens longterm.

 

[Aunt Angus]

I really dislike writing negative reviews....but, this company is making copycat type products that are far inferior (and causing injuries).

The Grandpa's style feeder is cheaper and has holes in the "step on" plate that birds get their toes stuck in. The port hole feeder traps birds and killed one of my juvenile (not a chick..she was 16 weeks old) hens. She could not get her head and neck out of the porthole.

The poultry netting and attachable gate is totally unusable. It sags and the poles are too flimsy to keep the netting off the ground (grounding out the fence and rendering it unusable). I tried to work with customer service at RentACoop ....sending them photos and solutions. They refused to send me more poles to try and get the fence to possibly work. Tyler at RentACoop said that of the 3500 fences they have sold....no one has ever asked for more poles.....and they wouldn't be sending me any, either. They told me to watch their videos and install it better. I watched the videos numerous times (before I even purchased the fence and gate.) installed, un-installed and re-installed it numerous times to try and make it work better. It needs stronger poles and MORE of them.

So, thank you for listening. I should have read more reviews before buying these products. I wanted to support RentACoop and their small family business and I got burned instead.

With that being said....I've had great success with Premier 1's products AND customer service.

DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON RENTACOOP.

I have the netting, and it works great. Maybe you got a bad batch? Customer service has been helpful for me, too. Sorry you are having such rotten luck!

 

[MysteryChicken]

I use Rent a Coop heating plates for chicks. They work great, no complaints.

 

[pibb]

Ha I guess. Never heard of it here. If they sell junk, then a picture or proof is all I need to say don't shop with them.

 

[skygoddess11]

Do you have some pics of what you rented?

Maybe someone on here could help you figure out what is wrong and help you fix it instead of a customer service. Since your very first post is complaining about a rental coop service, it makes me think the problem might be on your end since you can afford to buy it instead of rent it.

pibb.....So, silly, you are....if I had rented this....I would have returned it and not written this review about my quite expensive purchase. I DID NOT RENT THIS fence and gate... I KNOW how to fix this problem....at least the fence. The gate needs new poles as well, as that is the ONLY fix for that. I HAVE HAD TO REMOVE THE FENCE AND GATE FROM AROUND MY FLOCK....which is why I don't have photos NOW. I sent them to RentACoop. The netting needs more, stronger poles ( like the Premier 1 poultry netting ). I have asked them to send me more poles...Just 13....one for each 12 foot section that sags. They refused. I have been a member here for almost 10 years and never had the need to let folks know about products that are being sold that are potentially dangerous to their flocks.

 

[pibb]

pibb.....So, silly, you are....if I had rented this....I would have returned it and not written this review about my quite expensive purchase.

Ha. Yea I guess that was silly of me thinking that. Have you got a link to the product in question so that others may see exactly what you are talking about?

 

[CajunChooks]

Do you have some pics of what you rented?

Maybe someone on here could help you figure out what is wrong and help you fix it instead of a customer service. Since your very first post is complaining about a rental coop service, it makes me think the problem might be on your end since you can afford to buy it instead of rent it.

I believe rent-a-coop is just the brand name of the company that sells a bunch of chicken stuff, feeders, waterers etc. Not literally a rental service. All I ever got from them was some water nipples, those were fine, but apparently a lot of this other stuff is not according to @skygoddess11

 

[skygoddess11]

I believe rent-a-coop is just the brand name of the company that sells a bunch of chicken stuff, feeders, waterers etc. Not literally a rental service. All I ever got from them was some water nipples, those were fine, but apparently a lot of this other stuff is not according to @skygoddess11