Can roosters be "LOANED"

[centrarchid]

@Xerocles I did not take offense. My postings are what most describe as blunt. Requires less typing. Emotion distracts.

 

[Chickassan]

There might be a market for rental roosters but a person would never be able to gauge whether or not they've rented a "good" one beyond the rooster's physical attributes.
Example, the rooster here is "good" in his own yard no issues with people,hens etc.
My good rooster escaped last year and self rented his services to the neighbor's meatbirds and left his "goodness" at my gate.
He was a bird possessed over in her pens " mostly due to her reaction" but once back where he belonged he was fine.
You'd have to limit the service to folks with at least a bit of experience for this endeavor to not quickly escalate into a major PITA.

 

[Xerocles]

There might be a market for rental roosters but a person would never be able to gauge whether or not they've rented a "good" one beyond the rooster's physical attributes.

Excellent point Chickassan. I've used that same gauge with all the women in my life and THAT has certainly proved disastrous. Then again, when an APA judge judges a chicken, how much more information does he/she have?
And you're telling me that you did not send your rooster to finishing school so he learned how to behave when socially engaging friends and Neighbors?
I fully support being selective in this process. The owner of an award-winning thoroughbred certainly wouldn't want to make his studs services available to Aunt Polly's field horse.

 

[123RedBeard]

I think sometimes the disease, quarantine bit is overplayed ... unless, it happened to you!

Think about what is the effect of just Newcastles disease is affecting the poultry world in southern California ...

Playing devils advocate for a minute ... when you go to a poultry show ... look around ... all those birds are in cages basically "rubbing shoulders" with each other ... certainly breathing the same air, and chickens have rather sensitive respiratory systems, so one bird has a problem, pretty likely that others can/will catch it ... however ... most all those birds go back home to their own flocks, and rinse and repeat ... so it may be not as often a problem as it could seem.

When your at a show, check out the sale barn ...

If your semi-serious about chickens ... get a APA - SOP (American Poultry Association - Standard Of Perfection) read it ... read it again, the first half is atleast as important as the rear section that has the actual standard for each different recognized breed!

As far as the original idea of "Rent-A-Cock" ... to just anybody that for some reason of thier own, don't have a sperm donor ... I'd not do that ... now if you have a very small circle of trusted, known friends /family with simular goals as you ... and every year or two you do "SWAP-A-Cock" where you discuss what the other parties have, and what would benefit you, then swap/trade a bird or two ... that bird changes its permanent address to your house, and you use it till "soup time"

 

[Chickassan]

No sir i'm afraid my boys never finished charm school.
Then again they've never had anyone screech at them or shoo them either.
Thats how I located my fella, just followed the screams and crows.
This is a bird that can be carried by a child but crazy lady managed to flip his switch in less than half an hour.
People would be the issue, even the calmest rooster in the world has a limit on crazy.
Bright side he did set her up with fertile eggs for a spell, he hit her Polish pen too, ugly birds but she likes them.
Before anyone twists their panties, ugly birds refers to Faverolles/Polish mixes...ugly birds they look like muppets gone bad.

Excellent point Chickassan. I've used that same gauge with all the women in my life and THAT has certainly proved disastrous. Then again, when an APA judge judges a chicken, how much more information does he/she have?
And you're telling me that you did not send your rooster to finishing school so he learned how to behave when socially engaging friends and Neighbors?
I fully support being selective in this process. The owner of an award-winning thoroughbred certainly wouldn't want to make his studs services available to Aunt Polly's field horse.

 

[Xerocles]

No sir i'm afraid my boys never finished charm school.

Glad you did a back peddle on "ugly chickens". There have been a couple threads lately that have raised some hackles about that. Seems people have their opinions , but don't want others expressing THEIR opinions.

 

[centrarchid]

Glad you did a back peddle on "ugly chickens". There have been a couple threads lately that have raised some hackles about that. Seems people have their opinions , but don't want others expressing THEIR opinions.

There is a lot more than those two threads with that pattern.

 

[Chickassan]

Lol, the truth hurts sometimes.
I voice my opinions.
I don't defend or elaborate, just voice.
Shouldn't bother a soul, and if it does it just means the upset party has been forced to question their own.

Glad you did a back peddle on "ugly chickens". There have been a couple threads lately that have raised some hackles about that. Seems people have their opinions , but don't want others expressing THEIR opinions.