Oh Craigslist, You Amuse Me So!

[CGinJCMO]

found this to be too funny
Now you can Rent-a-Hen ... in St. Martin! - $2 (St. Martin)

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Welcome to Rent-a-Hen! We invite you to rent one of our laying hens for $2 a week. She will lay 6 eggs for you every week -- the freshest, best tasting eggs you've ever had!

Our hens like to work together too, so they are offering a discount: rent two hens for $3.50 per week, or three hens for $4.50 per week. And don't worry if your hen takes a break from laying. We can always fill your order with eggs from another of our hens. We have lots of them, and they are happily laying big brown eggs every day.

To sign up, please send email with your name, phone number, and the number of hens you'd like to rent. We will reply with our pick up address and a confirmation of your order, then you can pay in cash for each week's rental when you come to pick up your hen's eggs.

Welcome to Rent-a-Hen St. Martin, the best way to enjoy the freshest eggs on the coast!

Sounds like a good deal...but I don't think I'd let my hens be rented. I'd have to have a clause about fencing, feeding and housing.

CG

 

[Angelicisi]

So you don't even get the hen, you'd be buying eggs at a farm and picking them up weekly, not renting a hen...lol

Or sounds like maybe buying old hens on a payment plan with high interest lol and when they don't lay 6 a week its ok, you can drive out, get more eggs and pay to try again next week :/

 

[Angelicisi]

At least 2 hens to make a dozen a week right...so $3.50/dozen eggs and feed and housing and bedding? Hmmmm what about quarantine?
Long run I'd think buying a few random layers would be cheaper.

 

[annageckos]

Sounds like they are just selling eggs, not actually renting out their hens. So you 'rent' a hen from them, and come weekly to pick up the eggs she laid, you don't take the hen home with you.

 

[oldrooster]

Sounds like they are just selling eggs, not actually renting out their hens. So you 'rent' a hen from them, and come weekly to pick up the eggs she laid, you don't take the hen home with you.

Males me wonder if there is some law or ordainance preventing from selling eggs outright. Why I say that I have heard of states that don't allow the sell of "raw" (unpasturized) milk so farms either rent or sell "shares" of a cow like you own 25% of a cow and you get milk (it sounds like they run the cattle like a condo you pay a maintanince fee).

 

[cmom]

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Where we live we are allowed to sell our eggs from our property. Once we take the eggs off of the property to sell then we are subject to regulations, so I guess in a way we are renting our egg laying pullets and hens.

This is an old picture. We have since added another cooler similar to the one in the picture. This is where we keep our eggs. We are on the honor system and have a cookie jar that we keep enough money to change a $20.00 bill. We have had money stolen and had put security cameras around. We were able to view videos from the cameras in the house either on a TV or computer. We caught our thief. We also have had eggs stolen but once people know they are on video they still come and buy eggs but haven't had any more theft. I'm sure it is just a matter of time before someone else tries.

 

[oldrooster]

Quote:
Where we live we are allowed to sell our eggs from our property. Once we take the eggs off of the property to sell then we are subject to regulations, so I guess in a way we are renting our egg laying pullets and hens.

This is an old picture. We have since added another cooler similar to the one in the picture. This is where we keep our eggs. We are on the honor system and have a cookie jar that we keep enough money to change a $20.00 bill. We have had money stolen and had put security cameras around. We were able to view videos from the cameras in the house either on a TV or computer. We caught our thief. We also have had eggs stolen but once people know they are on video they still come and buy eggs but haven't had any more theft. I'm sure it is just a matter of time before someone else tries.
No you don't understand what I was saying. you sell eggs not "rent" your hens what I mean by renting is in a similar manner as what this article talks about "cow shares" done in a very similar arrangement. http://www.averysbranchfarms.com/cowshareinfo.htm

 

[cmom]

Quote:
Where we live we are allowed to sell our eggs from our property. Once we take the eggs off of the property to sell then we are subject to regulations, so I guess in a way we are renting our egg laying pullets and hens.

This is an old picture. We have since added another cooler similar to the one in the picture. This is where we keep our eggs. We are on the honor system and have a cookie jar that we keep enough money to change a $20.00 bill. We have had money stolen and had put security cameras around. We were able to view videos from the cameras in the house either on a TV or computer. We caught our thief. We also have had eggs stolen but once people know they are on video they still come and buy eggs but haven't had any more theft. I'm sure it is just a matter of time before someone else tries.
No you don't understand what I was saying. you sell eggs not "rent" your hens what I mean by renting is in a similar manner as what this article talks about "cow shares" done in a very similar arrangement. http://www.averysbranchfarms.com/cowshareinfo.htm

I may have misunderstood, but what I gathered from the article was you rent the hen but it never leaves their farm but the renter gets whatever eggs the hen lays in the month they paid for.

 

[oldrooster]

Quote:
Where we live we are allowed to sell our eggs from our property. Once we take the eggs off of the property to sell then we are subject to regulations, so I guess in a way we are renting our egg laying pullets and hens.

This is an old picture. We have since added another cooler similar to the one in the picture. This is where we keep our eggs. We are on the honor system and have a cookie jar that we keep enough money to change a $20.00 bill. We have had money stolen and had put security cameras around. We were able to view videos from the cameras in the house either on a TV or computer. We caught our thief. We also have had eggs stolen but once people know they are on video they still come and buy eggs but haven't had any more theft. I'm sure it is just a matter of time before someone else tries.
No you don't understand what I was saying. you sell eggs not "rent" your hens what I mean by renting is in a similar manner as what this article talks about "cow shares" done in a very similar arrangement. http://www.averysbranchfarms.com/cowshareinfo.htm

I may have misunderstood, but what I gathered from the article was you rent the hen but it never leaves their farm but the renter gets whatever eggs the hen lays in the month they paid for.

In the first post it said you rent a chicken and you get X many eggs a week you pick up. I guessed it was either a marketing idea as you suggested. Or it may have been the person whom posted the ad could not legally sell eggs where they lived (that was my thought) and therefore if you are "renting" the hen the eggs are yours to do with as you want, much like renting a house with a fruit tree in the yard.

 

[MEMama3]

Getting off the rent-a-hen topic:


**FREE TO GOOD HOME** 2 yo Great Shepdanepoo

Hi, I have a 2 year old pure bred Great Shepdanepoo that needs to be re-homed. That's right he's a one of kind designer mutt. His mom was a German Shepherd and dad a Great Dane. Heck there might be some unicorn in there. I threw in the poo b/c it seems to make him more appealing.

Sadly I can't keep him anymore. When I first adopted him I never ever thought that I might have to move. Apparently, no pets are allowed anywhere in this country besides where I currently live. Also, I think I'm pregnant so it's okay to give him up, right? I would never do that to my future kid though. Don't worry I'll never tell my child I owned a dog only to give him up. B/c that would be teaching him or her that when life gets hard just dump your problems onto someone else and make excuses for your own lack of responsibility.

Anyways, this dog is annoying. He requires a solid exercise routine. I have to exercise him mentally and physically (that's right both kinds of exercise) for 3 hours almost everyday. I have to be out of the house by 5 am (rain or shine) to go on a bike ride with him for 45 mins. Then I play fetch, tug o war, hide n seek and other games. Followed by some training. This is all done before I go to work so he can stay asleep in his crate until I come back about 8 hours later. When I do come back I have to play with him some more, ughhhh. If I don't do this he whines and yelps the rest of the day. Who would have thought that a GSD mix would have this much energy.

He slobbers and farts a lot. He always manages to get water onto my kitchen floor instead of into his mouth. He eats everything, seriously, everything. I have to make sure that my floors are free of socks, leather/cloth materials, tissue paper, really any paper, certain shoes and small plastic things b/c he will eat it. I have to be so tidy and clean now, its frustrating. He snores like a trombone. Don't be fooled by his 80 lb body my friend b/c he is a lap dog, whether you like it or not. He barks like a maniac at anyone who walks past my fenced backyard (esp. if he hasn't been exercised). Meaning, I actually have to go outside and tell him to be quiet, otherwise he won't stop. He tracks in a s*** ton of mud. When he's sick I have to take him to the vet or else he just lies there looking lifeless. Btws, who would have thought that seeking services from a professional who went to school for 8 years or so would be expensive, really. Blows my mind.

He is great w/ kids, cats, and other dogs. But he must be supervised while around them b/c of his size. He is not super friendly towards adult strangers, just aloof. In fact, don't expect to be walking Lassie down the street. He is no eye candy. When I baby sit my mom's pure/well bred husky everybody runs up to me. Sh** ppl stop cars to come pet the husky (no joke). But when I walk my dog most ppl. just want to get to the other side of the street to avoid him; I guess he is scary looking . He does walk well on a leash but you need to be strong and firm b/c if he sees a rabbit, fox, deer, squirrel, or bicyclist (random right) he will try to run after it. So you must know how to handle that situation (and hitting him is not handling it).

All in all, when I first went to go adopt a dog I was really looking for a dog like lassie. He is nothing like it. What a disappointment.

He is up to date on all his shots, according to the second family that returned him to the shelter. Yep, his balls are gone but his sack is still there.

I've changed my mind he is no longer free. There is a re-homing fee of $300.00. I want to recoup some of the money I spent on him. Heck, I'll even throw in the cat for free. She is also a lot of work; I have to clean her litter box everyday, pet her and play with her w/ a piece of string. I just don't think I have time or money for that.

Never mind, who am I kidding. Despite everything I mentioned above I love him to death. This dog loves me despite the many flaws I have. He has loved me better than most men I have been with. And I am willing to put in the time, money and effort to keep him. B/c I know that this kind of unconditional love is hard to come by. Hope everyone here may come to that realization themselves.


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