Rent a rooster.

[MrIgmo]

If I wanted to breed specific hens I have, how would I go about that? I live in the city where roosters aren't allowed. I could probably get away with having one here for a week or so if I talked to my immediate neighbors and told them it was temporary so they wouldn't turn me in. But I know that sometimes it can take a while to get hens to accept any new member into their flock. Would that be enough time and are there people out there that will rent or loan out a rooster of specific breeds for that purpose or how is that normally handled? It would be a lot of work to send the hens off, they might stop laying from the stress alone and then I'd be asking someone else to specifically watch my hens all day to be able to identify their egg when they lay. Watching them to see if they are even getting or giving any attention to the rooster towards the intended goal and then taking them back as soon as they get settled in. Seems like the more natural thing is a rooster showing up out of nowhere to an established flock and in nature fighting for dominance from the rooster that was there first. So wouldn't that be how it was handled for breeding minus the cock fighting aspect?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

People don't really rent out roosters. Too risky for diseases and Too much effort for Too little return

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

I dont know anybody or any place that will rent or loan a rooster.
Plus you cant just put a rooster with your hens, unless you want to risk disease.

 

[nuthatched]

Sounds like a good way to get disease in your flock. It would take much longer than a week for the hens to accept him and besides, you'll hatch chicks that are atleast half males and what will you do the?

 

[MysteryChicken]

Rent A Coop rents out chickens, it's literally the only place that does that.

 

[nuthatched]

Rent A Coop rents out chickens, it's literally the only place that does that.

They have the hinkiest business model, what happens to the hens people send back?

 

[MysteryChicken]

They have the hinkiest business model, what happens to the hens people send back?

I'm not sure.

 

[nuthatched]

I'm not sure.

Me neither. It's not on their website, the options for rent are not available or the link is broken. it could be just the season.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Me neither. It's not on their website, the options for rent are not available or the link is broken. it could be just the season.

Possibly.

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

I mean id never allow somebody to touch any of my birds let alone let them keep them for a week. Just dumb