Should City Chicken Owners share a rooster?

[LeghornGuy]

I live in the city and I have a flock of 14 hens and one rooster.
I met a lady in the neighborhood and she also has chickens and a great vegetable garden too. She has 6 hens.
She made a comment about borrowing my rooster for a day. She said, "my neighbors would not like a rooster crowing in the morning." "However, I would like to have my hens have a rooster around for a day."
I also posted early this week concerning my rooster and his ability to mate all my hens.
I am glad to meet another city chicken owner.
I also gave her his website. However, I dont want to risk my rooster's health. Her yard and coop area is clean and she lets her hens free range in her yard.
Should I let her borrow my rooster for a visit?
Would my rooster be in jeopardy of getting ill?
Your comments are welcomed.
I have visited other sites and citychicken.com too.
I chatted with one person online and they do stud out their rooster.
It seems odd but it is something I am considering.

 

[jjthink]

It could well be very stressful for the roo and for the hens at her place. Day 1 (at least) with a newcomer is usually not pretty, to say the least (jockeying for position, everyone nervous...). I wouldn't do it.

Your roo and her hens would all be in jeopardy of getting ill - probably only a small chance of this happening - one that can be worth taking when a change is meant to be permanent but for one day, not worth the risk.
JJ

 

[speckledhen]

Someone could get hurt. The girls don't automatically submit to a new rooster. In fact, some may want to fight the new man in town. Then there is the illness factor, which you can't tell by looking sometimes.

 

[Cuban Longtails]

I would be hesitant, but I wonder if the lady really understands what will happen when a rooster is introduced to her hens. If you do decide to go for it, I'd suggest doing it on a day when you could supervise the situation.

 

[SpottedCrow]

There's always AI...

 

[ivan3]

There's always AI...

Great, I just had to go looking for the `backyard' how to...

Apparently not a dramatic improvement over the tried and true method, but it works.

Guess it depends on the breed of Roo (amount of sperm produced) and how many `roos' one would have to massage to produce an adequate amount for the flock of hens being serviced...

How they did it in Bangladesh:

http://www.pjbs.org/ijps/fin265.pdf​

 

[rooster-red]

This would overstress your rooster and possibly introduce illness into your flock.

The only way I'd do it is for a hen to be put in quarentine for 4 weeks, then place the roo & hen together, you'd need to verify that the eggs are fertile, so it would take quite a bit of time & work.

Not worth it IMHO.