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Saturday, May 02, 2015

You Can Now Rent A Chicken To Get The Freshest Of Fresh Eggs

Because there are inevitably going to be those people who cannot stand to have something even one second after other people can get it, one company has started offering up chickens for rent, giving poultry hipsters a chance to get the very freshest eggs possible.

In all seriousness though, the whole thing is pretty funny — “Rent The Chicken” doesn’t roll off the tongue without a giggle, the owner tells the Associated Press.

“When I answer the phone and I say, ‘Rent The Chicken, this is Jenn,’ they giggle and say, ‘I would like to rent the chicken.’ And then they giggle some more,” she says.

Her Pennsylvania-based company is now in three other states as well as Toronto after two years of leasing chickens to people who want fresh eggs from humanely raised hens.

“As a society, we don’t really like commitment,” the owner explained. “We don’t want a contract on our cellphones; we don’t want long-term commitment with our cable company. With chickens, they can live to seven or 10 years, and people are a bit scared of that.”

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

More money than brains.Turkey eggs are the best kept secret I know.Hands down better than chicken eggs,but hard to find because of the demand for turkeys.

Anonymous said...

Joe,

Check out "Rent a coop", a similar business that's run by a graduate of SU.

Anonymous said...

Duck eggs, even better. Taste almost the same, but great for baking, as cakes rise better and are fluffier.