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I've noticed that in many countries passengers on buses and ferries bring along live caged chickens. Generally, they strap them onto the top of the bus, but on one ferry trip I rode next to a cage full of live chickens in the main passenger compartment. Apparently, this is an everyday occurrence in
many countries.
More convenient, I think, would be to distribute the chickens to Rent-a-Chicken locations in every town. Thereby, someone travelling would not have to bring their chickens along with them. Instead, they could ride without chickens and when they arrived in a town rent a cage of live chickens to carry around with them.
The benefit would be less weight carried around on buses and ferries, saving gasoline and benefiting the environment. Plus, children would run less risk of being pecked by a live chicken on buses and ferries.
Chicken Bus Story
http://www.roadjunk...atemala-chicken-bus
[Amos Kito, Feb 01 2009]
Max Barry is way ahead of you
http://maxbarry.com/2008/03/24/news.html
[simonj, Feb 02 2009]
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The simple solution would be for the bus drivers to start charging extra for chicken transport. |
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I did not think of that, but I'm also not sure that they don't charge. I never tried to bring my chickens along when travelling in those areas. A market-based approach, though, makes a lot of sense. |
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doesn't it make more sense for a tourist to rent a chicken for the bus trip ? |
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Bigsleep, I think the unions might cry "fowl" to any market-based solution. |
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I like FT's solution, which should be baked worldwide. flounder's wouldn't have had a problem if (s)he had been renting a chicken since early childhood, whenever catching the number 12 to Rickmansworth. |
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// children would run less risk of being pecked // |
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Not with Rent-a-Child. Why are chickens being picked on? |
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//Why are chickens being picked on?// |
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Why indeed? At least their bus rides end in sale and profit for their owner; the same cannot generally be said of the children. |
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bigsleep, if the birds ever go on strike, all our peckers will be wanting. |
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deposit your chicken here, pick up someone else's chicken there... |
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I think those people aren't just carrying chickens around for the sake of carrying them around. They are taking them somewhere for one of three specific reasons:
1. So the chickens can lay eggs somewhere for them
2. So they can fight the chicken against other chickens for sport and wagering (cockfighting)
3. So they can kill the chicken and then either cook and eat the chicken or use it for a voodoo/satanic/religious ritual of some sort |
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So it wouldn't do them much good to rent a chicken except for the egg-laying chickens which can be returned; all other chickens are bound to be destroyed. If the Rent-A-Chicken agency offers insurance, they'd go broke paying on the claims of all the dead and/or injured chickens. |
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