Whitehall Products 67 Rooster Accent Weathervane - 24 Inch Black Metal Garden Decor for Outdoor Farmhouse Style - Perfect for Roof, Barn, or Garden Decoration

I mounted this on the roof of a new chicken house I built. It looks great, but it has a design flaw. The center of gravity of the rooster and arrow is not centered on the vertical mast. The tail end of the arrow is much heavier than the pointed end. That means that unless you mount the vertical mast perfectly plumb, the arrow will tend to point up, instead of into the wind. I was lucky to get the vertical mast pretty plumb, but others might not be so lucky.It would have been a trivial task for the manufacturer to balance it over the vertical mast.By the way, my wife painted some highlights on the rooster, including painting his comb red, and it looks far better.I got this weather vane for a decoration on the top of our chicken coop. It is terribly cute! It was a great price for the size / quality. It is not all that accurate as a weathervane (maybe needs more grease?), but that's not really what I intended it for so no worries! It installed easily.Product very nice should last a long timeWe got this for our chicken coop and found it to be a little tall. But it looks great on top of the garage.I have to be honest, though, it's not actually up on the gable yet. I bought it to go on top of a chicken coop I recently had built. It's supposed to sit atop the cupola. But, as things go, my neighbor, who took a while to finish the coop, may never actually finish the cupola. So, until then, the weathervane is in the garage.But, before it went in the garage, it spent a few days outside. The finish on the weathervane is smooth and thick so I don't foresee any problems with rusting or corrosion. It's very pretty and for the price I paid, I am perfectly pleased. The only question i have is whether it will actually tell me the direction the wind is blowing. I'm not sure how easily it rotates. We'll see.I bought a similar item awhile back for the barn (with a horse) and was pleased with its size and construction. I recently built a chicken coop to house the wife's latest hobby and soon thereafter I found this item on Amazon. It looks great and the wife was tickled. WARNING: When you build a chicken coop, and buy the chickens, and buy the feeding dishes, and buy food and other treats, and buy the heated water dish so that the water doesn't freeze during the winter, and pay for the electricity for the heated water dish and heating lamp during the winter, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS FREE EGGS! But I digress.....Weathervane seems to be of good quality. The only hook: I was as surprised as another reviewer that the arrow with accent piece is not secured in any way, it just sits on the spike.I needed this for a 24" cupola - the description made it seem like this was the right item. It is not. The dimension in the item description is the height of the item, including the articulating base in its collapsed, unusable position. The usable HOA is about 22", which is in the details section, but not specified. The arrow and feature portion is about 18" long.The seller of this item never handles the product; they handle the transaction and pass on your shipping info to the manufacturer, the item is then shipped factory direct to you.Apparently, the middle man wants nothing to do with the item now that I need to return it and asked to purchase a larger one. I've been exchanging correspondence for two weeks now, with the ultimate resolution of "Thank you for your patience in this matter. Unfortunately, I do not show that we carry a weathervane that is larger than this item. I have also sent this information to the manufacturer to see how they would like to handle this return. As soon as I receive a response I will notify you by e-mail.". That was 8 days ago. Good luck if you're not happy with your item. At least I can probably Craigslist this thing.Very durable, made a great gift, fast shipping!Love it.This product was as advertised.En la imagen es un gallo pesimo servicio