The rooster as payment of fees?

Women in Burkina Faso have a long time experience with this form of contributing to maintenance costs of water supplies. They buy and raise in small saving groups goats or sheep.

The question is, who runs the risk?

What if the value of the contribution in kind devalues rapidly? What if the contribution in kind gets lost (the animal gets sick and dies)?

And... who carries the extra burden of managing the assets? Who looks after the animal once it is used as payment? Who spends the time in selling it if cash is needed?

It's not an obvious way of paying ones dues!