Zeil
Chirping
We live in a residential area and only have a three foot fence on all sides of the back of our property. Most of the houses on our street do and it hasn't really ever bothered us before as it seems (as everyone is in the same boat) that it's a silent mutual agreement among the street that people give everyone as much privacy in their backyards as possible, I don't sit on my back veranda and stare at my neighbour too right whilst he's in his garage fixing his car and swearing and he doesn't watch me still assembling our permanent chicken coop and swearing.
It's just polite. As I said it's sort of a rule around here...
However the neighbours directly behind us...
Honestly I didn't see much of them before we got the chickens. He'd be out once or twice a week to mow and prune their fruit trees and she's be out with their tissue box cover once a day so it could do its business.
The last two weeks though, as our chickens have been out in their temporary run, I've seen them several times standing right at out back fence staring into our yard, as their dog barks at the chickens and tries to dig under said fence.
They never come out when I'm out in the yard and the one time I went out he (out alone with the dog) quickly picked it up and went back inside.
My wife calls it paranoia, but after seeing them photographing our yard this evening I smell trouble. My wife thus far tells me their probably looking at putting in a bigger fence, or extending their shed and in fairness they could be, but I think not... I've had exactly one conversation with the guy which was the first day our chicks ever went out in the yard. His dog bounded down to the fence and started barking and after following her down he looked at me and the chickens and without so much as a 'hi how y doing' went 'yeah she won't stop barking if those things are left out here' a bit taken aback I sort of awkwardly laughed a bit a went 'oh, she probably won't even notice them in a while'. Without another word he turned and walked away...
Frankly I think it would be less awkward if he came to me and complained as I can't exactly do anything for two people whom refuse to talk to me.
Not even tell them to shove off.
It's just polite. As I said it's sort of a rule around here...
However the neighbours directly behind us...
Honestly I didn't see much of them before we got the chickens. He'd be out once or twice a week to mow and prune their fruit trees and she's be out with their tissue box cover once a day so it could do its business.
The last two weeks though, as our chickens have been out in their temporary run, I've seen them several times standing right at out back fence staring into our yard, as their dog barks at the chickens and tries to dig under said fence.
They never come out when I'm out in the yard and the one time I went out he (out alone with the dog) quickly picked it up and went back inside.
My wife calls it paranoia, but after seeing them photographing our yard this evening I smell trouble. My wife thus far tells me their probably looking at putting in a bigger fence, or extending their shed and in fairness they could be, but I think not... I've had exactly one conversation with the guy which was the first day our chicks ever went out in the yard. His dog bounded down to the fence and started barking and after following her down he looked at me and the chickens and without so much as a 'hi how y doing' went 'yeah she won't stop barking if those things are left out here' a bit taken aback I sort of awkwardly laughed a bit a went 'oh, she probably won't even notice them in a while'. Without another word he turned and walked away...
Frankly I think it would be less awkward if he came to me and complained as I can't exactly do anything for two people whom refuse to talk to me.
Not even tell them to shove off.