Yes that's exactly what it sounds like. There's a big demand for fresh eggs in my area. I over heard at our local farmers market someone asked for 8 doz duck eggs. After the guy just told her he was all sold out, and after that there were still people asking for them and for chicken eggs.So basically a battery farm basement. Never a moment to free range, or stretch their legs.
Absolutely, positively put up "NO TRESPASSING" and "PRIVATE PROPERTY- KEEP OUT" signs in prominent places along your property fences. If Crazy Lady then accesses your property, you have legal recourse. I, too have followed this thread since reading the first pages. If the husband is a drinker, is she also into alcohol? That could explain the irrational behavior and paranoia and vindictiveness. Or, she is just a rotten skank.I have been following this thread from the beginning and I all I can do is send hugs and lots of support. Like other posters have said, Spock is not really the problem, it is just what she is focusing on at the moment. Actually, the nutty neighbor may totally forget about Spock now that she has the new fence construction to focus on. She has serious control issues and sounds like a candidate for having a personality disorder as well. Thank goodness you live on the other side of the fence, can you imagine living with her.
I may have missed it earlier in the thread, but has your husband had a "man to man" talk with her husband about coming to some sort of truce? Guys tend to not get as emotional (in my experience) and your husband seems very level headed. Although I have my doubts as to how much influence the nutty neighbor's husband has on her. I have had crazy neighbors as well and I can pretty much guarantee that the complaints don't go away, they just change.
Do you have No Trespassing signs posted on your property where they are clearly visible to her? I know the police in my county can't do anything about people coming on to your property unless you have signs posted. However, you can press charges if signs are posted.
Like others have said, it is really important to keep record of everything she does that effects you. Like them cutting down the bushes in the front yard after the fence construction started. It also wouldn't hurt to find out what the criteria are for obtaining a restraining order in your state in case the situation escalates. You shouldn't have to live in fear that she is going to harm you, your animals or your property in any way.
I just feel so bad for you because I have been there...and it sucks. Thankfully I don't live next to Psycho anymore and have fabulous neighbors now. I have only had one say anything negative about my roosters crowing and I solved that by keeping the roosters in the coop until after 8:00 in the morning.
And now to what I was originally going to say, and what prompted me to respond in the first place....it may be easier to go ahead and put some sort of year-long weed control down between the two fences now and/or lay thick plastic and gravel to minimize maintenance in the future. If weeds do grow up you do not want your neighbor spraying questionable substances onto your fence in the name of killing weeds. Plus it is difficult to operate a trimmer in such a confined area.
Best of luck to you.
I had a controlling neighbor years and years ago who finally "took me on" on a major PMS day. Big mistake on her part because when I finished telling her exactly what I thought of her and where the bear did it's business, complete with expletives including the "f" bomb, she NEVER spoke to me again. It was great! LOL
i agree this has gone on way too long and the rooster is probably something she wants to hold against you, or just to have something to complain about you with.
