- Mar 26, 2014
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So yesterday evening I see our neighbor (who is in training to become a police officer of all things) put on his swat commando gear and go hide behind a shed on their property. Next thing I know there are bb's pingin' of my feeder while my roo and his favorite girl are getting a snack inside their fenced run! Of course the shooting stops as soon as I round the corner and stare directly at missing shed slat he was shooting from. My husband and I leaned a sheet of plywood up against the side of our run to block the neighbors view of my birds when they are locked in the chicken run/cage. Now I'm afraid to let my chickens out in the yard because obviously my neighbor doesn't even have enough respect to discuss any issues with us before trying to kill my livestock in my yard , and inside the chicken pen even!
This is not a cram packed little suburban neighborhood either, I'm on a rural acre surrounded by empty 5 acre lots, and the coop is on the opposite side of the property as my one & only neighbor :/ In fact we built the coop awfully close to my bedroom window just so it would be as far from our neighbors as possible. This is the same neighbor whose pit bulls frequently get out of his yard and roam the neighborhood. I usually just put his dogs back in his yard when I see them out, and occasionally even secure whatever part of the fence they broke out of... perhaps I should rethink how I respond to his animals on my property, knowing how he is opting to respond to my birds that are on my property, and in their coop/run?!
Grrr.
Suggestions?
This is not a cram packed little suburban neighborhood either, I'm on a rural acre surrounded by empty 5 acre lots, and the coop is on the opposite side of the property as my one & only neighbor :/ In fact we built the coop awfully close to my bedroom window just so it would be as far from our neighbors as possible. This is the same neighbor whose pit bulls frequently get out of his yard and roam the neighborhood. I usually just put his dogs back in his yard when I see them out, and occasionally even secure whatever part of the fence they broke out of... perhaps I should rethink how I respond to his animals on my property, knowing how he is opting to respond to my birds that are on my property, and in their coop/run?!
Grrr.