Apartment neighbor complaing about chickens

[saysfaa]

The original poster hasn't signed on since starting this thread in mid July. So I don't think it matters that the thread drifted a little. I don't think it has drifted completely off topic - the driving is still about chickens roaming across property borders.

 

[saysfaa]

Now branching into what children without enough situational awareness would be in the road ...

Sorry. I couldn't resist.

 

[Pollo Blanco]

I would not brake on that road but aim for the grassy median because the trucks would pancake us.

If that's going to be your strategy, try practicing it in a non-emergency situation so you can be prepared.

 

[saysfaa]

If that's going to be your strategy, try practicing it in a non-emergency situation so you can be prepared.

You've scrambled the quote. I didn't say that.

I agree with it though, for the most part. More so since my son was cut out of a Mustang with the jaws of life after a pickup hit him hard enough to break the drive train of his car. An different accident had stopped traffic just over the top of a long hill. Ds was already slowing due to the car going the other way flashing its lights. Ds had time to stop but knew the pickup wouldn't even if the driver saw it immediately.

Ds took the shoulder. He knew he would be hit if the pickup driver saw the accident in time to react but he would otherwise be dead if the other driver didn't see it in time to react.

Ds lost a year of his life but almost fully recovered. He apologized for his impatience with us wanting him to think through scenarios when he was learning to drive. He said that probably saved his life; he didn't panic and he didn't have time to think through the options.

I can't tell tone but don't find the suggestion to practice this funny.

 

[Geena]

Bottom line is keep your animals on your property then other people won't have to deal with their excrement or having to dodge them on the road. Just because they are only chickens doesn't give you the right to let them run wild and cause trouble.

 

[Mason Farm and Ranch]

Bottom line is keep your animals on your property then other people won't have to deal with their excrement or having to dodge them on the road. Just because they are only chickens doesn't give you the right to let them run wild and cause trouble.

Hmmm... I just reread the op. Twice to be sure.

She's never seen the chickens on the apartment property, they go into the thicket on her property.

With that being said, you don't move to a rural area with animals and then complain about the animals. ESPECIALLY if you're renting. You can deal with it or move. You don't get to choose the amenities of country life without taking on the issues that come with it. I hope a horse or a cow gets loose and shows them what a poop nuisance is.

 

[Geena]

Hmmm... I just reread the op. Twice to be sure.

She's never seen the chickens on the apartment property, they go into the thicket on her property.

With that being said, you don't move to a rural area with animals and then complain about the animals. ESPECIALLY if you're renting. You can deal with it or move. You don't get to choose the amenities of country life without taking on the issues that come with it. I hope a horse or a cow gets loose and shows them what a poop nuisance is.

I would assume if the neighbors are complaining about poop around the apartment property that the chickens must be going up there at least once in awhile. It's always possible they are just making that up, but kinda doubtful since they've gone to the trouble of reporting it to the mayor.

Believe me I understand the clash between country and city folks. Our farm is now completely surrounded by developments, do I like it? heck no!! BUT those folks plopped down their money to buy their piece of property just like I did mine, actually they paid waaaaaaay more for their tiny little yards than I did for 25 acres back in the day.

My point being that they also deserve basic respect like any other neighbor would, doesn't matter who was there first or whether one "likes" them or not. Keeping your animals confined to your property is good citizen 101.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Then where's the issue for the complaints ?
They did say something about them being unhappy with the chickens pooping on the yard they use. Also that the birds free range.
Kind of sounds like the birds are leaving the property. I imagine the truth is somewhere in the middle. Apartment people are probably making things out a bit worse then they are and the OP is probably trying to make it sound like there's no issues when there clearly is.
I'm just here for the driving tips at this point.

 

[NatJ]

I've never heard of an apartment with a yard. Townhouse or condo maybe, but apartments don't have yards.

I used to live in an apartment with a yard. The property had an apartment building (12 units), a parking lot, and a yard that we were all allowed to use. Considering that small children played in that yard sometimes, it was a good thing no chickens were pooping in it.

So now you have "heard of" an apartment with a yard.

If they do have an actual yard, tell them fences make good neighbors and they should build one. You're not disrupting your lifestyle because they moved in.

That would depend on the laws in their area.

Some states have laws that the animal owner needs to build a fence to keep their own animals on their own property. (OP is in Tennessee, and it looks like that is the kind of law Tennessee has)

Some other states have laws that allow animals to roam freely, and people have to fence their own property if they want to keep those animals out. (That appears to be the case in Texas, where @Mason Farm and Ranch is located.)

And no matter what the state law permits, it is common for counties or cities to make more stringent laws. So typically people have to follow whatever is the most restrictive set of laws or rules for their area (state, county, city, HOA, etc.)

Telling someone what they have to do, or do not have to do, can be badly wrong if you are basing it on the laws where you live and they are somewhere different!

 

[Geena]

I used to live in an apartment with a yard.

Yep, they are called garden apartments and are very popular in my area. But even big apartment complexes are usually surrounded by some sort of lawn unless they are in very urban areas.