Are Chickens a Danger to Horses? Bad Couple Months With Neighbors

[M To The Maxx]

Lazy J Farms Feed & Hay :

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No matter how trivial it sounds but it's the chicken owners to keep their birds contained. We are responsible for our chicken's welfare and they are responsible for their horses/rider's welfare too.

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Keep your birds on your property and you won't have to deal with tension with your neighbor.

Remember the old farmer's adage: "Good fences make good neighbors"​

Um what do you think I am trying to do? Do think that I would just let them keep going over there?

 

[dsqard]

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I can't speak for everyone who has posted but I think most of us think you are a responsible chicken owner. We were just giving our opinions. Myself and others were just trying to point out that horses do spook at some of the weirdest things. Personally, I didn't think you were letting them go over there without a thought.

 

[M To The Maxx]

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I can't speak for everyone who has posted but I think most of us think you are a responsible chicken owner. We were just giving our opinions. Myself and others were just trying to point out that horses do spook at some of the weirdest things. Personally, I didn't think you were letting them go over there without a thought.

Thank you. At first I didn't think about them going over would be a problem since they have their own. But when we got the letter that is when we started to take action.

 

[EweSheep]

Action is the key! At least you are doing something about it and hopefully no more chickens wandering over there.

Sometimes I never know the pastures are greener over there even you have the juiciest bugs around, nope, they gotta go over there!

 

[dsqard]

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Sounds like a good plan. I just looked at their website and they do have expensive horses and if they are writing letters now, I would imagine that they probably wouldn't skip a beat on suing you for vet bills if a horse got hurt. Sometimes you gotta CYA.

I am sure you will come up with a way to keep your chooks from going over there.

 

[halo]

I dont know if this has been mentioned, but some of those horses could be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Im sure your family doesnt want to involved in a lawsuit over an injury caused by your birds.

 

[bywaterdog]

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As usual we always let our chickens out on the weekend once a week.

If they are penned up for most of the time, then they are used to it. Until a fence is secured just don't let them out.

 

[maizey]

They are probably training green riders over there as well... a high strung (expensive) horse and a green rider is kind of a dangerous combo in the best of situations and will frequently take spill and get hurt for no reason what so ever. If they can find a reason, and that reason is a wayward chicken, and you have already been warned..then boy do I smell law suit. Its not worth the risk. If you are bound and determined to free range once in a while then I would invest in a chicken tractor or some well placed bird netting. It would be cheaper and less trouble than a law suit because some kid fell off, sustained some life altering injury and your chicken was named or framed. Good luck.

 

[BlackBart]

My chickens and horses live in harmony. The chickens wander thru the paddock, the horses leave them alone. They scratch thru the manure piles and I have much less bugs and flies. The chickens must eat the horse fly larve because I don't have any horse flies anymore.
BTW My horses are worth thousands of dollars BUT their my chickens

 

[Chicken.Lytle]

Horses are not unicorns. If a horse has a disposition that makes it a hazard, then it should be culled.

Your chickens need to stay on your property. Throw up a poultry net as a temporary run and let them range in safety. Or make a chicken-proof fence around the property. But above all, do not let your animals wander off.