Did I provoke my neighbor into this?

[andrea98]

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Yeah... I've been contemplating some pretty passive/aggressive scenarios today. I thought about doing that... it seems like a good idea, but I do have other neighbors and I don't want them to get upset.

However, I'm not opposed my back yard (where the rest of the neighborhood can't see it!) looking like a yard sale!

does any of your other neighbors have problems with him?
and as far as a bad paint job well as long as it is just facing his yard than who cares .. after a while you could paint it a nice "fence" color but in the mean time all the complaining he will do will be priceless & than you could ask him what would you rather look at my fence or my chickens.. your choice? lol
it would be worth every hour it took to put that fence up

i vote for purple, hot pink, orange & lime green

 

[patyrdz]

Well my 2 cents worth is..... You did nothing to provoke your bad neighbor!! He started attacking you from the start! I think your response was too mild if anything! I was reading it and thinking " and who the heck are you to tell me ANYTHING about MY yard"!!

As far as you giving chicken owners a bad rap...pullease!!!!

What exactly did you do??

I would get a pen with as many roosters I could find and keep it right near the property line. Why should you have to defuse the situation that you did not cause??? Because you have chickens in YOUR yard. As for the racist comment, that just shows WHO the trashy neighbor is!!

Ok I'm done!!

Oh I'm sorry you have to go through attacks!!!

 

[Jennie5193]

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You bring up a great point. Since he crowned himself "king of the neighborhood" and started enforcing his rules, he's made quite a few enemies... I don't think they'd mind if I put up an eyesore for a while...

 

[andrea98]

have at it but of corse we all would like to see pictures of your "beautiful" fence

you never know if you ask you actually may get a few painters from your street more than willing to help a friend in need... i know i would be there with brush in hand if i was closer!!!!!!

 

[kingmt]

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Now that would not be a christian thing to do. "Do not bear false witness against your neighbor."

If you are her friend then try not to pull her into this. She will see what is going on & intervene where she will. In the end that is her husband & she should stand behind him no mater ho wrong he is. That doesn't mean she likes what he is doing or that she doesn't talk to him & try to change his mind but she should respect him. If she is your friend then you owe her that respect not to talk down about him. It will only make your relationship stronger & that is the christian thing to do. "Love your neighbors." This could even be what helps you to win the fight.

 

[countrybum]

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Sorry all, I do not mean to take over or change the thread, but this post really had me thinking of how evil some minds can be, so I needed to respond.

First off Crystalchic, can I just ask, how old you are? It sounds to me like you have actually done this before. You need to stop and think of how you would feel if someone did this to you. I was always taught to walk in the other persons shoes before doing anything and I live by that. This is truly a horrible thing.

 

[Blackbird]

Well, obviously planting mary jane in his yard, smearing lipstick on underpants and buying ever-crowing roosters will not help anything, but I think you already know that.. although I love everyone's creativity!

I'm glad you talked to the wife, its clear that she knows he's a control freak aswell..

What I would do is print out your nieghborhood's laws on property lines, animals, everything that will cause him to see that he can't do anything. Then put then in his mailbox. If you burst his bubble he'll not be able to float very high and will probably give it up.

I believe that from his first email that he was provoking you by refering the chickens as crap and trashy, he obviously knows how much you love your chickens. I probably would have emailed him the exact same thing that your husband did, you knew it was within the law to have your chickens where they are and they did not hurt anything. Basically the only thing he can do about it is to not look out his window, thats pretty obvious to me and was simply stated.

Just make sure he knows that you are in the right, your chickens were not near his fence, and that if there is rat poison, cleary state that it could hurt the children, and that he would end up in trouble for that.
I hope he backs down and stops looking for trouble.

 

[Blackbird]

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I honestly cannot see why anyone with high morals and self respect would want to stand behind that. Seems the neighbor's wife knows what a lousy husband she has and doesn't like it.

 

[RIRSNCHICKENJOE]

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I have a rooster you are more than welcome to borrow...he crows from 6:30 am til about 7 pm

his name is chicken joe and we love him!!! I don't think you did anythign wrong...and if you want to let your chickens out on your property I think that is fine too. Especially if you are zoned agricultural.

nothing he can do about it...except maybe move...or build a fence with his free time..instead of cutting the grass!

 

[kingmt]

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I honestly cannot see why anyone with high morals and self respect would want to stand behind that. Seems the neighbor's wife knows what a lousy husband she has and doesn't like it.

The one that said for better or for worse. That is still her husband.