evil neighbors~

[pascopol]

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I do not know where you live, but that would not happen on my clock in my area, it would be a wimpy bb gun of my lousy neighboor against mine (I do not want to brag about it..... ) anyway my toys make some noise and they are deadly to all intruders be it predators or criminal humans)

 

[Catstar68]

WOW! Same thing happened to me this weekend!! The chickens were supervised free ranging in the woods on our neighbors property. There are several properties, all about 1-2 acres abutting a large wood. We are a rura l'subdivision' and every neighbor (there is one to the right, 2 to the left) on either side of me has given permission for the chooks to wander in their part of the woods and yards. It keeps down the bugs and everyone likes them. No problem, I have great neighbors.
My BF was out raking/blowing/burning leaves as was every one of my neighbors on Sunday. My BF then comes running into the house saying he heard a bb gun from the woods and one of the chooks was hit. I fly out of the house and see all the chooks running back to the coop and poor Gerty limping badly, trying to keep up. I scoop her up and she was hit in the leg but it only tore the skin a bit and it was bruised. I took her to all the neighbors who, because of the leaf blowers they were using (we rake) didn't hear it. They were very concerned. The bbs could have hit any of us since the chickens were foraging right by everyone, looking under the leaves as we put them in piles.
One said that they had seen some kids back in the woods a week or two ago. Now, behind the woods is a creek and some more woods and then it connects with a dirt road that comes off one of the other roads in the town. This road is not paved and I've been down there to look for my kitty once (she came home on her own!) and it was, errr, a little...ummm. Scary. Like every stereotype you might think of...dirty kids with no shoes, singlewides on blocks and as many cars on them too, dogs chained to tires. Everyone coming out on their porch and eyeing my truck as it went by....
Well, I'm thinking it was some kids that came through the woods from there. There is no way I'm going to go over there and start knocking on doors. I'm worried though. I was so mad afterwards, wanted to get my .308 and show them what it felt like to get shot at...then I calmed down and thought about it. I'm just watching and waiting right now. God help the little buggers if I ever catch them because there will be hell to pay, a little ride in a police car and I'll probably have to deal with some idiot parent sticking up for the brat and telling me it was just what happens out in the country, it's just a chicken, blah, blah, blah.
The chicken was shot on my neighbor's property and had permission to be on it so it's as good as being shot in MY yard. I pray this is just an isolated incident.

 

[knjinnm]

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Call the cops!

 

[WhySayWhat]

I agree with getting a real security camera, we picked ours up from Harbor Freight for $25, so they aren't all that expensive if you look around enough. I also agree with calling the cops, which it sounds like you did. Little SOBs need to be taught a lesson...too bad even pointing a bb gun at a minor counts as a felony (I believe, I'd have to double check that particular fact).

 

[Sword]

Definitely try talking to the parents. Sometimes just getting yelled at will stop a brat from doing it again (worked in stopping a kid who was shooting MY airsoft on MY property at MY cat. He's careful where he aims now

) You probably shouldn't just ignore it, or they might start doing worse things ( I've had dumb kids fire Airsofts at me while I was biking on a path that went near a neighborhood)

 

[Hollywood Chickens]

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/a...reatest-nutritional-treasure-the-chicken.aspx

 

[gsim]

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Nest should be lower than roost so as not to have them sleeping and pooping in it. I set my roosts at 4 ft ht, and my nests opposite that at 2 ft ht.

Gerry

 

[amydzek]

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Nest should be lower than roost so as not to have them sleeping and pooping in it. I set my roosts at 4 ft ht, and my nests opposite that at 2 ft ht.

Gerry

thanks gerry!!!!


We called the cops, they came out, we talked to parents, havent seen anymore bbs and the girls are only allowed out of their run when we are outside with them!!!

 

[gsim]

Good that you put the report on the record. Not a bad idea when you call in on something like this to get a report number. Makes it easier to retrieve if needed later. Not a bad idea to get a copy of it to document the incident. If repeated it goes to show a pattern has been established. Cops have more important things to do than to keep responding to some undisciplined brat's idea of entertainment. Quickly gets the cops to be on your side, and that can be a deterrent in itself.

Regarding poop boards, see 'My BYC Page' .


Gerry

 

[old geezer]

......hurt someone's chickens and pets...

....i know it's not the right thing to do...

..but with me having no fuse at all and a go take care of bussiness guy--- i am sure when they go to work the next day ,fellow employee would be asking if they grew a tail---or is that a gun sticking out your behind...