TrustyRusty
Chirping
- Apr 11, 2020
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Ok so let me start by stating - I absolutely do not regret free ranging my chickens. They are healthy, happy, produce good eggs and it’s less work.
But now my neighbor has suddenly decided they are a problem after MONTHS. I can’t suddenly make them not free range. I have been making them stay in the run more because of a fox that ran into my yard (attempt was not successful) but still- after like 10 am my chickens go out in the world and find their food. And I would just like to state- I only have 5 birds left. We got 8 originally and it’s my first flock so I wanted to start small and learn. We are surrounded by woods and fields but sometimes they go in her yard. It feels more frustrating than anything else because they don’t actually do anything over there except eat bugs. She doesn’t have a garden in any form- it’s just a lawn.Maybe I am just looking to vent...
Please forgive my bluntness, but I think you are rude and disrespectful to your neighbor. To allow YOUR chickens "free-range" to eat and poop on your neighbor's lawn is just about as bad as having your dogs do the same. Though I am a chicken lover, I would hate it if my neighbor set HIS chickens loose and defecate on my lawn. Just saying, there are two sides to each story.