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Ask them just what the alleged odor is supposed to be. Especially if you don't even have any chickens yet. Ask them to come out and help you identify it. Tell them you want to be sure and get it taken care of before the chicks arrive. Once I kept getting hassled about my buck goats and their smell. Now bucks are, er, aromatic, during the breeding season, but these bucks were far enough away from any houses they shouldn't have been a problem to anyone. Turned out the odor was from a leaking septic tank. The one belonging to the neighbor who was doing all the complaining. Drainage from the septic tank was oozing across the public road. County wasn't happy. Neither was the neighbor after he got the citations and fines from the county. Of course I have no idea who alerted the county health department to a possible problem.........
Ask them just what the alleged odor is supposed to be. Especially if you don't even have any chickens yet. Ask them to come out and help you identify it. Tell them you want to be sure and get it taken care of before the chicks arrive. Once I kept getting hassled about my buck goats and their smell. Now bucks are, er, aromatic, during the breeding season, but these bucks were far enough away from any houses they shouldn't have been a problem to anyone. Turned out the odor was from a leaking septic tank. The one belonging to the neighbor who was doing all the complaining. Drainage from the septic tank was oozing across the public road. County wasn't happy. Neither was the neighbor after he got the citations and fines from the county. Of course I have no idea who alerted the county health department to a possible problem.........