Help! New neighbor suddenly hates chickens!

[Bantumbarnyard]

So I have been living at my residence for just about a year now. I have owned the property for about 2 years. I have had chickens about that long and never had any complaints except if a rooster had escaped my property and went all the way down the road to a little old lady's house and it ate her flowers. I had to get rid of that rooster along with others anyways. So I had a new neighbor move in next to me, and she was happy that the chickens now are free range since she wanted them to eat ticks and how they ate left overs. Well ever since pandimic she started hating them. She isn't home that much, she takes care of elderly people who have demintia full-time. She said they are going on to her property and eating flowers. Even though she hasn't planted any flowers, she actually killed all of them with a mix of household chemicals. She also was happy to have them on the property which was why she bought it. What do I do. I pointed out that when she started feeding them they would go over there more, she would have to stop feeding them on her property.

 

[nuthatched]

Sounds like a first class nutball.
I guess try to keep the chickens out of her yard ( nylon deer fencing is cheap and effective) and write down further encounters

 

[nchls school]

So I have been living at my residence for just about a year now. I have owned the property for about 2 years. I have had chickens about that long and never had any complaints except if a rooster had escaped my property and went all the way down the road to a little old lady's house and it ate her flowers. I had to get rid of that rooster along with others anyways. So I had a new neighbor move in next to me, and she was happy that the chickens now are free range since she wanted them to eat ticks and how they ate left overs. Well ever since pandimic she started hating them. She isn't home that much, she takes care of elderly people who have demintia full-time. She said they are going on to her property and eating flowers. Even though she hasn't planted any flowers, she actually killed all of them with a mix of household chemicals. She also was happy to have them on the property which was why she bought it. What do I do. I pointed out that when she started feeding them they would go over there more, she would have to stop feeding them on her property.

Neighbors can be the pits. One planted a garden right next to the hen house so I put up a fence along the edge of my property between the hen house and the garden-Of all things, they have a huge yard and put the garden right by the poultry-go figure. Another neighbor came on the property in the backyard. My turkeys have poults an attacked her. Now, she threatens to kill them. We will soon start fencing the whole yard. Good luck.

 

[swamphiker]

It's confusing that she first wanted the chickens in her yard but now doesn't. However, now that she has made it clear that the chickens are no longer welcome at her place, you'll need to put up a fence or otherwise keep the chickens off her property. Good luck!

 

[Bantumbarnyard]

Thanks. And yes, she even would come onto my property to feed them and I had to correct her on that. She would just leave food and attracted a racoon that killed two chickens and hurt two more. This was why I have trouble getting them back to the chicken coop and haven't been able to get them back in fenced area. They started roosting in the tree above the coop and I couldn't reach them to get them back in coop. I do have a fence, but the chickens have found ways around it. I am guessing that was how the raccoon got in and killed the chickens.

 

[neo71665]

Tall fences make great neighbors

 

[humblehillsfarm]

I'm a small person but have been able to install a fence by myself in a day. Get yourself some t-posts and poultry wire and get to work. Your neighbor has officially declared that she is no longer trust worthy so take care of your little flock and keep them out of her lawn! Sorry that it came down to that and I wish you the best of luck. You can do it!

 

[Bantumbarnyard]

So how do I install a better fence? There is one between our property but it got so over grown that the posts got bent and fell over. I am trying to fix the gate as well. I do have a camera up facing the gate to come onto my property but she often can toss stuff over the fence and find ways around the camera. Also, she will text me or call, but not sure if that counts as evidt/ writing stuff down in case my phone breaks.

 

[humblehillsfarm]

So how do I install a better fence? There is one between our property but it got so over grown that the posts got bent and fell over. I am trying to fix the gate as well. I do have a camera up facing the gate to come onto my property but she often can toss stuff over the fence and find ways around the camera. Also, she will text me or call, but not sure if that counts as evidt/ writing stuff down in case my phone breaks.

Get some tposts and chicken wire and put up a new fence until you can fix the permanent one. You can get tposts and chicken wire up in less than a day and when the time comes, you can take it down in less than a day. I wouldn't wait, personally, but I don't know your situation other than what you've posted on here.

 

[Bantumbarnyard]

Thanks. I will try that.