How do I keep next door neighbor's free range roosters away

[bigtom856]

Do not count on it. If you sex ratio is skewed strongly towards female and her new bow has good cover, roost site and nest site she will move out. Show us a picture of the bow. I have a neighbor with a similar issue going on where his single rooster is trying to steal hens from another neighbor's flock.

 

[ILuvMyFlock]

Let me add this, I recommend getting either a big roo of your own to take over or a couple of geese, my geese patrol the yard and if anything amuck happens they break it up.

 

[jak2002003]

My guinea fowl will attack and chase off any strange bird that comes onto my property.

They are great with my flock of chickens, any young the chickens have, and my fancy pigeons. But, if a new chickens strays in, or a wild pigeon lands to feed with my fancy pigeons.. the guinea fowl spot it straight away and launch the attack.

I was very surprised how they can recognize trespassing birds.. but the guinea fowl all look identical to me.. so if they can tell each other apart it must be really easy for them to spot new birds.. chicken or pigeon.

I had a think about what the OP should do. If it was me I would let the rooster into your hens coop and keep him with your hens. After a week or so let them all out and he should think you place is his new home and stay on your property with your hens.

If you neighbor misses him.. and asks if you have seen him, tell them that he has moved in with your lot and changed home. They might just let you keep him, or, if they want him back you can tell them they must build a pen for him, otherwise he will just run away from their home to be back with your hens.

That way the problem is now your neighbours and not yours... and you won't have to worry about the rooster taking hens away to live on your neighbours property, as he will see you place as his home.

 

[centrarchid]

Sex ratio of six hens to on rooster is one that can have hens appear available. That is not the ideal sex ratio as far as free-range hens are concerned. Ideal ratio for free-range hens has fewer hens, The higher ratios are what chicken keepers prefer. Breed of rooster not a problem.

 

[ILuvMyFlock]

My guinea fowl will attack and chase off any strange bird that comes onto my property.

They are great with my flock of chickens, any young the chickens have, and my fancy pigeons.  But, if a new chickens strays in, or a wild pigeon lands to feed with my fancy pigeons.. the guinea fowl spot it straight away and launch the attack.

I was very surprised how they can recognize trespassing birds.. but the guinea fowl all look identical to me.. so if they can tell each other apart it must be really easy for them to spot new birds.. chicken or pigeon. 

I had a think about what the OP should do.  If it was me I would let the rooster into your hens coop and keep him with your hens.  After a week or so let them all out and he should think you place is his new home and stay on your property with your hens.

If you neighbor misses him.. and asks if you have seen him, tell them that he has moved in with your lot and changed home.  They might just let you keep him, or, if they want him back you can tell them they must build a pen for him, otherwise he will just run away from their home to be back with your hens.

That way the problem is now your neighbours and not yours... and you won't have to worry about the rooster taking hens away to live on your neighbours property, as he will see you place as his home.

That's not morally right though, that's stealing... I lost two of my cats this way, my neighbor kept feeding my cats until they never came back. I took very good care of those cats and I loved them dearly, but because of that lady my cats are gone.

 

[Peeps61]

Cluckhaven ought to be able to have her own property without the neighbor using it without permission to graze his own animals. It isn't about whether or not the roosters are doing any harm. At issue is property rights and invasive inconsiderate neighbors who think they own and are free to use anything and everything that falls within their line of sight.

Oregon has a point. I live on 10 acres and I free range my chickens. They frequently go under our wire fence to the neighbor's 10 acre plot. I give them eggs, so they don't mind and have told me so. However, when they first moved in, I cooped the chickens up so that they could not roam off my property. The neighbor observed this and told me to let them back out if I wanted - he did not mind them eating the bugs out of the grass on his property.

Now, the sheep and the pig in this particular case - NO, NO, No!!! Not on my property. If they have horse fencing up, they should be able to fence and area for these animals. If it's my property, I don't want your animals on it unless I have said that it's OK for them to be there. Assuming makes for bad neighbors.

Putting up fencing for chickens won't work unless they can't fly over it. Mine fly over fences all the time.

 

[centrarchid]

In some states, the owner of roaming animals can loose ownership if another party provides room and board for a protracted length of time. That was is a mechanism to deal with parties that fail in containing there stock that steals forage and or feed from neighbors.

 

[Peeps61]

In some states, the owner of roaming animals can loose ownership if another party provides room and board for a protracted length of time. That was is a mechanism to deal with parties that fail in containing there stock that steals forage and or feed from neighbors.

Sounds like it would only be fair.... I'm not sure of Florida's laws, but I do know that if they are on your property without your permission, they are considered loose or roaming at large and can be picked up. If Animal Control or law enforcement gets involved, it's never cheap for the animal's owner!

 

[ILuvMyFlock]

Law or no law it's theft.

 

[lazy gardener]

Sorry. It's the pet owner's responsibility to keep his pets home. Check with any ACO and you will find that the owner is responsible for his animal's where a bouts. Any problem visiting roo in my yard would be invited to dinner. Not only would he be a menace to my own roo, but he could be carrying parasites or disease.