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Crowing
Sorry for the rant, but I had to share this .....
I have an established flock of a dozen or so hens, and 8 three week old babies, it's all peace and love, with everybody getting along fine.
A neighbor a few miles away has 3 pullet/hens, and a cockerel/rooster that they, for some unknown reason, do not want anymore.
I was contacted 3 times about taking them, and all 3 times, I said NO. I explained that I am concerned about quarantine, health and integration issues, and I would pass on taking them. She was noticeably upset that I didn't want her chickens, and she said, trying to provoke me, that they were just going to stop feeding them, and let them go somewhere.
I said OK .....
Well, she didn't get the response she wanted, and I broke contact with her, so she sent another neighbor up to try to convince me, to no avail.
So, yesterday evening, just about dark, I was walking my dogs up at the end of my 1/4 mile long driveway, which is at the very end of a mile+ long, clearly marked PRIVATE ROAD, and I heard a vehicle coming.
I ducked out of sight into the woods to observe whoever it was, because like I said, PRIVATE ROAD, and I run people off quite frequently. I also open carry a sidearm, cause ya never know ..... Cougar, black bear, 2 legged predators, and all that. Even if the police were called, I have about a 30 minute response time, so nobody is coming to save me, hence the .45.
People seem to think it's OK to park in the circle at the top of my driveway, making out, doing drugs, and leaving trash.
It's not OK.
Anyway, here comes the truck toward my property, and I see it's the neighbor and her husband/boyfriend with a cage in the truck bed !!!
So, I observe as the guy gets out, and opens the tailgate, to reveal 4 chickens in the cage. The dogs, who have been heeling by my side, take action, and run him back to the cab, and as he jumps in, I step out, EXTREMELY agitated, and with a big voice, tell him he is not welcome here, I have several cameras, and I have pictures of him, his truck, and his license number, and the authorities would be contacted. I really do have several cameras set up along the road !
This took the steam right out of him.
He uttered some nonsense about just wanting to see where this road went, and didn't see any of the FIVE, highly visible signs along the PRIVATE ROAD.
Yeah, right ..... Oh, you were just taking the birds for a ride ?????
They didn't admit it, but they were going to release the birds at the top of my driveway ! As they were turning around to leave, I said if I see or hear ANY chickens that aren't mine, I will hunt them down, and shoot them on sight.
I don't know where they dumped those birds, but I hope it's far enough from me that I don't have to take any action. I have enough chickens, and problems of my own !!!
Some people !!!
I have an established flock of a dozen or so hens, and 8 three week old babies, it's all peace and love, with everybody getting along fine.
A neighbor a few miles away has 3 pullet/hens, and a cockerel/rooster that they, for some unknown reason, do not want anymore.
I was contacted 3 times about taking them, and all 3 times, I said NO. I explained that I am concerned about quarantine, health and integration issues, and I would pass on taking them. She was noticeably upset that I didn't want her chickens, and she said, trying to provoke me, that they were just going to stop feeding them, and let them go somewhere.
I said OK .....
Well, she didn't get the response she wanted, and I broke contact with her, so she sent another neighbor up to try to convince me, to no avail.
So, yesterday evening, just about dark, I was walking my dogs up at the end of my 1/4 mile long driveway, which is at the very end of a mile+ long, clearly marked PRIVATE ROAD, and I heard a vehicle coming.
I ducked out of sight into the woods to observe whoever it was, because like I said, PRIVATE ROAD, and I run people off quite frequently. I also open carry a sidearm, cause ya never know ..... Cougar, black bear, 2 legged predators, and all that. Even if the police were called, I have about a 30 minute response time, so nobody is coming to save me, hence the .45.
People seem to think it's OK to park in the circle at the top of my driveway, making out, doing drugs, and leaving trash.
It's not OK.
Anyway, here comes the truck toward my property, and I see it's the neighbor and her husband/boyfriend with a cage in the truck bed !!!
So, I observe as the guy gets out, and opens the tailgate, to reveal 4 chickens in the cage. The dogs, who have been heeling by my side, take action, and run him back to the cab, and as he jumps in, I step out, EXTREMELY agitated, and with a big voice, tell him he is not welcome here, I have several cameras, and I have pictures of him, his truck, and his license number, and the authorities would be contacted. I really do have several cameras set up along the road !
This took the steam right out of him.
He uttered some nonsense about just wanting to see where this road went, and didn't see any of the FIVE, highly visible signs along the PRIVATE ROAD.
Yeah, right ..... Oh, you were just taking the birds for a ride ?????
They didn't admit it, but they were going to release the birds at the top of my driveway ! As they were turning around to leave, I said if I see or hear ANY chickens that aren't mine, I will hunt them down, and shoot them on sight.
I don't know where they dumped those birds, but I hope it's far enough from me that I don't have to take any action. I have enough chickens, and problems of my own !!!
Some people !!!