I need answers ASAP. Tyson has a huge chicken barn across the street from me, they told me to get r

[Beekissed]

I met a fellow that lived next door to a poultry house and they told him he would have to get rid of his chickens also. He refused. Then he started getting visits from all kind of "state" officials demanding to test his flocks but he refused. They went away but they return upon occasion and even tried to get to his flocks when they thought he wasn't home to test them but the dog wouldn't let them past the gate. The last I heard they were still threatening him and trying to get a way to test his flock so they can "shut him down" for causing the broilers to die next door.

Broilers die by the hundreds in those places every day and they would like to blame it on breaches of their biosecurity through airborne illnesses from wild birds and private flocks. Only thing is...these private flocks aren't having any dead birds, so how exactly does this work? Carriers but not affected? Please.

They also die in the broiler houses that have no private flocks for miles and miles, so I guess that is the fault of the wild birds. Couldn't have anything to do with poor management at all, I'm sure.

The only contaminants in the air around those places are the horrific rotten flesh smells generated by the dead birds in their litter piles~supposedly composting~ and the smell of millions of CX pooping their fool heads off in litter that is never changed until the next batch. The diseased carcasses can be found scattered all over the hay fields around us, with buzzards and bald eagles having a feast(and partaking of the illness?), while the high nitrogen runoff from these fields kill the fish in the streams.

 

[chickenpickens]

Did you get a title policy on your property at the time of your purchase? If so, that policy will have a listing of all the restrictions of public record on your property. In Texas, and possibly nationwide, title companies are required to go back a minimum of 50 years into the history of sale and restrictions when a property changes hands and a title policy is issued. If you do not have a title policy on your property then you need to look into restrictions or have your neighbors prove up their position with paperwork. You're not trying to be nasty, you just want some clarity on the situation. Your neighbors, as the sellers, do not have the right to come back after the fact and add restrictions.

Hope it goes smoothly for you!

 

[aceintoledo]

IMO...this has nothing to do with trampling on anyone 'rights.' What does the government have to do with a contract an individual signed with a private business to make money?
This is simply someone (op) having been asked by their neighbor to move/get rid of their chickens so that their neighbor does not lose their business/contract with Tyson. Tyson has not asked/demanded/insisted, etc. the op get rid of their chickens, nor has the government.

If the OP decides to keep their flock and the neighbor is a large supplier to Tyson, it will be interesting to see how fast a few chicken laws suddenly arise that forbid the OP to maintain their flock. You are correct, niether Tyson or the government will tell the OP they MUST get rid of their chickens. If this neighbor is small potatoes to Tyson you have nothing to worry about, keep your chickens. If they make Tyson enough money that it's a concern toTysons bottom line, you're about to lose your chickens. Tyson is no mom and pop operation, and I'm sure they generate enough tax dollars that if need be they can get a few local laws changed to suit their needs. As to the OP, don't worry about anything, your right to have chickens is worth much more than any piddly amount of tax revenue Tyson provides for your county, you have nothing to worry about.

 

[hunter109]

they cant tell you that you cant have chickens they keep chickens just for meat and you just get your own eggs dont you i would tell them i cant move them or get read of them

 

[FlaRocky]

Hello,

Well if they keep coming and bugging you I would tell them to " Buy Me Out" and quote them a huge price increase over what they sold to you for. Oh and by the way I tell them your going to start breeding other types of birds.....

Maye

 

[KrisH]

If you WANTED to, you could look into NPIP certification. fairly easy for a small farm and should calm nerves somewhat, otherwise, as you said, you have a small lake they could go jump in.

RobertH

and don't let them on your property as they may be the ones brining contaminants to your property. your birds are not the ones on heavy doses of antibiotics after all. simply havng delivery trucks and employees going up and down the road could bring YOU germs from them!

 

[halo]

Please someone have a answer for me
I have 30 chickens I have raised from 1 day old, today the people I bought the house from told me I had to get rid of the chickens because Tyson will not allow them to have their business (raising Tyson chickens) so close to me and my backyard chickens. The old owners felt downright bad asking me to do this, it's the way they make their living. I understand that, really I do. I have 40 acres I could move them a 1/2 mile away from these other chickens, but I will not be able to enjoy them like I do now, they would not have water readily available to them, I would have to truck it to them, not to mention when it gets cold, I will not be able to give them any heat.
My question is this, does anyone know if Tyson can close these people down because I have my baby's so close to these barns? I am just sick!!!!!!

I really dont think this is your problem. They can not control what their neighbors do, unless there is some kind of dictatorship around there. If that were true, nobody would be able to raise Tyson chickens. The world is not a vaccuum. What about neighbors on the other side of them? Or across the street from them?

Unless you have been legally told you can't have chickens, you can keep them and enjoy them.

 

[duckinnut]

What do they do about migratory birds? They can easily carry a disease from parts a lot father than your house. Who is to say if Tyson's contractors birds didn't catch something from any number of said migratory birds. Or is there a giant plastic bubble over it?

 

[texas75563]

I have friends who have chicken houses. They supply to pilgrims. Your required to have x amount of acres and there can be no no homes within x distance of the chicken houses. The owners of the chicken houses have to meet a lot of requirements. They have no authority over any one else. Tell Tyson to get off your land and don't come back!

 

[Joe.G]

Ok the way I see it and it may have been stated in other posts is this,
1. Tyson most likely has a rule that there farmers aren't allowed to raises there Chickens with in a certain distance from other chickens.
2.They prob sold the property and didn't think about this.
3.Tyson may not renew contract or shut them down since they broke contract and the owners will lose a lot of money.
4. They most likely can't make you get rid of your chickens unless there is some local law or its in your contract for your house that you can't keep chickens.
5.They may have over looked this and if they are nice people you have to think if you keeping a few chickens is worth them losing there business and who knows what else maybe everything they have.
6.It's not fair to think that they could just move there barn and it isn't fair to make you go a .5 miles to see your chickens but I do think if it was me and they were nice people and would lose everything if I kept my chickens I think I would get rid of them.
7. I would sit down with them and see if you guys can work something out.