Mean neighbor

[Conniejsands]

My mean animal hating neighbor has reported my peacocks. Now county says they have to go. Please, can anyone help me fight or change this law?
This neighbor has called the county about our dogs and anything else he can find to complain about.
Our dogs have never bothered anyone except him. We have caught him throwing rocks, tree branches, dirt, etc at them. We have caught him hitting the top of our chain link fence to tell the dogs to stop barking. HE IS THE ONLY PERSON they bark at.
We are zone RR-1 in Brevard County.
Please help me figure out a way to keep our sweeties. Our oldest are just turning 1 yr. this month. And we have 6 baby chicks still living inside with heat. In fact our peacocks just this month start being let out to roam during the day to graze.

 

[Trefoil]

Sorry about your troubles. I assume by what you say, that you have already checked your zone restrictions and peas are not "legal" where you live. You could try to get a variance. At this stage I think it will take a lawyer, at least for advice on what to do.

 

[new 2 pfowl]

You're unlikely to be able to do anything about this, especially not immediately/soon enough to keep your peas.
Your zoning does not allow for agricultural purposes, and this is from the Brevard County Zoning Code:



You can't blame your neighbor - you are the one in violation of the county ordinances.

 

[MeepBeep]

Sorry about you situation, looks like you need to start looking for a new home for them because I doubt you will get a variance anytime soon... If I was closer I would help out with homing but since you are half way across the country that isn't real practical...

 

[K9Dave]

You're unlikely to be able to do anything about this, especially not immediately/soon enough to keep your peas. Your zoning does not allow for agricultural purposes, and this is from the Brevard County Zoning Code: You can't blame your neighbor - you are the one in violation of the county ordinances.

They can blame the neighbor for being a prick. I tell you, this would to happen in some areas of the country. This guy would regret messing with me and mine.

 

[zazouse]

Best to start thinking about as place away from Neighbors if you want peafowl, i was amazed at the noise they can produce and i can not see how anyone that did not love them would want them next door.

Take it from me no matter what you do this neighbor will always try to dictate what you do, i have seen this happen with one of daughters, her neighbor made her crazey over there dog, she caught this guy doing the very thing you mentioned with your dog, she took him to court and won the case against him and then her dog came up dead from antifreeze poision, it did not end there, she ended up moving out here on a parcel of land we gave her.

I waited decades to get peas and because a distant neighbor had some penned and i wanted mine to be free, i figured if they heard his(I never did) i might loose them, as soon as i retired and found out he no longer had them i got my first babys, that was 4 years ago.

 

[Dany12]

Last year ... he was deaf?
A deaf neighbor = its weight in gold !

 

[zazouse]

Last year ... he was deaf?
A deaf neighbor = its weight in gold !

Who you talking to Dany12?

 

[MinxFox]

Well you can move like Zaz said which is a good idea. If you can't move, perhaps you have family that lives nearby with some land and no nearby neighbors that you could keep your peas at?

When I first wanted peafowl, I went to every next door neighbor and asked them if they were okay with me having peafowl. Some didn't mind, but it turned out the ones that didn't like the idea where the ones that we knew the most. They said they were too loud and make terrible noises and they were a nuisance on a golf course they know of. Also, we are on 1 and a half acres here so I wouldn't have a ton of room. Luckily my Grandma lives 2 miles away with 10 acres and not many neighbors. I only had to ask the neighbor right next door to her about keeping the birds. He was excited about it and liked the idea. So things worked out. He says he hears the peas but it doesn't bother him. Some people really hate the noise they make and think it sounds like a terrible scream for help. I think it sounds like a beautiful, exotic noise you would hear in a jungle.

I forgot who it was on here, but someone had issues with a neighbor sneaking over to their yard and poisoning most of their peafowl. It was horrible! So be careful.

You could even find a nearby bird keeper who would take them. That way you could visit your birds often. I know that is easier said then done.

I have had my scare finding out that animal control was at my Grandma's once, but they were looking for some donkeys which live two houses down. They said the peafowl looked good and didn't say anything bad about them so that is good.

My master plan is to eventually live in the middle of 100 or so acres with no neighbors in sight or if there are neighbors, I hope they are all animal people who don't care about the peafowl and will hopefully even take interest in them.