Neighbor issue *Update! He let them out! post 19*

[michickenwrangler]

We have an irritating neighbor like that. He calls our cochin rooster a "gook chicken", spray painted our junebushes b/c he didn't want us to cut them down, put a sauger fish in our pond, shows up at odd hours wanting DH to drive him into town (probably b/c he's too drunk to do it himself). After the spray-painting trees incident, I got into with him. Then his mother (who is close to 80) got into a property dispute with us. In order to clear it up once and for all, we had our land surveyed and I told the son that if I saw him on our property again, I'd call the police.

DH says if we bring our goat buckling home (he lives at the friendly neighbor's), he'll put him in a pen just over the property line so she can smell him in the fall.

 

[cluckcluck42]

That would drive me NUTS!! I am a very private person and if someone was looking through my windows I would have a fit.

I think this guy has some serious social issues, possibly bipolar?? His behaviour seems strange to me.

 

[sourland]

Anyone peering through my windows would see far more than they wanted. This would include but not be limited to the muzzle of a 12 guage.

 

[12GAGirl]

Yea, I am the odd neighbor who never invites people over because I don't like people in my home. It is my private place where I can runaway from the world of crazies. I like my family and friends coming when invited but I don't do the drop by anytime thing. If people do drop by they can stay their tails in the yard! And as for looking in my windows, I would just tell the yahoo not to do it anymore because it is rude and if he gets mad oh well he is the one being rude to you.

 

[PotterWatch]

Yeah, maybe I should just tell him it makes me uncomfortable. I could tell him that he might catch my in my birthday suit sometime... that would be enough to scare anyone away! I don't like it when people just drop by either. My husband's uncle used to do that, but I knew he was lonely so I didn't mind too much. I felt bad though because he always managed to time it so that he showed up when I was about to leave to go somewhere. Other people though... call before you come over please!

 

[jbowyer01]

My first thought is what if this guy falls while in your yard? He sounds like the type that would sue. I'd really make sure things are locked and maybe put up no trespassing signs. I'd also call my homeowners insurance company and ask them what your liability is if someone is trespassing and gets injured. Unfortunatley you have to CYB (cover your but).

 

[Bantimna]

How irritating!
We don't have any neighbours like that. Could you ask your sheriff/police officer to come and give him a warning?
Padlocks and hardened locks, would be a great idea to use on your coop. If you can afford it, why not put security bars in the windows, so that if he decides to try and enter he won't be able to get hold of your hens. Give him a warning that you won't tolerate his behaviour and you will accuse him at the police. If he still doesn't want to listen, (this might scare your hens a bit) have crackers that go off when he enters your yard. Do you have a wall PotterWatch? if you do you could invest in electrical bars.

I hope your neighbour problems will be sorted out.

Sibone

 

[Enchanted Sunrise Farms]

Sorry about neighbor problems. i have had neighbors who were nosy and pushy. But frankly, i would rather have nosey neighbors keeping an eye on my house than neighbors who would ignore something that could be a problem - like burglars breaking in or my house on fire. At least you know that this guy is concerned about your chickens and would feed them if anything happened to where you couldn't.

Personally, he sounds like he's a bit lonely. But i understand the need for privacy. Some curtains in the front windows and padlocks on the pens might be all you need.

 

[PotterWatch]

UNBELIEVABLE! We got home from our trip today to find the chickens out in the yard with the run door closed so that they couldn't get to water or the nesting boxes. I was really hoping that it was just that the friend who was collecting eggs didn't get the door shut properly but no... our neighbor was letting them out! He wasn't home when I went to talk to him and unfortunately I was gone picking up our dogs when he got home. My husband talked to him and he said he let them out because he wasn't sure if he was supposed to be watching them and he felt bad for them! WHAT??? I told him we had someone watching them when he asked me the other day on facebook, not to mention that he said one day when he came over to let them out (so apparently he did this more than once), someone had put them away. You think maybe that was a hint that there was someone caring for them?? He said he has been jumping the wall separating our property to get in the yard so putting a lock on the gate wouldn't even have stopped him.

My husband told him that I am very angry about this and that he is NEVER to let them out again. His cat was even in the yard stalking them when we walked in and when my husband mentioned that they are in the run for their own protection as much as anything else he said "well, he won't really hurt them, just play with them a little"! He is really lucky that I wasn't there when he was saying this. I still can't believe that he had the gall to let them out when he shouldn't have even been there in the first place. Thank goodness they were all still there and unharmed or I would probably be calling the police. I have been giving him eggs in the past because he has asked for them, but that stops now. We are putting up the trellising for the vines to block his access to our yard from the wall asap!

 

[Enchanted Sunrise Farms]

Okay, i take back that he is just lonely. Sounds like he is looney. Wow, i would have been furious if anyone let my chickens out, and had his cat there to "play" with them. You definitely need to padlock your run, your gate, and maybe even buy a watch dog.

So sorry! What a nut!