~ Retired and Starting My Future In The Foothills ~

[redhen]

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Thats the kind of stuff i have done when i had problems with my (ex) neighbors..(they were claiming they owned some of my property.. which they didnt, We have had this land for over 40 years,. i KNOW where my property lines are..

)..i tried to be nice, even brought them over my land plot to show them... they STILL were butt heads... so then i got reeeal nasty right back..
I even painted my fence (facing their side), saying something like "stop picking on my children", or stop bullying my children..something like that, to embarrass them.... (they had been nasty to my foster kids)
When they were trying to sell their house..

They eventually gave in and made nice and even asked if they could re-paint my fence for me.. muhahhahaha
I let them, cuz i'm nice like that...

Dont let this guy bully you... be a nasty witch right back.. but just be super smart about it...

 

[gryeyes]

As promised, here are four photos of John and Molly interacting while he repaired the wooden bench arm.

He didn't notice her, but I did.

She got closer; I said, "John, Molly want to see what you're doing."

John confers with Molly about the best way to repair wooden objects.

Molly inspects his work.

And found it good.

 

[SunnyDawn]

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Thats the kind of stuff i have done when i had problems with my (ex) neighbors..(they were claiming they owned some of my property.. which they didnt, We have had this land for over 40 years,. i KNOW where my property lines are..

)..i tried to be nice, even brought them over my land plot to show them... they STILL were butt heads... so then i got reeeal nasty right back..
I even painted my fence (facing their side), saying something like "stop picking on my children", or stop bullying my children..something like that, to embarrass them.... (they had been nasty to my foster kids)
When they were trying to sell their house..

They eventually gave in and made nice and even asked if they could re-paint my fence for me.. muhahhahaha
I let them, cuz i'm nice like that...

Dont let this guy bully you... be a nasty witch right back.. but just be super smart about it...

What a cutie Molly is! Checking out John's work...

 

[OvertheHenHouse]

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Yup, this is true. But I'm not gonna just have window stickers, I want a sign to post at all three gates.

Thank you for the condolence - the ONLY saving grace is that it was one I hadn't named yet. If it had been one of the named girls, or one of my favorites (shhhhhh, we don't say that very loud), I would have been both livid AND heart-broken. I'm just sad and suspicious right now.

I would be, too. That was the first thing I thought - timing is suspect ... but I'm really hoping it's coincidental. Just glad you're getting surveillance gear ... and won't ever say the 'F' word very loud, ever, around your flock

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Edited for location typo

 

[OvertheHenHouse]

PS - Glad John got the Molly stamp of approval

 

[EweSheep]

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2x Now if John can figure out how to repair my broken rocking chair, all fo rthe better! Spindle on the bottom rung broke. I dunno if a glue will help.

 

[coloradochick]

Aww sweet pics Linda

Chickens are funny aren't they. So curious and sometimes pushy about it.

I think the girls have yer back Linda, they're shmoosing up to John making nice. They also like having him around I think

 

[gryeyes]

Didn't go to work today; it was one of those nasty fibro days. However, some good came out of being home: the human Carl (Jr.) from next door was up a tree, lopping off dead branches when I went outside for my chicken chores. He stopped to tell me he was awfully sorry, but one of his dogs got my pullet the other day. She was over in his yard and Ace chased her, then caught her.... but she got through the large holes in the fence between our yards. Then he saw her later, further away from the fence, in the middle of the driveway.

Oh maaan, I am so relieved it was a dog! Far better than the alternative I'd worried about, actually.

I have some chicken wire I brought up from the rental and will use it to secure that fence so fewer of my chickens sneak over to the neighbor's yard. I also reassured my neighbor there was no need for him to feel bad - after all, that pullet (and some others) were off my property and he is not expected to have to protect 'em. We talked for a few minutes. He said he'd seen a big raccoon in his yard a couple of nights earlier. He "plinked it pretty good in the butt" with his air rifle and they hadn't seen it since, but one never knows.

A little while later, the lady of the house came out to call me to the fence, also to apologize profusely. I found out they had been letting their dogs out on the other side of their house to keep them from running after my visiting chickens!! "Oh, no, you shouldn't have to do that! I will make this fence harder for them to get through it, but even if they fly over, there is no way you guys should have to worry about MY wayward chickens!"

She said she appreciated my saying that, but she also knows my chickens are my pets and I love them. Her expression and tone of voice tugged at my heart, as she was really concerned and upset. So I spent a few minutes talking with her to explain my feelings about misadventure, the nature of chickens and of good family dogs, and how I was actually relieved it was a dog that killed my chicken instead of what I had suspected.

"Y'see, I won against the county. There's bound to be somebody unhappy about that," I said.

She looked across the street and sighed, then quickly said, "Oh, no, it wasn't that - it was Ace. We didn't see it happen, we heard the ruckus and looked out as she got through the fence. The boys told us later they saw her in your driveway. Ace killed our first chickens, because he chases them when they run and then plays with them when he catches them. That's why we keep ours penned now."

"Well, if I lose more chickens because they get into your yard, that's nobody's fault but mine and my chickens. I don't want you to keep your dogs out of some of their own yard because of my flock!"

She changed the subject, saying they had heard the splashing of the ducks, the kids had asked her, "Are they in their pond?!?!? Can you see them out of the window?" Apparently, watching MY ducks and geese in their stock tank is a pleasurable activity for the family. She saw me in the yard when they looked out, so she had come outside and over to the fence to talk to me.

So the mystery of the dead pullet has been solved. (I am STILL going to install a video surveillance system.)

 

[gryeyes]

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John had said, in the parking lot after the hearing, that if it had been necessary for him to testify, he would have been able to tell that Hearing Officer my chickens really ARE my pets. They all have names, but it's more than that - even in the few months he's been doing work at my property every now and then, he has seen their different personalities, and he even knows some of their names. "'Not pets,'" he scoffed. "They don't hang around you just because they're hoping for food. We had chickens when I was a kid, in the Santa Cruz mountains, and even though they were banties, they weren't pets. Yours are."

 

[OvertheHenHouse]

Feeling a collective sigh of relief - I'm so glad it wasn't what it might have been. Really glad the timing was coincidental...so sorry you had a fibro day, but good you were able to be there to sort it all out...and your neighbors sound lovely, except for 'he who shall not be named'...(which is far better than what I want to write here...!)