Someone keeps making complaints about my chickens! (Update post #222!)

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Since the chickens are allegedly damaging vegetation, they need to look at and photograph the damage before visiting you. Since your birds on your property are legal, the illegality would be your birds off your property, and the damage they cause. Visiting you does not investigate the claim--they need to go to "the crime scene" and investigate there. If children are being terrorized by rogue chickens, those children need to be identified and questioned.

Put the ball back into the code enforcers' court and insist that they thoroughly investigate whether
the report--not just visit you with their own idea of what code says and means when they really have no idea of whether an incident actually occurred since they haven't investigated the incident.

Make copies of and keep a stack of the related ordinances, and highlight the pertinent sections. Then provide a copy to any code enforcer or police officer or other official who visits. I also like the idea of putting up No Trespassing signs on all your gates (lock them as well) and posting a plastic coated (for weather protection) copy of the ordinance on each gate.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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It also sounds like they are planning on claiming adverse possession. If the roads are public, they cannot legally fence them off. If they have been used by your property for years to access your property, then an easement has been created, and they cannot fence you out. Get the survey done, and deal with the matter before the land is lost to them.

 

[MistyValley]

What a shame that you can't be left alone. I like the idea of a letter from a lawyer. Hang in there.

 

[Andora]

I just wanted to say there are soo many nice people on here. Thank you for all
the suggestions about the chicken problem!! Can i borrow someones pit
bull....lol..... And also a thankyou to the moderaters who allowed me to post
it.

Marie


It would be great to start a spinoff group from here where we could meet like
once a month for outings or something.. If anyone is interested let me know.

We talked to the police about it. They said they can't take action unless she makes a direct threat, which I expected they would say. The officer said to hang up no trespassing signs and anyone who comes in our yard can be immediately arrested, so we'll do that.

I have seriously had enough of this woman! I don't know what to do to make her stop. I emailed the Cheapcycle group organization, not our local group, and informed them that the owner of my local group was allowing off-topic personal posts that we are considering harassment. I hope they have the power to do something, but probably not since the groups are locally owned. Though you'd think the Cheapcycle name should at least be groups that represent what Cheapcycle is about, right? Not someplace to post personal things...

It seems awkward to just go door to door and ask neighbors about it. I'm not sure who this person is, but clearly they are irrational and not so intelligent. I really don't want to provoke them. And I also don't know what they want, or how they would resolve the problem. It doesn't seem like talking to them will do any good at all since the person seems like they have some kind of mental issue, or a huge chip on their shoulder. The police officer even said my chickens looked nice and didn't smell or make too much noise, and that he thought it was fascinating. There's nothing more I can do aside from getting rid of my birds, which won't happen.

We're pricing privacy fences, but just starting with Lowes it will cost at least $3,200! We definitely don't have that kind of money, and I'm not comfortable putting that much on a credit card. We don't normally carry any balances on our cards. I should start a paypal donation account.

(Totally kidding.) We could get it put up cheaper elsewhere, but Lowes offers no interest for 12 months financing...Home Depot is coming out to do a free estimate on the 14th.

*sigh* Why is this happening to me??​

 

[chixie]

I am really sorry that you are going thru this... it is really scarey that you don't know who it is... I hope it gets resolved really soon

 

[Luvin Life]

You can always just put a partial privacy fence up.

On thier side only, you think they'ld get the hint then?!

 

[Andora]

The problem is, since I don't know exactly who the complaining person is, I don't know what side I would put the fence on!!

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Has cheapcycle responded? If not, consider placing a rebuttal post. Be careful on the wording, but basically state that your birds are clean, gentle, confined to your own property and completely within code, as has been verified by code enforcement. Then pose the question of how other readers would feel if someone were stalking them for similarly unjustified reasons--complaining to code enforcement about their cat/dog/vegetable garden that is also completely compliant with code. THen continue by stating that you do not believe the cheapcycle list is an appropriate place for discussion, and request that the moderator remove all related posts, and moderate anyone who continues to abuse the list in htis manner.

 

[ScoobyRoo]

Andora,
Just to lighten the situation, wouldn't it be hilarious if IT WAS NOT you the cheapcycle was writing about??! I sure wish it wasn't you . You have gone through enough. You have proven to those that matter (codes/health officer) Just hang in there and don't take their bait. Just do as other posters suggested, document everything. It will come to a head and you will be the one that comes out smelling like a rose!

 

[Andora]

I tried but the moderator won't allow me to post anything outside of the basic for sale/wanted posts. The moderator only allows this one person to post personal things. They are friends I guess. The moderator apparently shared the email I sent her with this person--I asked her to remove the inappropriate posts, but she didn't even respond to me. The person just posted thanking the moderators for allowing her to make her chicken posts. There's nothing I can do. I contacted the national cheapcycle overhead group and the person told me the groups are privately owned so she can't force the owner/moderator to do anything about it but said she would contact her and tell her it was inappropriate.