Stella's Social Club

[The Sheriff]

This a a different couple of neighbors and the letter was written and signed almost a month ago and just mailed on the 18th. Probably waited for their attorney to approve it.

The guy we called on about the music retaliated by smashing my driftwood pelican during the night.

 

[BlueWater29]

I know you don't like to fight stuff like this Mary. I'm sorry it's causing you stress. I still wouldn't give in, but I'm a stubborn one.

I managed to get a picture of my pretty splash Isbar today. Here she is. Too bad she doesn't want to lay eggs. Got 2 eggs out of her, then nothing. I'm hoping now that I'm getting rid of some of the boys, that she'll start laying again. She does hide in the coop to stay away from all the boys.

Kelly, What a good looking girl! Hope she starts to lay soon.

 

[Eva2012]

Eva, I am so sorry about your chickens. What a tragic loss. Chickens and dogs, my fear since Day 1 when I got chickens. I know if left unattended with access to the chickens even my sweet Tucker would probably become a chicken killer. I have to keep them apart to keep the chickens safe. We have a new neighbor who stops by our house with two young children and three big dogs. They wait for the school bus. Only one of the dogs is on a leash. A large pitbull and another huge dog are loose. They wander over our property and up the hill to the coops. They come back down when she heads for home but they have no reason to be on my property at all. She probably leaves them off leash at home too and it would be all too easy for them to wander back down here on their own. I bought this sign yesterday and I will post it on the fence where she waits. It may sound mean but I am so sick of always having to deal with other people's dogs! If you need hatching eggs to rebuild your flock I am sure many of us can help out. I have Isbar and Icelandic eggs at this time. Not many Icelandic because Lukka and her daughter are still raising babies.

Thank you, makes me cry. Thank you. I am not ready for hatching eggs, I am going to purchase a few pullets or maybe a trio locally. We cleaned some plastic tarps off the entrance of the coop that left a gap and the dog got in. The 9 survivors were on top of the inside coop and the dog could not get to them. Please talk to the pit bull owners to put their dogs on leash. There is enough bad PR against the breed, another incident needs to be prevented.

 

[Eva2012]

I can't fight it Kelly, at least not legally. I simply do not have the kind of time and energy it takes to be involved in a lawsuit. I fought one after another for over 20 years when I was working and I can't start that stuff over again. Hundreds of thousands of my dollars have been spent on lawyers. No , make that millions, the last guy got 3.2 million. I can't do it, just can't. I am a basket case right now and they haven't even fired the lawyer round off yet. She actually told me in the letter that if I was going to keep the roosters, I would need to get them "de-crowed."

Michael is out there right now turning the coops into dark, dreary dungeons. 

I am so sorry for you, I love the crowing of the roos and so do my neighbors.
I have seen videos of breeders who have the long Crowers in large indoor green house like structures and runs.

Another farfetched thought might be a sound barrier - like playing highway traffic noise that will cloak the crowing.

Works for the barking here- I live close to real traffic noise.

 

[lonnyandrinda]

That is like asking "which came first, the chicken or the egg?" Though logic says it's the crowing.


Mary - I really like what you have done with the coops. I was thinking the exact same thing and had been trying to call you. I think it will really help with the "bullhorn" effect. Doing what you can to limit the noise is being a good neighbor, but don't let them bully you into getting rid of your boys. You ARE legal, they can pound sand. Like I said before, I think this is retaliation for your noise complaint on them.

X2!

I am so sorry for you, I love the crowing of the roos and so do my neighbors.
I have seen videos of breeders who have the long Crowers in large indoor green house like structures and runs.

Another farfetched thought might be a sound barrier - like playing highway traffic noise that will cloak the crowing.

Works for the barking here- I live close to real traffic noise.

THAT type of neighbor would probably LOVE some highway traffic sounds- I think it's the perfect solution!

 

[Cetawin]

Speaking of noise pollution ahem. I caused a bit of my own at 3:30 this morning. Picture this if you will.... me, the hyperthyroid insomniac, sleeping like a baby is jolted wide awake into the brisk dark of a Fall Kentucky morning by the horrid sound of two beagles and the cohort baying their prey right under my bedroom window.

This fun was immediately followed by a loud dammmmmmn it and my feet hitting the floor. I stagger downstairs and grab flashlight, rifle and jacket. I spend two extra minutes trying to get my sliding glass door unlocked and listening to them.

I get through the doors and onto the back deck to are two Beatles, one rottweiller, one golden retriever and three hound/hound mixes!

A loud shot rang through the night followed by a yelp and the sound of dogs running into the tree line. So today I must drive over to my neighbor and have The Talk ... AGAIN to hear "it wasn't my dawgs" and this time answering with "well where do you want this carcass?". Rottweiller three is down and he keeps buying them. Same thing over and over....I ask to keep his dogs at home and he says they are not his. Dogs chase my chickens and ducks, dog is shot. One rottie shot by my husband and its replace meant shot by a deputy leaving my coop with a bird and now the third one shot by me. Now I ask you....When will they learn? Owners not dogs.....and why must I carry this 100 lb dog home to hear "it wasn't my dawgs". I am sick of it. *sigh* the Beagles are next...everyone here is under shoot on sight orders again.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Speaking of noise pollution ahem. I caused a bit of my own at 3:30 this morning. Picture this if you will.... me, the hyperthyroid insomniac, sleeping like a baby is jolted wide awake into the brisk dark of a Fall Kentucky morning by the horrid sound of two beagles and the cohort baying their prey right under my bedroom window.

This fun was immediately followed by a loud dammmmmmn it and my feet hitting the floor. I stagger downstairs and grab flashlight, rifle and jacket. I spend two extra minutes trying to get my sliding glass door unlocked and listening to them.

I get through the doors and onto the back deck to are two Beatles, one rottweiller, one golden retriever and three hound/hound mixes!

A loud shot rang through the night followed by a yelp and the sound of dogs running into the tree line. So today I must drive over to my neighbor and have The Talk ... AGAIN to hear "it wasn't my dawgs" and this time answering with "well where do you want this carcass?". Rottweiller three is down and he keeps buying them. Same thing over and over....I ask to keep his dogs at home and he says they are not his. Dogs chase my chickens and ducks, dog is shot. One rottie shot by my husband and its replace meant shot by a deputy leaving my coop with a bird and now the third one shot by me. Now I ask you....When will they learn? Owners not dogs.....and why must I carry this 100 lb dog home to hear "it wasn't my dawgs". I am sick of it. *sigh* the Beagles are next...everyone here is under shoot on sight orders again.

Oh geez, that's a lot of dogs. Did they get a bird?

I had read about your Deputy incident on another thread. How horrible that you are put in a position to have to do this. The owner shouldn't have a single dog.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Kelly, What a good looking girl! Hope she starts to lay soon.

Oh, she started laying. 3 eggs, then nothing. I'm hoping it's just because of the extra boys. I removed 4 boys yesterday from the coop. There's still excess boys, but I'm choosing barnevelder breeders, so I have to be careful about culling too soon.

 

[The Sheriff]

OMG what a dog horror story. What is wrong with people with that mentality. Reminds me of the old coot at our last house who told me his the JRT's had been "running and playing" on my property for years before I bought it! He felt that they should be able to continue. I told him they should have written a check to the bank when it was for sale and then they could continue to run and play on it. That was the start of two years of Jack Russell hell.

I don't get it. But, you have to do what you have to do to protect your livestock and not feel guilty about it. They obviously don't if they put another dog in the same position.

 

[The Sheriff]

Update, the coop work yesterday provided a little bit of improvement. I woke up at 4:38 with crowing. Had to shut the window. It was bearable with the window closed. I am hoping that once the metal roofs are insulated that will be the answer. If not, we go to a sound barrier of stacked straw bales. That will cost $675.00 for a single row and $1300.00 for a double row. Ugh.