The Oh-so neighbor!

[dianaross77]

M.sue, can I come and live with you?

 

[eggbuster]

You all wouldn't want to be my neighbour. Roosters, hens bragging they laid an egg, geese, turkeys, cows bellowing, calves bellowing, bulls bellowing, milk cows complaining at 5 am because they are still on dairy hours 4 yrs after retirement, frogs croaking, wood peckers pecking, tractors, chain saws, smoke from the outdoor boiler, and pigs. Then there is the ruckus at feeding time. Any complaints about it, would fall on deaf ears because this is a farm and if you can't handle it, you shouldn't be living next door or any where nearby. We have farmers rights laws which back this up. Plenty of people still try to complain but the law says tough. The farm was there first.

 

[M.sue]

Oh my gosh......Thank you guys....I love every one's support & respect every one's opinions. This topic really got rolling. Like I said I just had to vent. What's so darn frustrating is that all the nonchalant nit-picky complaints over the past few years are all related to country living/activities. When we were building our home (on family land) he flatly stated that he wasn't crazy about having neighbors even though there is a lot of land between us. The oh-so neighbor himself was born & raised in the country, moved to the city & is now back in the country. Go figure. As for zoning laws & ordinances....I am completely protected & within my legal rights under a rural farming/homestead act created many, many, years ago to protect & preserve rural farmland & living. I could get a few more roo's or any other livestock of my choice & not a thing could be done about it. My daughter is a young equestrian rider,( a good one may I add...brag, brag, brag)and we both love horses. It has always been my dream to have one. With time & maturity, the more skilled and more responsible she is becoming, the more of a possibility it is. I can just imagine the nonchalant nit-picky complaints when and if that dream becomes a reality. I have just come to the conclusion that some people aren't happy unless they have something to complain about whether it be big or small. I will continue to make small talk, smile and wave, yell hello and offer eggs. Maybe the more eggs I offer the less he'll nit-pick. And please don't get this situation wrong, we are not waging war. We do have a decent neighbor to neighbor relationship and respect each other. It's the nit-picky BS that drives us nuts!

 

[M.sue]

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No because I don't personally know you (ha,ha,ha) but I'll take your 4 Isa Browns!! I have 4 also, plus 3 BO's, 3 Black Somethings and 2 OE Bantams, one being my Roo!

PS. Thanks for the thread on the Michigan Right to Farm Act....I see you do your homework well!!

 

[Orchid]

I have one roo, a very well insulated house with good windows, and if I don't have a fan running my rooster WILL wake me up bright and early. Fortunately our nearest neighbor is well over a half-mile away - even so, she saw me one day and said "Say! You must have gotten chickens, I heard your rooster!"

I'm not a fan of waking up at 5 a.m. and don't expect my neighbors to be, either.

 

[SarahBeth9394]

The first fall we lived here we would leave the window open at night. I remember laying in bed at midnight laughing my butt off at the cows. We called them the "all night party cows" because at 6am they were deathly quiet. I guess when there's a bunch of new cows in the heard there's alot of mooing. Then there's a neighbor that has a donkey. That thing is even funnier than the cows. It only goes off occasionally and when it does it's hilarious. I won't hear the thing for weeks then all of a sudden it's going off in donkey talk. That neighbor is the one that has a roo which sounds great because it's at a distance. They also have horses but it's rare that I hear them. I love the country and it's noises. The crickets and cicadas are cool. But I just wouldn't deal well with a 5am roo in my back yard. And there is something about whistling. It feels like nails on a chalk board. I love turkeys and would like to raise some but I'm still new at chickens so maybe next spring.

 

[dianaross77]

M.sue :

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No because I don't personally know you (ha,ha,ha) but I'll take your 4 Isa Browns!! I have 4 also, plus 3 BO's, 3 Black Somethings and 2 OE Bantams, one being my Roo!

PS. Thanks for the thread on the Michigan Right to Farm Act....I see you do your homework well!!

I'll keep that in mind if I get caught! They are such nice girls, very friendly and great layers.

You're welcome for the thread. I am currently waiting for my state representative to research the RTFA and let me know what he thinks.

 

[Okie Amazon]

Eeeee...I'd listen to crowing all day over whistling!


We have 2 and half acres, but we are in a decidely urban setting. There are 3 houses east of our property on quarter acre lots, then 5 unimproved except for a horse barn and some horses west of us. Across the street, however, is regular neighborhood-type lots and brick homes. We are zoned agricultural, so we can have anything we want. We weren't going to get any roos at all, but I saw a LF Black Cochin trio at the flea market and fell in love with them. Severus is a pretty quiet roo; he doesn't go off at all until about 6:30, and then only once or twice. We have added several other roos over the summer - (straight run chicks that have grown up) and the only comment I have had was from an older lady on one of the 1/4 acre lots that she LOVED hearing our roo; reminded her of her childhood. She also said she didn't hear him except when she happened to be outside.

 

[australorpchick]

We have a bar down the road from us that has karaoke Thursday. Your neighbors should be grateful of your roo, mules, cows, tractors, etc. Trust me it can be MUCH worse. At least we get a chuckle out of it. DD2 can really sing. When she's old enough, we plan on taking her there one night, just to shock the heck out of the neighborhood.

 

[M.sue]

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Wow, you have quite a variety of chickens. I want to get an EE next spring....add some pazzaz to my egg cartons! And my little Bantam Roo didn't start to crow this morning till 6:30. I think he watches for my kitchen light to go on...lol!!